The POO factor!

[roboted]

 

First rule of owning a dog, clear up after them IMO.

 

Definately .......BTW..I'm a dog owner

[Taupotreeman]

On the serious side of it though; it can be extremely dangerous to work around the stuff. I know a colleague that got a face full from a line trimmer. It left him with a debilitating illness. If the customer isn't going to clean it up I don't think I'd bother with the job.

 

On the positive side though; your quote could start off at some ridiculously high price and apply discount for removal of said poo......OR, you could get all geared up and use a line trimmer and just splatter it throughout the property for them before hand.

[aspenarb]

Nothing worse than skating about on barkers eggs while working:thumbdown:

 

Bob

[dig-dug-dan]

I have refused to do jobs on the basis that the lawn is a minefield of ticking timebombs waiting to catch me out. Its no fun dragging branches through that lot. Mate puts flowerpots on the offending piles so he can dodge them

[Ty Korrigan]

Ha!

The last bad Lawn Sausage infestation got troweled into empty plant pots.

I spent 30min trying not to gag and heave up my b'fast only to find dozens I'd missed using the rigging rope...BLERK!

If I had done the quote myself I'd have specified a good hour before hand for 'site prep'

The client may always choose a less precious Arbre company to do the work and I wouldn't want to risk insulting a client and losing ANY work.

Ty

[JimM]

Added £20 cleaning costs when the guy working with me stood on dog mess. If ropes or other kit contaminated it would have been a lot more.

Last year I spotted a load in the garden and stated £50 cleaning costs on the quote if we got fouled. That worked.

[aspenarb]

I suppose he answer is to drag a few of those cheap tarps over the lawn, do the job and leave them in place . Imagine the flip side of that:scared1:

 

Bob

[Rich Rule]

Added £20 cleaning costs when the guy working with me stood on dog mess. If ropes or other kit contaminated it would have been a lot more.

Last year I spotted a load in the garden and stated £50 cleaning costs on the quote if we got fouled. That worked.

 

Quite right.

 

I can't believe people are not brave enough to ask the customer to do the correct thing and clean up after their pet for fear of loosing the work.

 

If they are a decent person, they will clear it up.

 

If not then let some other mug do the job...

[White Noise]

Not clearing up Dog / Cat mess on site when the customer knows workmen will be arriving and working in said area . Is lazy and totally disrespectful . Off site for me until its picked up and the whole area hosed down . I like the idea of a cleaning charge if you get kit or ppe soiled

[eagleye]

blast a 15ft corridor with a back pack blower