Please carefully read this short email thread (there’s a test!):
The tree person was here this morning to look at the pine trees and give a quote.
Do you like them so far?
Yes, I have estimates and they seem very nice.
So, who do you think composed these emails?
A. two males
B. two females
C. one of each
D. none of the above
Bravo! Yes, the messages were written by two females!
Seriously, guys just don’t ask the hard questions when it comes to determining qualifications for removing 5,000-foot pine trees tucked between two houses in a densely populated area. It’s not about whether the company is insured, bonded or licensed for longer than two hours.
Good grief, no. Boomer Women understand there’s no time to “beat around the bush” on matters of such importance. The following query is where the timber hits the ground.
Did the business rep:
- Ring the doorbell and respectfully retreat to the edge of the porch?
- Say “please,” “thank you” and “yes, ma’am”?
- Wear their hat with the brim in front and shirt neatly tucked in, and appear to be someone who invites their mother for Sunday dinner?
I haven’t confirmed this with my next door neighbor, but I’m confident she’ll choose a peach of a tree service.
One where everyone concerned adheres to the best practices and strictest standards—professionally and personally—known to all of humankind.
And where they report to the custodian of those principles weekly
Sunday at dinner.
~ Diana Black
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Sounds like the right criteria for choosing someone, but why would anyone want to remove pine trees? So illogical. ♥
Hi, Thurman Lady… Well, no one likes to see trees removed, that’s for sure. The problem is one was struck by lightning and it’s only a matter of time before it becomes diseased and dies. It’s so close to the houses, it would pose a real threat to the roof and the like!! Glad you like the thought process! Thanks!
True Story: Last month a neighbor came over and told me I had a dead tree hanging over their property which had them worried. I called my trusty tree man. He was MIA. I called my trusted guy friend who has a landscape business. He gave me a number and told me what he thought the price limit I should pay was. The tree guy came and we said we didn’t see a tree over their property worth worrying about but there was a dead tree near my shed roof. He cut it down and went away.
The next day the neighbors came over and said, “Thanks for responding so quickly but that wasn’t the tree. We went to the back and she showed me the tree. Yep, needed to come down.
Called back the tree guy who called back and hemmed and hawed about the work but he said he would come out the next day and take a look. He obviously wasn’t interested. So I said that if the work wasn’t worth his time I understood but let me know so I could hire someone else because I was under a time crunch. “Oh no, I want the job, it’s just that…. “He listed all the ways the job was inconvenient for him. ( SERIOUSL???) Ok, fine I just needed the tree down. He said he would be out the next day. I thought he would just cut the tree down and go away and I would find someone else.
The next day, guess who didn’t show and didn’t show and didn’t show. That’s right, the tree guy. I called him and said that my understanding was that he was going to give me a call or come by by 1:00. It’s 5 and I’ve called and we got ‘cut off’. He hemmed and hawed and listed all the reasons he couldn’t get a hold of me. (OH, PLEASE, IN THIS DAY AND AGE. GET REAL.)
Screw that, I thought. i Posted a request for a good tree guy on the neighborhood facebook page and told them briefly why. Within 10 minutes I had 5 names. Within an hour I had talked to three of them. The next day the one I hired came over when he said, gave me a quote and asked me if I wanted time to get other estimates. Revel already gave me a high end number and I have done work with treemen before. I know what’s fair in the area for tree work.
I hired him. The job was well done and very respectfully. I paid $100 bucks more than for the other guy, the higher middle range for the work and it was worth every penny.
Now get this, the tree guy called two days later was sunshine and bullshit and wanted to know when he could come out. (ARE YOU FREAKIN’ KIDDING ME!) I told him, thanks but the job was done. And hung up.
The next morning my friend called and said that the tree guy he recommended had called him and was upset with me because I didn’t hire them. (WHAT DO YOU THINK I AM? A BRAIN DEAD MORON?) I gave Revel the run down and told him I wouldn’t hire them to fill a dead man’s shoes.
I bet you think that was the end of it, right? Nope. Guess who called me the next day wanting to cut down the tree? The dumb ass tree guys. All I could do was laugh and I hate to say that they just didn’t see the humor in it all all.
Now listen ladies, maybe I was being a bitch, but damn! Seriously?
Now when I find my trusty tree guy who is MIA I am seriously going to….I can’t say what I’m thinking but it’s not nice.
My attitude is that we are all old enough to know the truth, let’s cut to the chase. Character matters. Life is too short for bullshit.
One more thing. You know what really hacks me off? He acted like he was doing me a favor by taking my money. The guy I did hire acted like I was doing him a favor. IOW, he was grateful. Gee imagine that. Guess who I recommended to my neighbor.
Watermusic, what can I say?!?!? What an ordeal!! Sounds like the same tree guy that ended up almost yelling at my neighbor because she woudn’t let him cut down the tree the minute he gave the quote. And for a $2200 job, guess how much he was going to knock off if she let him do it that minute (since he was there and it was convenient for HIM)? A whole $20. Whoo-hoo! Whether it’s a service provider or clerk in a store, or just a stranger on the street, don’t we owe each other respect? And in the case of a biz transaction, gratitude that the worker got work and the “workee” got the work done they needed. Thanks for sharing your story!!! (Obviously some of those guys had not had Mom over for dinner in some time. :>)
I’ve gotten to the point where I think or assume that after a certain age we all know the truth and that includes what makes a good person. Regardless of your personal view simple respect, kindness and gratitude are universal especially after you should be grown. When I don’t see that I just move on. I have started to care a lot less about stuff and don’t want to waste my time on stuff that doesn’t matter.
The guy wanted me to feel sorry for him and then have the nerve to complain that I didn’t let him do the job. Why would I do business with someone who acts like that? I don’t have time for it and I’m not his momma.
You nailed it, watermusic!