the 'todays job' thread

[Peasgood]

5 minutes ago, Jwoodgardenmaintenance said:

It’s Artificial Grass? 😳

 

Jack

I know

[Jwoodgardenmaintenance]

2 minutes ago, Peasgood said:

I know

Wasn’t sure that’s all 😂😂

 

Jack

[AHPP]

2 hours ago, Jwoodgardenmaintenance said:

Before and after customer supplied grass and it looks 💩 in all honesty 

 

Jack 

What a diverse industry we’re in. My job is to not ruin gardens. 

[Jwoodgardenmaintenance]

20 minutes ago, AHPP said:

What a diverse industry we’re in. My job is to not ruin gardens. 

I’m out to make a wage 👍 it’s a supply and demand industry the customer tells me what they want and I give them it 🤷‍♂️ we all have families to feed at the end of the day 

 

Jack

[peds]

Nah, that's bollocks. You've got a responsibility to tell people who haven't got a f*cking clue exactly what's wrong with their ideas and why they should be ashamed of themselves for wanting it.

 

The transformation between the two pics above is absolutely criminal, you should be mortified that you helped facilitate it, and the client needs a solid smack over the head with a loy spade.

 

Disgusting. 

[Jwoodgardenmaintenance]

Just now, peds said:

Nah, that's bollocks. You've got a responsibility to tell people who haven't got a f*cking clue exactly what's wrong with their ideas and why they should be ashamed of themselves for wanting it.

 

The transformation between the two pics above is absolutely criminal, you should be mortified that you helped facilitate it, and the client needs a solid smack over the head with a loy spade.

 

Disgusting. 

They can’t be that ashamed they gave me £14k to do that transformation so who am I to say no? Every time I post pics of artificial grass there seems to be an outrage of eco warriors with their pitch forks at the ready? What’s the problem with artificial grass? I really don’t understand the huge fuss 🤦‍♂️ if it helps just got myself a contract with a artificial grass manufacturer for installations so that’ll keep me busy 

 

people need to realise now in the 21st century people communicate through technology they socialise through social media and sit at home watching TV every opportunity they get there too lazy to maintain their own gardens /  properties so why keep paying out when you can make 1 lump sum payment and have zero / minimal maintenance and have the same garden 24/7 365 1/4 days a year? With no effort at all 

 

Jack

[Conor Wright]

**************** that fake grass shit man. Seriously.

 

I'm no eco warrior either I burn diesel and cut timber on the regular but that crap is a step too far, especially in a situation like that.

Totally unnecessary, wasteful, ugly, and wholly indicative of much of what is wrong with the world. Full of low grade imitations of so called perfection available at your convenience so you can spend money you don't have to impress people you don't like to achieve hollow praise for a fleeting happiness you could have achieved easier, cheaper and for longer had you just let things be and taken a moment to appreciate the abundance of nature that used to be on your doorstep.

Now you're substantially poorer and get to look at old car bumpers all fluffed up and sprayed green. Congratulations. 

 

[Paul in the woods]

10 hours ago, Jwoodgardenmaintenance said:

I’m out to make a wage 👍 it’s a supply and demand industry the customer tells me what they want and I give them it 🤷‍♂️ we all have families to feed at the end of the day 

Exactly. I also hate the stuff, I like sitting out on our real grass and watching our bees and all the other small critters getting on with their lives. But as you say many people don't want that anymore, they want to sit inside watching wildlife programmes and moaning about the damage others are doing to the environment. 

 

Of course dead wood is also a very valuable habitat but you don't get constant comments when people post up pics of tree removals, some of which do seem unnecessary.

[nepia]

Christ, call those gardens?!  Great examples of 'the customer's always right'.

You're right - they look shit! 😂

[AHPP]

As it happens, Jack, I’m largely with you. People can do what they want with their property, just as I can think they’re tasteless cretins. It’s a great system.
 

There’s an argument for professionalism, refusing to carry out work to a crass specification for the sake of your own reputation (and soul), but at this stage of humanity I can’t blame you for sifting through the wreckage and looting the Rolexes off loose arms. What an absolute mess of a species. 

Edited December 6, 2022 by AHPP