"Can you get ink out of carpet? "

[hogjowl]

Yes … and in your FB posts about the market

 

[Mikey P]

Can you tell I'm being pissy in my Corvette listing?

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I'll be in fort Bragg next weekend, would you mind bringing it by so I can see if I fit in it?


I don't want to buy it I've just always been curious.

I'm sure Dwayne wouldn't mind buying you a shrimp cocktail for your trouble.

 

[icleancarpetz]

I asked her what became of this


Went over it three times between a home carpet cleaner and I ended up calling a different cleaning company to come and go over it too. Most of the blue is out, just a light tinge residual in some areas, and there was some red/pink pen that won't come out for anything. I think it's as good as it's gonna get.

So you lost a customer?

 

[Mikey P]

So you lost a customer?

I prefer to use the word dodged

 

[Mikey P]

These days if I can't practice a new technique, tool, chemical, or process, and enjoy what I'm doing at the same time, I'm not interested in going out.


There's nothing remotely interesting going on in those photos other than a very sloppy family and the unavoidable headache due to the solvent over exposure...

 

[darcie smith]

Further:

I have a nice young man (29) who texts me nearly every day with pictures like that one, or otherwise horribly abused furnishings or floors.

When I try to tell him he has a thankless, sisyphean task ahead that will cost more than he can charge and make no one happy, he usually replies:

"Yeah, but I want to try anyway"

Most of you here have long outgrown that stage, but he's only two years into the business, so......

I love it when you use words like Sisyphean

 

[hogjowl]

Google loves it too

 

[SamIam]

wonder what the kid looks like!

Smurfs

 

[SamIam]

My twin 3 year old grandsons got the carpet in their playroom last week with magic markers. Thank goodness the orange and blue came out with nothing more than Primetime and hot water. The red required a mix of Fels and a spotter that that I can never remember the name of … even though I’ve used it for years.
I feel like Vawter.
It’s a name brand that everyone else can instantly remember. It’s a gold jug with a *********. I think it say super spotter somewhere on it.

Power gel

 

[SamIam]

Back in my noob days I would have taken on this job. Like many of the 8-hour long urine jobs I used to do. But now, I walk from these. I just don't like being married to jobs anymore. I even turn down most flood work and repairs now.

If I'm feeling nice I may do some upholstery.

Same I look at jobs as beginning middle and an end.

I don't like all day jobs, they never end.

 

[hogjowl]

My son and I cleaned 3500 sf of tile and grout and 1500 sf of carpet yesterday. 6 hours on my feet pushing a tile wand. I’m still worn out today. I used to clean that place all by myself over Friday night and all day Saturday.

 

[Kenny Hayes]

It’s got your fingers messed up too!

 

[icleancarpetz]

Same I look at jobs as beginning middle and an end.

I don't like all day jobs, they never end.

And the call back never ends.

 

[royalkid]

Did she, at least, warn you or send pics? I would be pissed if a custy got me to their house and I walked into that without any notice. Hopefully those were pics they sent you. I know we've all been there before, "yeah, there's one or two stains, nothing too bad".

 

[Mikey P]

Did she, at least, warn you or send pics? I would be pissed if a custy got me to their house and I walked into that without any notice. Hopefully those were pics they sent you. I know we've all been there before, "yeah, there's one or two stains, nothing too bad".

I didn't go out, asked for pics.

The way she explained it, I was thinking a few spots .

 

[Brian H]

This comment that I directed to Marty on another thread suits your feelings as well Damon

When I discuss things like this with my 55+ customers, I often say:

"Are you at the stage of your business where you need to impress people with your skills, or where you need less customers, less hassles, and more time relaxing?"

That often has a bearing on their interest in solving crazy problems like this

And it never fails that the jobs you go out of your way to accommodate are the ones that come back and bite you later! I can't tell you how many times that has happened to me over the years. No good deed goes unpunished!

 

[Jim Pemberton]

I love it when you use words like Sisyphean

I dig into my odd vocabulary like that for three reasons:

1. Sometimes, as obscure as the reference might be, it is really fitting. Anyone looking up the reference has clearly found themselves pushing that boulder up a hill at one time or another

2. It amuses you

3. It annoys Marty*

*Seriously, over the years I've learned that Marty is far more informed and well read than his philistine responses tend to reflect.