I was speaking to someone over the phone today who is considered by many a leader in this industry, well respected, and an accomplished businessman. For all those who want to know, he is an American.

We were talking about the cleaning industry and why people like us get hooked, his answer was simple yet complex and may be somewhat disturbing to some of you.

Among other facets the one that stood out was the idea that we may all be all servants to those who employ our service and that we like to serve our customers by applying our skills to do the best job possible and beckon for their approval and remuneration.

Can it be possible that we are all secretly submissive to the point that we do not even realize our actions as taking on the role of a common servant for our customers only to rejoice in the joy of being complimented of our deeds, grab our cash and prance along to win over yet another happy master.

                                                      Nightrider

NO  YOU  DON"T  STEAMER !!!!! You are a servant to your own business, and serve the customer as your master. The customer simply holds the trophy when the work is completed and done well.

The Greenback of which you speak, is the trophy of which I speak.

                              Nightrider

I have been working Non profit for many years now............I make sure the government doesn't profit from my hard work

                               Nightrider

Me a servant??

Don't think so.

I don't believe Steamer is either.

If I had Doug's money and toys I'd retire.

If I lived in Montreal I'd eat at a restaurant every night.

I'm a servant to the cause, not to any individual.

You see General, you are living in denial, we all serve someone or something.

Some of us serve God, others serve Money, others still are slaves and serve Food.

Those who work for the government are called Civil Servants.

You as a carpet cleaner serve the customer and are a slave to your own efforts to generate an income.

General Lee , you can put your own spin on it all you want, the bottom line is you are a servant to your own existance or demise.

                              Nightrider

Me a servant??

Don't think so.

I  believe Steamer is gay.

If I had Doug's money and toys I'd be broke.

If I lived in Montreal I'd work in a restaurant every night as a server to any individual who would put up with me.

I think Doug is getting lonely 'cause nobody is paying any attention to him in his section of this site. It is now the Nightrider & Kenny show.

Doug............YOU'RE  FIRED

                                 NIGHTRIDER

Hold on for a friggin minute, I said I'm a servant of the cause. This is much bigger than any individual.

I live in the belief that what goes around comes around.

LilNiteRidrhood wrote: Hold on for a friggin minute, I said I'm a servant of the cause. This is much bigger than any individual. I live in the belief that what goes around comes around.

We can only hope that's true

So do I Lee.......that's why I'm scared to death.

That's simple physics general...........when it comes around is the optimal question, strangely enough time has no end therefore has no beginning.

We were all born a servant to someone and something, and our fathers before us and their fathers before them.

                                Nightrider

NR,

You are the philosopher king

I think the word servant is making everybody's hair on their necks stand up........it implies that we are humbling or self's.......a better word would get a better response to what you are saying.

It is how we are rewarded that keeps us in the profession that we chose.  I'm sure most of us have had a job that we did not like......probbably because you were not rewarded adequately to feel that you had accomplished any gratification of self worth......it is jobs like that....that we become slaves and no longer servants.

The word SERVANT is the proper word, those who are realistic and face truth can accept it .............those who think their crap doesn't stink reject it

                                   Nightrider

There you go,............. Adwa figures out yet another one of Nightriders mysteries.

It was never about being a servant, it was all about serving people who encourage us to be good at what we do and earn our daily bread.

It's about taking a dirty carpet and making it look new again, or a rusted out car and refirbishing it to it's glory days when it was introduced to buyers in the showroom.

The man I had this discussion with was no other than

              MR. ED  VALENTINE

                    NIGHTRIDER

I believe Bob Dylan sings that song very well...no matter what you are... a judge.. a lawyer.. a banker.. a cop.. a player.. we ALL have to "serve somebody"....

All one does in the business is serve?

Gotta Serve Somebody

Words and music Bob Dylan
Released on Slow Train Coming (1979) and on Biograph (1985). Played in a new arrangment during the summer 2001 tour
Tabbed (a tremendous achievement, indeed...) by Eyolf Østrem

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You may be an ambassador to England or France, 

You may like to gamble, you might like to dance, 

You may be the heavyweight champion of the world, 

You may be a socialite with a long string of pearls 

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But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
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You're gonna have to serve somebody,
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Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
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But you're gonna have to serve somebody.  

You might be a rock 'n' roll addict prancing on the stage,
You might have drugs at your command, women in a cage,
You may be a business man or some high degree thief,
They may call you Doctor or they may call you Chief

You may be a state trooper, you might be a young Turk, 
You may be the head of some big TV network, 
You may be rich or poor, you may be blind or lame, 
You may be living in another country under another name 

You may be a construction worker working on a home, 
You may be living in a mansion or you might live in a dome, 
You might own guns and you might even own tanks, 
You might be somebody's landlord, you might even own banks 

You may be a preacher with your spiritual pride, 
You may be a city councilman taking bribes on the side, 
You may be workin' in a barbershop, you may know how to cut hair, 
You may be somebody's mistress, may be somebody's heir 

Might like to wear cotton, might like to wear silk, 
Might like to drink whiskey, might like to drink milk, 
You might like to eat caviar, you might like to eat bread, 
You may be sleeping on the floor, sleeping in a king-sized bed 

You may call me Terry, you may call me Timmy, 
You may call me Bobby, you may call me Zimmy, 
You may call me R. J., you may call me Ray, 
You may call me anything but no matter what you say 

Your gonna have to serve somebody.

Gotta love Bob Dylan, songs of Truth was his story. Not like the crap we hear today.

                               Nightrider