The Scoop on Poop - #20 
By Susan Bashor-Reese
Despite years of threats, this is the first time I’ve run the “Scoop” in the Independent. “Why?” asked my husband? Because I can let down my hair.... he he he. Here we go. Being Christmas and all, my kids aren’t the only ones with “wish lists”. I have a little Wish List of my own.
✓ I wish all of our customers would forgive our mistakes (I know, won’t happen).
✓ I wish we didn’t make mistakes (yeah, yeah)...
✓ For 2005, I wish our route drivers always remember to a) put toilet paper in the Sweet Pea after they clean it and b) (here’s the biggie) that they learn which way the toilet paper should dispense - top side down or upside down! (This is not a joke, ask your mother).
✓ I wish for no more vehicles to be written up in a now “for money” police report, regardless of whose mistake the collision.
✓ I wish all people, regardless of race, color, or religion to understand, adopt (and respect) the Sweet Pea motto “It’s Not Glamorous but Somebody’s Gotta Do It”. If you think you’ve got a cute poop joke, remember, we’ve heard them all.
✓ In all sincerity, I wish for all potential home buyers and current home owners, to respect and maintain their septic systems for the individuals they are. Because... if you don’t, they talk back... (worse than my ten year old). If overlooked during the Home Inspection phase, this can be a debilitating mistake for a new home owner.
That’s not a huge list is it? Am I asking too much Santa? I’ve addressed the question of “what brought you to the poop business?” every year as I sit down to brainstorm my New Year’s Resolutions. There is no clear answer (at least in my head) except to say that it must have been my calling? That’s just wrong. Another conclusion could be temporary insanity (for eleven years?). Now I’m depressed....
And what would induce an individual to sell themselves out, using a photo that is now... (10 years later), almost 30 years old? My real estate agent of course! All kidding aside, we take our poop very seriously (except in this forum of course). Whether it septic systems, city sewer, video camera inspection and sewer line repair, you only have to remember one face, I mean name - that’s Sweet Pea, one call, we do it all.
And, as poop flows, goes, we aim (get it?) to be the #1 in the #2 business. It’s not an easy goal. Service work is largely underrated and STRESSFUL!! But, that having been said, thank you Sweet Pea followers for another poopy year. We appreciate you thinking of us when things go South. We look forward to serving you in 2005.
Sweet Pea Sewer & Septic
9424 Futurity Drive (our newest location in the Missoula Industrial Park) and, since 1994 serving our Bitterroot communities from 633 Old Corvallis Road.
In Missoula - 728-3533
In the Bitterroot - 961-3377