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10-14-2006, 10:19 AM
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Name 1 Thing The General Public Says....
Ok...we are all 'service' people in here, constantly talking to the public. What's that 1 thing that people never fail to ask?.....
I'm on the phone yesterday with At&t, and I mention to the lady I own a painting business, shoot the breeze a bit and....here goes....... "do you paint inside or outside?".... Never fails- they all ask me
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10-14-2006, 10:27 AM
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Re: Name 1 Thing The General Public Says....
I have ran into painters who don't paint outside and I have met painters who don't paint inside, I guess it's their choice. I do more inside work then outside, I think it's because there are so many Student Painters out there. and you can't forget the Cut Throats.
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10-14-2006, 10:33 AM
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Re: Name 1 Thing The General Public Says....
....just lookin' for that 1 question you find kind of 'ironic' that your always getting asked...
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10-14-2006, 02:24 PM
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Re: Name 1 Thing The General Public Says....
I stopped at the grocery store once on my way home in full painter duds, reasonble amounts of paint on them and some asked me where the frozen fish sticks were. I said I do not know and she made some comment implying that I should know. I replied "If I worked here then I might know."
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10-14-2006, 04:50 PM
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Re: Name 1 Thing The General Public Says....
The ONE question that I get, always asked, and is very ironic is....
Standing around in all whites... "Hey, you a painter?" No I just like looking like one.....
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10-14-2006, 07:18 PM
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Re: Name 1 Thing The General Public Says....
Upon packing up for the 1st of a 2 or more day job, I have had a few customers ask if I am going to cover the fence panels so they don't get wet...
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10-14-2006, 10:39 PM
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Re: Name 1 Thing The General Public Says....
Lol, my favorite like above "hey, you guys painters". Nope just brain surgeons taking lunch.
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10-15-2006, 01:07 AM
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My favorite is while im staining the outside of a deck railing people will point to the inside of the railing and ask (are you gonna stain that?) |
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10-15-2006, 07:55 AM
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Re: Name 1 Thing The General Public Says....Quote:
 Good thing it happens to others too, makes me feel better
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Re: Name 1 Thing The General Public Says....
Yup....I seem to get the annoying "you missed a spot" too much, but every person that says it to me does it like they were the first one to think of it!! Then they giggle feverishly thinking they made a funny.
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Over the years I developed a solution for that one I have found that a single non-lethal shot from a small caliber firearm, tends to help that "joke" (at least for me) and stop the inevitable giggling (from the other person) I prefer the foot as it's usually more stationary than a hand or arm, and not too close to anything important
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10-15-2006, 03:19 PM
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Re: Name 1 Thing The General Public Says....
When doing exterior work in condo complexes with the teachers and summer help, you can be carrying a buck of paint, ladder, and brush and the condo residents still will ask you what are you doing.
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10-15-2006, 04:45 PM
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Re: Name 1 Thing The General Public Says....
If I had a nickel for everytime I ran into someone after work and they asked me "did you get any paint on the building?" I wouldn't have to work anymore. Not that I'm a slob or anything, but paint clothes are just rags waiting to happen.
I get the inside/outside question alot too. I think its because back in the day (whenever that was) there used to be more of a seperation between the two. |
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10-15-2006, 11:16 PM
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Re: Name 1 Thing The General Public Says....
I work in jeans alot.......my favorite have been thru 100's of jobs and have lots of different colors on them.....On line at the grocery store or at the Quicky mart i always get that "I guess you've been painting"...
Thats when I tell them that these jeans were bought like that w/ the rips and colors places perfectly.... I say that they are Armani .. and they cost a bundle. Geez, your not too hip are you? |
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