"I think it's ridiculous when people use their first or last names in the name of their company.'
Yeah that really sticks in your CRAW, FOR Darn sure doesn't it?
My company name IS my last name, but in another language (sneaky).
"get her on the freakin ground, spare the ISA lectures, the arborist/estimator showing up to make "suggestions", walking around like the Pope, attempting to run up the bill, selling false hope for half-dead trees, etc.. Do your job, if someone wants a tree gone, do it."
It's a darn shame that this farsighted fount of fecklessness is not allowed on the Homeowner Helper forum. They are missing such good sense! If they want their dog or their teenagers gone, help em out there too!
True story; Yesterday a guy called wanting an estimate on 8 removals. Said they were all too big and would fall on his house in the next storm. After I told him I helped trees live not die he said, well, my wife likes the pecan tree, can you prune it instead?
I went there today and sold him on pruning mulching etc 6 trees and removing 2. He said he went with me because I was cheaper (pruning is cheaper than removing, duh), i knew what I was talking about, and I shared good information (ISA brochures) with him.
Instead of a quick removal buck and never seeing him again, I'll have a client for life. That makes a business--and a community--sustainable--better tree care. The burbs are a long way from the bush.
The End. Moral of the story--you know what it is. Kiss my ring, clarence old bean!
