The Scoop on Poop - #19
By Susan Bashor-Reese
If today is the first day of the rest of my life, then I have to wonder... what am I doing working? It’s been a beautiful fall, full of all of the colors we’ve become used to and quite frankly, expect. The cool breezes feel, to me, like a well needed street cleaning, and with it comes a second wind, a new burst of energy. Where do you put that energy? Into fall cleaning of course! When you’re finished cleaning up the leaves (yours and your neighbors), the dog poop (yours and your neighbors), mending the fence (ditto), blowing out the gutters, repairing the shutters, and winter readying the boat, rv and sprinklers, the burning question is, what have you forgotten to do?
Have you pumped the septic? Have you cleaned those slow running drains? The holidays are coming and so is grandma! Are you ready for the influx of bodies that come along with the holidays? How about that garbage disposal? Before the turkey bones cause you an unexpected eruption, plan to take care of those household maintenance issues now.
I am certainly not the bearer of bad news, (because in this business, it couldn’t get any worse believe me) but, if you chose to ignore these very expensive words of advice (advertisements); go your own way (year after year thinking that poop disapears); adhere to the ancient Montana hierarchy that sewage is “not your problem”, then... MERRY CHRISTMAS. We’ll “catch up with you later”... get it - ho ho ho!
I’ve ranted and raved about “service” before, but are you getting the “service” you pay for? What is service anyway? Here’s my litmus test: 1) You’re lucky enough to get a friendly voice on the other end of phone 2) you actually get what you paid for; 3) they care about you and whether or not you’re happy; 4) they are a vital part of the community you live in.
What’s my job as owner of the largest Poop Conspiracy this side of the Mississippi? Missouri? Bitterroot? Why certainly it is to EDUCATE you about the importance of sanitation, be it 1) adequate numbers of Sweet Pea’s on the job site, to 2) the importance of regular septic tank cleaning - yes, it is a MAINTENANCE ISSUE, (as Copperfield has not yet figured out how to make poop disappear)
Anyone who pumps their tank from now and before Christmas (because a back up is not a surpise any of us want on Christmas Eve...), gets a complimentary poop scooper! Call for details.
Selling just one more bottle of RV Chemical isn’t going to mean retirement. All kidding aside, there’s only one place to call for all of your poopy needs, and you know we’ll respond appropriately - because...