my gosh... i get a call from a frantic lady.. it goes like this... " I have coons coming through my cat door every night and get into fights with my cats (5 coons all 20lbs), i shut the cat door last night and they broke through and got into the house again". She said i need you over to get rid of them today! just before i head over to take care of it... i called her back to get a house address. (i was in my truck when she called). I also told her how much it was gonna cost.... silence.... "maam,. are you there?" she says... ohhhh I thought you worked with the Animal Control Dept and the government pays you.... grrrrrrrrrr i tell her no, im a private business.. "well those coons are locking me in my bedroom at night, im scared to come out". i told her i dont do this for free... she said she would have to talk it over with her husband... "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?" IF they are in my house tearing it all to heck.... than they need someone to take care of it. some people just dont get it.

LOL

It's called "Entitlement",gentlemen. Everybody wants something for nothing,these days. You should have explained to her that you needed the revenue so you could pay the taxes,that subsidize all the orher people with their hands outstretched.

Charlie

Ditto on Charlie's remark, Get out and vote this November!!

I usually say, enjoy your raccoons.........

Oh, good....because I have to talk it over with my wife. Hehe

Once you hear that phrase "I will talk with my husband/wife and get back to you," is the kiss of death.

i dont think ive ever got a call-back from "let me talk to my wife or husband". thats ok though.

wait~!!!!!! i did one time this year.... this guy trapped a skunk and didnt know what to do. I told him my price to come and get it.. he said.. "i'll talk to my wife", he called back AFTER he called the DNR and they wouldnt do anything... he said... "Please come over"

Yep,the state of florida pulled that bull on me too.oh!!! The nutria are eating all of our trees!!!!! They started on the holly bushes!!( clearly beavers ) so I told them it sounded like beavers,no! It' s nutria!.....well needless to say when I got there and looked around, it was definately beavers.so I gave them the estimate it was going to cost to " catch them and relocate" them and they agreed.I SHOULD HAVE PUT THAT IN WRITING.IT IS GOING ON 2 MONTHS,and all I got was a hallmark card,telling me what a big heart i had and all this other bull,with NO CHECK!!
I have sent in 3 invoices........wow!!!! What a rip- off! If I was facetious,i could stock their little pond with some grown beavers, but,it would not only be illegal,and karma would come back and kick me in the groin,as it has so graciously has done in the past.
PUT IT IN WRITING AND HAVE THEM SIGN IT......lesson# 1

I had a call just today. The lady wanted me to come out to the day care and take the baby bunnies. They had them trapped in a hole on the playground.(yes, separated from mama bunny) Now they want me to come and get them before they die.

When did I become a wildlife rescue service?!

My wife took the call and informed the lady that I have to charge for my services. Silence on the other end for a while. Then finally she said "Well, please have him call me the minute he gets in."

I DID call back just to tell her "Turn them loose and Mama will find them!" but she had already had some friends boyfriend come and take them.

Little dead bunnies. Where's the game warden when you need him.

Well 50% of the people in this country get paid to not work . Seems like they would respect the people that do work but there very proud of getting things for free . Its going to get a lot worse . I Was in Rite - Aid a couple of days ago this teenager was buying all new makeup , had like a bag full . Mom pulls out her mi bridge card and pays for it with that . They both looked very healthy a able body to work to me . Guess not . Food prices expected to go way up now . Really doesn't matter to me I'll just shoot and grow more food but it's going to really hurt other people . Lobster fresh caught at the dock are only bring 1.60 lbs that about tells the whole story .

I think I hear that at least a couple of times a month. still waiting for the them to call me!

This is how it usually goes; wife calls, then talks to husband. Husband says he'll take care of it himself and save the bucks. After husband screws it up, wife calls back, gives credit card and says "Please fix the problem!" Sometimes this takes days, weeks, months, and once in a while, a year or more, but they almost always call back. You have long forgotten the first call so you don't recognize the customer.

That is assuming the husband does not fall the $400 ladder that they will need.

Usually, a wife just needs the little doubt.

I was asked if I am heartless when I said that I couldn't help a lady remove emaciated cows from a field today. I'm not too sure that I could have fit them in my truck. Who knows. They were pretty skinny. I just had to do a drive by later in the afternoon.

I program every number that calls me, especially those that end well or end poorly. That way I've got a note in the phone reminding me the
basics, species of wildlife and the persons name if they gave it, and whether they were "tire kickers," good folks, or other....

Saves me time and energy deciding how long to spend again on the horn with them.

With my actual clients it tells them I know who they are when I answer the phone call with their name!

Justin, that is an absolutely fantastic idea. Those of you that are able should use this idea. I will refrain from mentioning it to my own lovely secretary because the other day she had four phones going at once. I'm afraid if I told her that she needs to make notes as well, she would hit me with the phone!

Time for a pbx system...

Sure, it's bad enough that Justin is high tech, now I've got to put up with Kugler. Okay Dave, what is PBX? ( And it better not be another one of those Liberal TV channels. )