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| andyb |
Posted - 30 Nov 2005 : 19:30:01
I live in a small village(less than 100 houses) alongside the river Severn, just down stream of Tewkesbury. Over the last 3 days I have had 4 calls from locals ref rats in gardens and sheds.
Villagers have been talking and it turns out that there are loads of problems. The word has got out that I am doing the treatments.
I have just had a phone call basically accusing me of releasing the rats to get the work. The marvels of village life. I know how Eddie Grundy must feel. Cheeky B*stards. I bet my prices will go up from now on.
ANDY B |
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| ben |
Posted - 02 Dec 2005 : 23:42:59
nick i have read a report in the pcn about not forgetting the basics and the underprivileged and am thinking of a way to do just that.i am sure we could all spare a few hours a week and do the job for cost,we all know when we have earned enough to keep going and belive me i am no charity nutter but putting a little back does not hurt.it could always lead to other more profitable work another way of advertising .
ben
you learn as you go |
| BRY |
Posted - 02 Dec 2005 : 10:23:57
This morning my dogs were going nuts barking alot, i thought arhh i got another? went down the back to check my live catch trap, there he was in the trap squealing as it saw me.
This is the tenth rat i have caught in 3 months, i can hear peeps minds thinking / he got dogs so its his own fault \ nope all my food is in contained bins dogs are cleaned out at least twice a day all going straight into the mains (not bagged up).
My neighbours both sides of me feed the birds, the 1 side overdoes it, well you know the rest, and all attraction.
I', waiting for a visit off the EHO from complaints from neighbours about my dogs barking, to which i will gladly tell them where to go and inform the EHO that rats about are making my dogs bark, and the cause is from the neighbours  . I could put poison down but won't i use the dead rats then for ferret food.
BRY |
| NickA |
Posted - 02 Dec 2005 : 09:54:25
Ben, do you think that if the Council shut down their pest control division all the work will come to you.
What about the jobs for those on low income, are you going to do those.
Funny I hear more Councils taking Pest Control back in house here in South East.
When I started up having looked at market knew council offered PC so have to look elsewhere, didn't the rest of you do that or is the council supposed to give up or give you jobs?
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| ben |
Posted - 01 Dec 2005 : 23:12:01
most la's are now takeing this view in the small areas,had a friend of a friend who rang the la about a flea treatment (which they charge 55 quid ) and they told her they are to busy at the momment.its one way of saveing money and another department shut down.
suits me sir! shut the lot down. 
ben
you learn as you go |
| andyb |
Posted - 01 Dec 2005 : 20:58:26
Something profoundly wrong when a public utilty goes commercial.
Suits me a treat.
ANDY B |
| Dusty |
Posted - 01 Dec 2005 : 20:39:39
Something profoundly wrong when a public utilty goes commercial.
Don't feed them, get Rid of them |
| NickA |
Posted - 01 Dec 2005 : 20:37:53
But does not mean Andys phone will ring!
Be nice if it did.
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| NickA |
Posted - 01 Dec 2005 : 20:34:49
But does not mean Andys phone will ring!
Be nice if it did.
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| Fenn Man |
Posted - 01 Dec 2005 : 20:31:55
quote:
Originally posted by andyb
local LA has just ancounced that from the 1st Jan they will not be undertaking pest control
Ahhh! The sound of the sweetest music!
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| andyb |
Posted - 01 Dec 2005 : 20:16:32
Trapped 3 juveniles and bait 28 holes today in the village, two locals asked me to sell them bait, yeh like i'm going to do that. I have told the pain in the ass who phoned yesterday and made the accusations that I will control his population for �135.00 per visit that shut the f**cker up. By the way the local LA has just ancounced that from the 1st Jan they will not be undertaking pest control so he might have to pay the price. LOL
ANDY B |
| ben |
Posted - 30 Nov 2005 : 23:24:27
and not forgetting the ones that dont listen to your advice ie;put rubbish in bags and dont leave any rubbish on the floor put it all in the bin or keep it inside untill bin day.then they tell you they have the same rat as six months ago,that fact you have killed at least twenty by then,no its still the same one and your not doing you job.  w!!kers
ben
you learn as you go |
| Matt the Rat |
Posted - 30 Nov 2005 : 23:22:40
Look on the bright side andy, at least you dont have Wiwyum {sic}to worry about........
This job would be easy without customers. |
| nigel |
Posted - 30 Nov 2005 : 22:23:05
I have often said it to customers who ask "what is the worst things you deal with", they expect the answer to be rats, mice or fleas, NO -"ITS SOME CUSTOMERS"
I understand rats and many of the pests we deal with, I understand their needs and requirements, even down to the pyscology of out witting squirrels, but CUSTOMERS???? Can never understand why they feel they have to go in to self denial - "I AM NOT FEEDING THEM, BUT I SEE THEM EVERY DAY ON THE BIRD TABLE" or "I HAVE ONLY HAD THE RAT FOR A DAY OR TWO" when the evidence shows that the problem is long established.....
May be the industry should run a course on customers......... |
| Fenn Man |
Posted - 30 Nov 2005 : 20:09:01
I hang mine on the washing line for forty eight hours, mate. Honestly, I do! Do it to flag the neighbours that they're among us, but mostly for this pair next door, my west side.
Before I got here, they shot off to the Bahama's. They ran a resteraunt out there. Now, while nothing in itself, the women wears the trousers in there and she's probably used to dealing with those of a lesser 'status' than herself, on a regular basis. Well, ye know the British approach there; If backward 'Johnny Foreigner' can't understand what ye telling him? Speak Loudly and Clearly. Ennunciate.
So, when I first mentioned that 'we' had mice, and that they were harbouring beneath their shed, she LOUDLY pronounced that, " There Can be No mice under OUR shed. OUR shed is on a solid slab of concrete! " Oh aye? And what's that 1 1/2" thick base laid on? Scotch Mist?
Having explained that, anyway, I'm taking them hand over fist, from hard against my fence, up where their shed is ... And not to worry; I'm a Rat Catcher. I have the kit and know how to deal with 'anything'. Modern kit ..? " OUR Boy was a Proper Rat Catcher. He used to put this white powder down ... " I wonder if he got that off the Bermuda eBay, eh? Anyway .....
So there I was. Slagged off by insinuation. My knowledge of what I do denied. No match for their " Boy " in Barbadoss, or his White Powder. Ye following me?
And so, the mice came and I wiped them out. The rats came. I wiped them out. I'm getting quite pleased with myself here at a job well done ~ for the general good of such Society as this Drive represents. But Her? " Caught one down by the back doors, last night, Penn'. " No. We don't have them near the house....." Ask yeself; Would You have put up with this much sh!t?!
Now I see they're trying to lure local cats onto their property. She believes in cats. They leave bowls of food out, 24 / 7!!!!!
Me? I take them as they come ~ under her fence. Then I hang them on my line, in plain view, for 48 hours. And say nothing.
People? Yes, mate: Ungrateful B*stards, many of them! |
| NickA |
Posted - 30 Nov 2005 : 19:59:47
 So Andy hows the breeding going??
Selective releases.
But that is village life,have you been accused of doing the missing moggie in.
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