Green with Envy

Although this little rant happened a few days ago, I was compelled to hold it off until today, since it fits the holiday. Yes, even a Welshman will celebrate today with his cousins from the Emerald Isle… even though we’re a little upset that our Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant (that’s St. David’s Day to you [...]

Bug Problems? Fuh-lease!

As the manager for a Green Industry company, I’ve seen a lot. Accidents, terminations, pump problems, strange customers, oddly-shaped fungi… you name it, I’ve probably run into it. And if I’ve run into it, obviously I’ve probably shared it here. Yesterday is no exception. I went out to do an estimate for a customer that [...]

Now Accepting Applications

First off, allow me to apologize for this being the first posting of pics of  our house. My beautiful wife insists on keeping the camera with her at all times. This is good, because we always have it when we visit the house. This is bad, however, because IT NEVER LEAVES HER PURSE. That means [...]

son of a…

Beesting! Yes. It’s happened again — another pump has gone down. And I knew it would happen. Not because I have ESPN HD, but because yesterday my boss said “Wouldn’t it be nice if you came in tomorrow and nothing broke down?!” I have no doubt that BECAUSE he said that, something broke down. So [...]

The Bane of my Existance

The Kappa 55 3-Head Diaphragm Pump with 350 max PSI and 15GPM. I have about 8 of these on the trucks at work. And nearly every day, one breaks down in some way, shape, or form. I have spent the last several weeks doing more Mechanic than Managerial work — re-running hoses, rebuilding pumps, replacing [...]

Screw: You?

Today at work I was busy rebuilding a pump on one of the trucks. It was a simple task: remove the regulator from the control unit (4 bolts), remove the stopper (1 screw), replace with new stopper, replace on control unit. The entire pump works solely on this little stopper applying resistance to allow the [...]

Scott the Tyrant

Yes, I forwent (is that the past-tense of “forgo?”) sharing this yesterday, because I was muy excitedo about The Office (US) returning to TV. However: ba-da dunt dunt dunt, (another one bites the dust.) Yeppers, I had to fire another employee. I say “I” but really I made my boss do it, because the last [...]

Drinking Gasoline

Besides being a halfway decent mid-80′s ambient CD release by Cabaret Voltaire (the band, not the club in Zürich), it pretty much sums up my day, because: A. Today was hard to swallow at times. B. I literally drank gasoline… kinda… a little… more on that later. Anywell, today started okay enough. Meeting w/ the [...]

Blarghamghthffffn!

Yes, that’s exactly what I yelled when I got off the phone with a freakin’ moron customer today. What is it about people that makes them think the rules don’t apply to them?! Like for instance, there was a minor price increase in our services between 2007 and 2008. Expectedly so — gasoline, chemicals, etc [...]

Words cannot describe…

What I saw today. But I’ll do my best. First let me set the scene…. I was out spraying shrubs today because one of my employees called in sick. I had a job on my list that had already had the front shrubs sprayed last week, but the back was unable to be treated because [...]