The Official "Did You Ever Wonder Why" Lawncare Thread

[Jimslawncareservice]

Originally Posted by MOturkey

Well, Mickhippy, I remember when I was a kid (about 50 years ago), how everything was supposed to convert to the metric system here in the US by the turn of the century or so. Well, here it is 2012, and we are still buying oil by the quart, and gasoline by the gallon, and I don't see that changing anytime in the near future. About the only thing that is sold in liters is soda pop!

Didn't they try that at one point? I remember something about it when I was a kid, and it just plain confused everyone. The time change has passed. Now there's just to many people, and lots of immigrants. The ones we here I'm not sure what uses thier country for measurement. And no its not Hispanics.
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[Mickhippy]

Originally Posted by MOturkey

Well, Mickhippy, I remember when I was a kid (about 50 years ago), how everything was supposed to convert to the metric system here in the US by the turn of the century or so. Well, here it is 2012, and we are still buying oil by the quart, and gasoline by the gallon, and I don't see that changing anytime in the near future. About the only thing that is sold in liters is soda pop!

I can live in hope! Needing two types of spanners to work on a ztr is a pita!
That said, I bought a set of Metrinch impact sockets... Wonderful!

http://www.metrinch-tools.com/websit...8&subcat=CAT43

[Kelly's Landscaping]

If we were not an industrial giant and despite some beliefs we still are. Then switching to the metric system might have happened. But our machine tool industry is based on thousands and ten thousands of an inch that is not going to change. Our buildings are measured in inches and feet not going to change. Our land is measured in acres which is a 640th of a square mile. The entire country is measured in sq ft. It's not so much that it won't happen it's more that it really cannot happen. Sure we will import the stuff that was made with that system but few here manufacture anything in metric and far fewer still are domestic companies when it does happen.

[jrs.landscaping]

Originally Posted by Kelly's Landscaping

Why do prospective customers feel the need to berate and put down all the other landscapers that have come before me at the estimate? One it's wasting my time and Two none of that is given any credibility, trust has to be earned with me and I do not take someones word about the last guy at a first meeting.

This happened to me a few years back. Customer went on and on about a small company that had given them an estimate, "people said they were hacks, they didn't seem to know what they were doing and so on....." I let them go on their rant until they mentioned the name and I was like "hey I know that kid, he's alright, he does great work and is always friendly at bid openings and walkthroughs...." Needless to say I didn't get the job. Also, why do most customers think they are the ONLY account we have and we should drop everything to have a meaningless meeting or do some mundane task that could have been completed during our normal rounds?

[Blades Lawn Maintenance]

Originally Posted by jrs.landscaping

This happened to me a few years back. Customer went on and on about a small company that had given them an estimate, "people said they were hacks, they didn't seem to know what they were doing and so on....." I let them go on their rant until they mentioned the name and I was like "hey I know that kid, he's alright, he does great work and is always friendly at bid openings and walkthroughs...." Needless to say I didn't get the job. Also, why do most customers think they are the ONLY account we have and we should drop everything to have a meaningless meeting or do some mundane task that could have been completed during our normal rounds?

Exactly dang!!