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August 09, 2006
You've got to be joking...
I've been mowing lawns for several years and I had a new one happen the other day. I had mowed a customer's lawn 3 times with no communication from him nor any sight of he, his wife or his family. I left him 2 invoices and one business card, all asking for payment and then finally I stopped mowing a month ago. Well, he calls me the other day and asks why I haven't mowed his lawn. I explained that I'd mowed his lawn for a month and a half with no pay(he only wants it mowed every other week) and wasn't mowing again until I was paid. He said he had been out of town for a couple of weeks. I said that was fine and I asked how his trip had gone. He demanded that I come mow his yard. I told him I'd be happy to as soon as he paid me. He then told me he'd take me to court if I didn't mow his yard immediately, that we have a contract and I wasn't honoring my end of it. I asked him if he'd honored his end of paying after each cutting ever. I finally told him I'd call him back as he was yelling and spitting into the phone.
Sheesh...just an observation, but thus far, every single customer of mine that has ever been difficult has been from out of the country. I guess that they don't have to cut their grass over there.
Posted by james at August 9, 2006 11:43 PM
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