If you’re going to put the name of your business on the side of your truck, remember its there all the time.
Today I went for lunch at a local fast food place. And parked right in front of the door so that you had to go around it was a truck belonging to a local contractor with the company name proudly writen all over it. I don’t know how anyone can afford to let a Dodge Hemi idle either, but thats another story.
This is at least the third time I’ve seen this same truck parked in annoying places. The other two times were in handicapped spaces.
Now I know we can all be in a rush, but in every occasion there have been open spaces within 15 feet. Not the kind of thing that makes me think “Now there’s a guy I’d like to hire. He’s obviously not self centered and takes the needs of others into consideration.”
A.
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"I don't know how anyone can afford to let a Dodge Hemi idle either..."
Sic Al Gore on him. :)
An engine that big probably consumes 1/2 gallon per hour while idling. see quote from a post at CarDealerForums.com http://cardealerforums.com/alt-autos-gm/t143756-fuel-consumption-idle.html
"I can tell you that my 4.3 uses about 1 gallon while idling 2 hours.
That is idling with the heater on, 4 ways working and powering 600 watts of light-bar. I leave it running when on calls to keep the lights on and so I don't have to head back to the station in a cold rig."
Bruce,It's not always about how much gas your burning. Sometimes it's about common courtesy. I live across the street from our town's general store. For about six months I get to listen to and smell a half-dozen idling diesels from 7:00 am on. Just what I moved to the country for...Steve
Really, I was more going for a shot at how much gas costs and how bad those hemi's are on gas than a real concern for the amount of fuel burned.
A.
It made me think about fuel wasted that sends dollars to OPEC countries and that further pollutes the air.
BruceT
No name on my truck. Just go by word of mouth.....I can park anywhere anytime."Gentle to the touch, exquisite to contemplate, tractable in creative hands, stronger by weight than iron, wood is, as William Penn had said,"a substance with a soul.'"Eric Sloane
"No name on my truck. Just go by word of mouth.....I can park anywhere anytime"Even without a name they will tow it away..
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
Yeah, I see one local painters truck parked out by the street at a bar every day. It's usually there by 2:00.
You know how painters are, they probably sobered up by 2:00, time to get started again.
(just poking fun at the stereotype, folks)
"You know how painters are, they probably sobered up by 2:00, time to get started again."
Painting? Or drinking? ;o)Jeff
I used to use magnetic signs with my competitors name and logo on it for those 2 pm. days.
No sense wasting a good opportunity.
They can't get your Goat if you don't tell them where it is hidden.
109525.6 in reply to 109525.3
I used to use magnetic signs with my competitors name and logo on it for those 2 pm. days.No sense wasting a good opportunity.
<G> Is 'misinformation' a liberal or conservative trait????
I loved it when I was a "Bug Man" we had 'B & L Pest Control" in nice big letters on a P up truck.
We had MANY bars and restarants on our turf. Most wanted us to park out back. Or at the Micky D's nearby.
Side note, we always stopped at a HoJo for break-lunch , Pay Phone the answer service ( before Cell was cheap) and we tried like hell to get the account. They had a competiter, a big National Co. So, no dice.
One day I had a roach from another job, that was dead, and I put it in my shirt pocket with my cigs. After we orderd and the waitwoman turned away, I put the roach on the counter..and with a BIG WHAPPP! of my hand, I smacked it flat. She came over to see what it was..I said something like "Your guys need to do a better job, look at this roach!"
We got the account..and 2 other HoJos..LOL
edit: Oh yeah, we did nudie bars too..always a good excuse to be there..
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Edited 9/9/2008 7:16 pm ET by Sphere
Ha the sign of a great painter a Paint brush in on hand and a beer in the other?
Island Angus,
I always park my truck( with signs on it) at least half way out in the parking lot for two reasons. 1) Thank God that I can still walk that far to the store ( I see some people who park right next to the door & they REALLY should walk at least two lengths of the parking lot-you know who I mean). 2) If I park half way out in the parking lot it gives everyone a fair sight to get the company name and phone #. A win-win situation. Quality Wood Chips. Bill D.
