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You're a legend, Chris.  We remember the special people in our lives who went out of their way to teach us things that serve us well for a lifetime.

Those I remember most are people who gave of thier own resources or showed uncommon patience with something that just wouldn't sink in for me, but they persevered until I understood it. They didn't have to do it, yet they did, and they did it long after others grumbled and closed the door, so to speak.  I remember someone who came back to me and said: "You said you got it, but you really don't understand it, do you?"  She stayed with me with clearer calculations until it finally penetrated this thick noggin.  I remember her, and I try to pay it forward when I see someone else in the same circumstance.  Kindness begets kindness, is what I've found. 

Looking back, I see a common characteristic among those people who gave of their time and talent in that way:  Happiness.  Those people who helped me the most weren't just kind and patient; they were overall happier and more confident people in life than others I've met.  And they remain the people I would go out of my way to do my very best to help with whatever I could, when I can reciprocate.

Anyway, thanks Chris.  The education, networking, resources, etc., are very much appreciated.

The new guy you're training is very fortunate to be learning from the master.

  

 

Apple Roof Cleaning Tampa FL (813) 655-8777 wrote:

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But he is learning. I have trained so many roof cleaners, what's one more ?

He wants to stay on top of the roof and wash the chit down, instead of walking the edge of the roof, to minimize run off. He's scared, and that's pretty normal for a newbie

This is day 5 working with me, and I can see progress. My Son is still injured from the Bird Bite, and can't work. So I am out working, with our new employee. Like ALL newbies, he is making every mistake in the book. He fights his hose, don't watch where the chit is going, forgets to turn off his ball valve when he pulls his hose, and sprays me down on the ground every chance he gets, plus he forgot to put the ladder back ON the freaking truck, and we had to drive 25 miles back to get it! He dropped the ball  valve from the roof and broke it instead of lowering it, but he is learning. There is no mistake I have not seen, no situation in roof cleaning I have not been in before. He will learn, as hundreds before him have learned, and one day he will laugh at the mistakes he is making.

We were all new once, even me Back when I started, non pressure chemical roof cleaning was a "black art", known only to a few, and they weren't talking

I made SOOOO many mistakes, I swore that if I ever mastered this chit, I would try my best to help people not make the many mistakes I made.

It has been so long since I personally took on a trainee, I almost forgot what it is like. It is almost like having a child, in some ways

But, I enjoy teaching what I know.

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Skyline Roof Cleaning Virginia wrote:

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You're a legend, Chris.  We remember the special people in our lives who went out of their way to teach us things that serve us well for a lifetime.

Those I remember most are people who gave of thier own resources or showed uncommon patience with something that just wouldn't sink in for me, but they persevered until I understood it. They didn't have to do it, yet they did, and they did it long after others grumbled and closed the door, so to speak.  I remember someone who came back to me and said: "You said you got it, but you really don't understand it, do you?"  She stayed with me with clearer calculations until it finally penetrated this thick noggin.  I remember her, and I try to pay it forward when I see someone else in the same circumstance.  Kindness begets kindness, is what I've found. 

Looking back, I see a common characteristic among those people who gave of their time and talent in that way:  Happiness.  Those people who helped me the most weren't just kind and patient; they were overall happier and more confident people in life than others I've met.  And they remain the people I would go out of my way to do my very best to help with whatever I could, when I can reciprocate.

Anyway, thanks Chris.  The education, networking, resources, etc., are very much appreciated.

The new guy you're training is very fortunate to be learning from the master.  

 

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did we decide fridays are poetry nights all of a sudden? very touching

Skyline Roof Cleaning Virginia wrote:

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Ouch!

Well, my back is out.  X-rays tomorrow morning.  Doc has me on a good pain reliever.

Apparently it brought out the poet in me.

LOL.

 

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hahahaha ... glad you have a sense of humor, i was a little hesitant to hit the submit button but had a felling you were one of the good guys!!!!

& for the record i've PM'd my share of poetry over the months, lol