Worst Moment in Carpet Cleaning
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Topic: Worst Moment in Carpet Cleaning
Posted By: Ream57
Subject: Worst Moment in Carpet Cleaning
Date Posted: 21/December/2007 at 10:01pm
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I've been in business for under a year and I have already had some nightmares happen. I mean so far nothing I couldn't fix, but a nightmare at that. Now this kind of got me to thinking if I have been in business less than a year and have already expericienced some nightmares than what's in store... ------------- I got money in the bank, but E on the tank. |
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Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 21/December/2007 at 10:39pm
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reading what steamer has to say about me on this board?? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 21/December/2007 at 11:46pm
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I have so many, I wouldn't know where to begin.
Do you have a few hours?  ------------- 
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Posted By: Ream57
Date Posted: 22/December/2007 at 12:47am
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Pick anyone of them, which ever comes to mind first...long as its horrific. ------------- I got money in the bank, but E on the tank. |
Posted By: FriendlyHammer
Date Posted: 22/December/2007 at 4:59am
| Man, I've got sooooo many stories. One time I had a new guy who was hired be part of a job that involved cleaning the upholstery of 3500 theater seats. A couple of the guys taught him what to do, and then they each went to their own areas and started to work. When I arrived the guy had been cleaning chairs for over 4 hours. I looked at his work and it look HORRIBLE. Turns out that he never knew that he was supposed to squeeze the trigger on the handtool. He thought he was just supposed to suck off the prespray and spotter. I guess he thought the trigger was a finger guard. Duh! |
Posted By: FriendlyHammer
Date Posted: 22/December/2007 at 5:01am
| Oh yeah, then there was the time that a guy thought that a jug of floor wax was defoamer and put it directly into the solution tank to save time. |
Posted By: Hammy
Date Posted: 22/December/2007 at 7:24am
Had a guy clean a whole house with the waste tank open on the truck  ------------- Could somebody just clean my carpets! |
Posted By: Ream57
Date Posted: 22/December/2007 at 12:54pm
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My most recent was actually this Tuesday, I cleaned hotel rooms for over 6 hours and came back the next day to continue the job and in everyroom I cleaned there was white powderery substance sitting on top of the carpet ------------- I got money in the bank, but E on the tank. |
. The manager could not rent out any of the rooms because they all looked like they had been snowed in 
. Posted By: splash_$$$_dash
Date Posted: 22/December/2007 at 1:56pm
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Ream57
stop using that DFC-105 buddy. |
Posted By: Ream57
Date Posted: 22/December/2007 at 2:18pm
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Whats DFC-105? ------------- I got money in the bank, but E on the tank. |
Posted By: cleanex
Date Posted: 22/December/2007 at 3:08pm
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Start using DFC 105
One of 2 things could have caused your problem 1. Previous cleaning was a powder system Capture or Host 2. Cleaning staff uses Love My Carpet/ or something similar as a deodorant to make the rooms smell fresh and clean. Both of these will create the same problem you are encountering. ------------- DON ELDRED YOU CAN "STAND" ON OUR REPUTATION |
Posted By: cleanex
Date Posted: 22/December/2007 at 3:13pm
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Horror story, fired two employees last week they got into a water fight while in one of our commercial accounts. ------------- DON ELDRED YOU CAN "STAND" ON OUR REPUTATION |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 22/December/2007 at 3:53pm
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moving a sofa with cherry wood stained legs...nuff said ------------- www.mr-steamer.com |
Posted By: FriendlyHammer
Date Posted: 22/December/2007 at 8:52pm
Oh man, that one makes me mad. Been there toooo many times.
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Hammy wrote:Posted By: Michael
Date Posted: 22/December/2007 at 10:25pm
The naked guy.  |
Posted By: splash_$$$_dash
Date Posted: 23/December/2007 at 10:37am
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Cleaned an apartment lady tossed me $13.00 and claimed "no speak english" the bitch spoke great english over the phone the day before.
called the cops, they laughed at me :( |
Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 23/December/2007 at 2:39pm
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FH.. Tell your helper not to put defoamer on the carpet.. Its very hard to rinse out..
My worst incident: Refilling the Recoil with a garden hose hooked up to the faucet.. and at the same time extracting.. All of a sudden the downstairs ppl peek in the door screeming water..water.. The tank overflowed..OMG..!!
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Posted By: CCandmore
Date Posted: 23/December/2007 at 6:27pm
That happened to me on my very first commercial job. It turned out that the former business at that location used carpet fresh on a regular basis for years with no professional cleaning (at least that's what I was told afterwards). I guess that was what came up. It wouldn't vacuum off & I had to rinse and let dry two extra times to get it acceptable. The good news is I've still got that account and never had that problem come up again. |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 23/December/2007 at 7:02pm
she probably thought you were steamer and was including the tip? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 24/December/2007 at 12:29am
She definitely overpaid Steamer  -------------
The STD Meter |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 24/December/2007 at 10:05am
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the decimal is in the wrong place.....1300.00
If I came out of the customer house with that little money.... I probally would have a smile on my face that I couldn't wipe off ------------- www.mr-steamer.com |
Posted By: steamdragon
Date Posted: 24/December/2007 at 10:14am
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Going to a call for a min. of $75.00 and Mr. Steamer is there before me and charges $40.00 cash!
------------- Steamdragon the hotter the better. |
Posted By: Ken Harris
Date Posted: 24/December/2007 at 11:02am
Hard to believe he made that much.  ------------- Inventor of Teflon Carpet Wand Glides.Free Glides for all Cleaners in June! |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 24/December/2007 at 11:11am
------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 24/December/2007 at 11:12am
Must have done the whole house?? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 24/December/2007 at 1:26pm
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The neighbours too -------------
The STD Meter |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 24/December/2007 at 1:27pm
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just adding to my millions ------------- www.mr-steamer.com |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 25/December/2007 at 1:50am
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No one can make it faster than you -------------
The STD Meter |
Posted By: ChemicallyFried
Date Posted: 31/December/2007 at 8:15am
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I have a regular customer who has a skunk, a cat, two dogs and a six month old baby. The skunk had just had a bath by the owner and bit me on the finger when the owner encouraged me to pet him. He said the skunk was moody from the bath. DO I need rabies shots! Its been six months and I havent died yet.
PS the skunk was roaming around the baby on the floor while I was carpet cleaning after the bite. I had to carpet clean around the baby and skunk on the floor.  Some parents are insane! And they live in a 600K home.------------- I can remove more spots than you can. |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 01/January/2008 at 1:33am
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I think The Doors said it best in the song "People Are Strange" -------------
The STD Meter |