What is it with people coming to my door.....

[Frank_N_Stein]

.... to offer tree-trimming services? For the second time in the last couple weeks I have had two different guys come to my door offering to trim my trees. I do have several trees that need trimmed, but I'm leary of the "businessman" that pulls up in a rusty 1991 S10. I appreciate their proactivity, but I am not a big fan of uninvited guests on my property.

 

[Expat]

.... to offer tree-trimming services? For the second time in the last couple weeks I have had two different guys come to my door offering to trim my trees. I do have several trees that need trimmed, but I'm leary of the "businessman" that pulls up in a rusty 1991 S10. I appreciate their proactivity, but I am not a big fan of uninvited guests on my property.

I keep hoping to catch you away from the house

 

[Brandon]

They are just bus drivers trying to get some income during the summer months.
There was a lady at the lot that has a tree trimming business, has old beat up trucks, forget the name of her company though.

Not sure if they go out looking for business either.

I'm sick of the neighborhood kids/adults behind me cutting through my yard.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

S10 pick up? Isn't that Mosin?

 

[rlett]

and they always come at dinner time

 

[VostocK]

Because if they took out an ad in the newspaper that said " Convicted felon willing to do manual labor while intoxicated in exchange for meth money while inventorying your property for valuables and scrap metal please call -317-555-1212 - Ask for hacksaw. " they would never get any business.

 

[2ADMNLOVER]

Because if they took out an ad in the newspaper that said " Convicted felon willing to do manual labor while intoxicated in exchange for meth money while inventorying your property for valuables and scrap metal please call -317-555-1212 - Ask for hacksaw. " they would never get any business.

Now I get to spend the next hour cleaning my computer .

 

[femurphy77]

Maybe your neighbors are sending them!


Just sayin'

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

They are just bus drivers trying to get some income during the summer months.
There was a lady at the lot that has a tree trimming business, has old beat up trucks, forget the name of her company though.

Not sure if they go out looking for business either.

I'm sick of the neighborhood kids/adults behind me cutting through my yard.

Neither looked like the bus driving type.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

I keep hoping to catch you away from the house

You and my wife both.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

Because if they took out an ad in the newspaper that said " Convicted felon willing to do manual labor while intoxicated in exchange for meth money while inventorying your property for valuables and scrap metal please call -317-555-1212 - Ask for hacksaw. " they would never get any business.

True. Maybe I should have hired one of them. You know, support your local felon.

 

[IndyDave1776]

You would be amazed at the services for which people are willing to pay a complete stranger who shows up at the door. I could see lawn mowing as that is hard to mess up and requires little cash outlay. Paying unsolicited strangers (usually at a highly inflated rate--sometimes as much as quadruple the rate a reputable contractor would charge, and for substandard work) for sealcoating, paving, significant tree trimming, roofing, replacement windows, or other major work defies my understanding.

 

[IndyDave1776]

True. Maybe I should have hired one of them. You know, support your local felon.

Frank, we know you would support a felon. You would give him a free ride, arrange free room and board, and set him on the path to free legal services if he couldn't afford his own!

 

[mcolford]

Frank, we know you would support a felon. You would give him a free ride, arrange free room and board, and set him on the path to free legal services if he couldn't afford his own!

I see what you just did..

 

[mcolford]

True. Maybe I should have hired one of them. You know, support your local felon.

Think of it like sponsoring one of those "starving kids in some village in Zimbabwe".. Just closer to home.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

Frank, we know you would support a felon. You would give him a free ride, arrange free room and board, and set him on the path to free legal services if he couldn't afford his own!

As a matter of fact I assisted a carjacker with that early this morning.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

Think of it like sponsoring one of those "starving kids in some village in Zimbabwe".. Just closer to home.

Well the guy today did bring his granddaughter with him.

 

[DragonGunner]

Problem is if they aren't bonded and have insurance, and get hurt working for you guess who gets sued?


Just how tired of this are you? JH kept bugging a guy I knew at work...he finally got fed up with it and the next time the knocked he opened the door in his birthday suit..."Yes"......they never came back......just throwing it out there....no pun intended.

 

[Gabriel]

I answer the door with my Benelli if I don't know who it is. If I catch it in time, they get met down the driveway farther. I do not like people coming around uninvited, and I don't invite many over.

 

[IndyDave1776]

As a matter of fact I assisted a carjacker with that early this morning.

Problem is if they aren't bonded and have insurance, and get hurt working for you guess who gets sued?


Just how tired of this are you? JH kept bugging a guy I knew at work...he finally got fed up with it and the next time the knocked he opened the door in his birthday suit..."Yes"......they never came back......just throwing it out there....no pun intended.

What is JH?