| an interesting set of paradoxes |
[Oct. 10th, 2006|07:07 pm] |
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so i just had the area of my house that is carpeted cleaned. it was gross. i have a two year old (in a month) and a chihuahua, plus, punkpapa and i haven't had any carpet to deal with at all most of our lives so we are bad carpet having people (not careful with coffee/soda, bad about wiping up said liquids right away) etc. so i get this company that if you spend $88 or more you get unlimited return trips for a year for (in our case) $32. so, since i hate carpet and all of the above reasons, i sign up.
so anyway, the company also does air duct cleaning, and in this house, which we rent, the shit is dirty. gross, dusty, like, i almost barfed when the guy took the return cover off to do an estimate. which was just over $200 for the house. no way, too much. so i am putzing around while he does the carpet and i am thinking, i am not gonna be able to sleep tonight thinking about the filth in that return. so i think...lemme make him an offer. i coyly stroll out and ask him if he ever...freelances. he says, sometimes...i say, would you consider freelancing the air ducts, i can pay you 100 cash. i tell him if it is an inappropriate offer to forget i said it. he shifts, and says, well, i feel uncomfortable because *company name* frowns on it. i say, well i am sure they do, but i think you are a hard working guy and i would rather pay you what i can afford and have you keep it all than not get it done at all.
...i watch this guy sizing me up...am i a narc? am i gonna set him up and get him fired? did *company name* start employing secret shoppers? and he says he can come back later and do it. he walks around and counts the vents, etc, tells me that he will repaint the vents when he is done, he just needs paint. i tell him, hey buddy, i rent. if you don't want to repaint the vents, i am not gonna cry. i just want all of that scum outta my air ducts.
here comes the paradox...many times, i am deemed somehow untrustworthy by the mainstream because of how i look. but i think this guy trusted me BECAUSE of how i look...like, well, this chick doesn't look like she follows all the rules, so i can trust her to do this under the table gig...which is another paradox, i know...i am trustworthy enough to do shady business with. anyway, you all may be judging me for my lack of scruples, but if this nice guy can clean my ducts for half of what the company would charge, fuck the company. i just paid them 108 bucks to clean an L shape of carpet and the guy's commission was probably pretty low.
so, what do you think? |
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I think you rule. And I need my carpets cleaned BAD. They did not do it before I moved in and I didn't realize it till AFTER I moved in... blah.
ballsy. I love it! Good for you for giving it a try. Srsly, fuck the company, you know his comission is way low. | |
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