The only petty thing that makes me madder than some jackalope getting a plastic bag for one item, is some other jackalope idling their vehicle when they run into a store.
To me its just irresponsible.
Family.....They're always there when they need you.
I love those that park in front of the store during a rainstorm and you have to walk around their truck to get in the store getting wet twice
Last year we did a job across the street form one of our state's medical marijauna shops. Plenty of company trucks pulling up and scoring during lunch hour. Great image for your company.
Mike
Small wheel turn by the fire and rod, big wheel turn by the grace of god.
It would be bad enough if it was just an employee not thinking, but these were the owners too. Idiots.
No name on the truck means no invitation to theft etc.
If you do good work, price fairly, and act professonally there is not a whole lot of need to advertise on your truck.
Thats my 2 cents.
Have a good day
Cliffy
What kills me is the number of trucks with company names I see parked at.......
........................................wait for it.......................................................................
................................here it comes.........................................................................
Strip Clubs and Go-Go Bars.
Go by one on a Friday after 3PM and look.
"Go by one on a Friday after 3PM and look."
Or better yet, stop in and look! 8-)
Mike HennessyPittsburgh, PA
What's a Go Go bar?
Edited 9/9/2008 12:46 pm ET by ravz
What's a Go Go bar?
It's like a strip club but they don't dance completely naked.
I'm hoping you were kidding. I would hate to have to round Mike and maybe Jeff Buck up so we could take you on the educational tour.
single mom's need remodeling too!
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I've had to work on the roofs of a couple of strip clubs. I try to stop in the morning, well before their regular hours, and make sure the ladder is up right where I'm parked so it's obvious why I'm there. Had to meet the manager a lunch one time and she was pointing out the stains in the ceiling. My partner and I parted the beads hanging in the opening to the next room to see if the leak was visible on the other side of the wall, and some guy was getting a personal lap dance in that room.Awkward....John Svenson, builder, remodeler, NE Ohio
Edited 9/10/2008 8:58 pm ET by Svenny
I bet you know the name of that contractor now dont you. where you park has nothing to do with your quality of work. I hear a bunch of whiners in here.
Sure I know his name, and I have also figured out he is a jerk, so I don't care what his work is like. First impressions make can make or break you, and this guys made his impression.
If someone is so inconsiderate to park in a handicap space, when there are open spaces within feet, then I ain't interested in working with them.
Lots of good guys, who do good work, to hire before them.
A.
Maybe he did have a handicap on those occasions!)
What I really love is the trucks plastered with the business name and phone # all over it and the guy cuts you off in traffic. Then the bumper sticker" How's my driving?"
What I really love is the trucks plastered with the business name and phone # all over it and the guy cuts you off in traffic. Then the bumper sticker" How's my driving?"
Taking my daughters to school one day a truck from a local HVAC contractor cut me off. Normally I just yell and get over it.
This guy cut me off so bad I actually did call the number on the "How's my driving" bumper sticker.
As I'm behind the guy I see him answer his cell phone as I'm calling. Turns out this guy was the owner.
Invited him to pull over and take his a$$ kicking but he declined.
robert
that actually happened to me last year. Was behind a mom in a POS car. We are doing 20 in the school zone. No problemo. Then we exit the SZ and she is doing 15ish. WTF? So I one finger her on the way by as we get to a light.
Couple secs later.......phone call. So I fired myself. Seemed to satisfy her.
I'm driving better now. All fingers on the wheel
She apparently had a flat tire she was driving on to the tire shop. No 4 ways on
in your op you didnt say it was a "handicapped space"
still sorry I came across this thread,,, thought it might be something useful
but hey, like the guy who was behind the lady with a flat,, stop and think before you flip someone off,, chances are,, just maybe ,, they might be having a worse day than you are. you never know they might actually have a reason - other than thinking they are more important than everyone else
I have a good one for you that I have a few times around here. There is a local drywall contractor that has business cards printed up and passes them out to customers, there are 2 phone numbers on the card to contact him. When you call the numbers on his card they are for 2 local bars!!!!!!! Most of the time you can catch him at one of them, pretty good office idea, lol.
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