Council work..residents..how much do you say?

[cerneARB]

i wouldnt be too concerned with telling them what we were doing to a tree and why. whats more important, is you DONT give them advise on other trees they might ask about, as you can be sure they will call up the council with the old 'the tree surgeon told me' line.....and yes, its happened to me and i learnt from it.

 

Good advice Steve....thanks.Thanks to everyone else too who replied.

[APC]

From a conservation/woodland management point of view, I always explain to anyone what we are doing, in as much detail as it takes to make them go away. Once I start on the butterflies, they soon see what I'm getting at and they don't bother me again.

[Tree Man Tom]

You guys have more patients than me!

[Andy Collins]

You guys have more patientsthan me!

Its coz we're tree surgeons

[skyhuck]

I usually tell them we are making way for a hostel for asylum seekers or that its been discovered that trees cause cancer, so they are all being removed!!

 

Once the realise it a joke, the work we are doing seems fine in comparison.

[redmoosefaction]

When they ask 'why are you cutting the trees'. You can always cross your eyes and say in your best mungo voice 'Training day'

[testcricket01]

its the same with nosey neighbours telling them whats happening as brief as possible, because no matter what you do its almost never enough for most people.