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kl8ton said:

alaskanassasin said:

kl8ton said:

alaskanassasin said:

kl8ton said:

alaskanassasin said:

@kl8ton you are fahked.

I appreciate your optimism!   🤣

   Usually people living in campers are good-natured and used to things not working so you have that. 

I might frame this and hang it in the office.  When a grumpy person comes in wanting their money back I'll just point to it.

I can’t imagine running a service business these days with all the entitled a holes running around and besides that the online reviews they can leave.

Yep.  Main reason why campground owners/managers quit.  The average duration is 7 years.  Its the entitlement.  There are those that don't give a thought to cutting one of your trees down for firewood or to inflating a portable hot tub on their site.  They will tell you their dogs are "good" and don't need to be on a leash.  I just listened to a lady complain for 5 minutes about the tree roots that are always on a certain site - do I have any other SHADY sites that don't have tree roots?  The list goes on and on and on.  A lot of business is based on your Google Review number too. I walk a fine line of rule enforcer and being easygoing.  I try to come off as easygoing while keeping everyone in line.  

Hey now.  I have two dogs who don't do leashes.  Granted they never leave my side unless I tell them it is okay and their recall is better than 99% of kids under the age of 28.  They also have zero prey drive.

On the tree root front, did you ask they city folk how they keep their trees from falling over?

alaskanassasin said:

kl8ton said:

alaskanassasin said:

kl8ton said:

alaskanassasin said:

@kl8ton you are fahked.

I appreciate your optimism!   🤣

   Usually people living in campers are good-natured and used to things not working so you have that. 

I might frame this and hang it in the office.  When a grumpy person comes in wanting their money back I'll just point to it.

I can’t imagine running a service business these days with all the entitled a holes running around and besides that the online reviews they can leave.

Yep.  Main reason why campground owners/managers quit.  The average duration is 7 years.  Its the entitlement.  There are those that don't give a thought to cutting one of your trees down for firewood or to inflating a portable hot tub on their site.  They will tell you their dogs are "good" and don't need to be on a leash.  I just listened to a lady complain for 5 minutes about the tree roots that are always on a certain site - do I have any other SHADY sites that don't have tree roots?  The list goes on and on and on.  A lot of business is based on your Google Review number too. I walk a fine line of rule enforcer and being easygoing.  I try to come off as easygoing while keeping everyone in line.  

alaskanassasin said:

kl8ton said:

alaskanassasin said:

@kl8ton you are fahked.

I appreciate your optimism!   🤣

   Usually people living in campers are good-natured and used to things not working so you have that. 

I might frame this and hang it in the office.  When a grumpy person comes in wanting their money back I'll just point to it.

Cold is cold without the weather enhancements but I get the deal if you have to be out in it.  Always remember, the younger you are the easier it is to cope. 
BTW- on DEC 23rd we bottomed out at -8*F aka -22 *C. Not anywhere -32*C but the further north you go the more exotic car sightings you get.  So there's that.
Be well my friend!

Well Frank, I hope to not need one. Going on 7 years with my XL with no warranty needs…..I genuinely don’t think I need a mini or small. Only thing jonesing for is the 2XL

kl8ton said:

alaskanassasin said:

@kl8ton you are fahked.

I appreciate your optimism!   🤣

   Usually people living in campers are good-natured and used to things not working so you have that. 

kl8ton said:

I am not looking forward to these numbers. I just walked around and checked all 68 of our heated water hydrants. Everything's working. At these temps something always goes wrong.  I believe this is colder than the Christmas weekend.

Just be happy you’re not here. Temps in Celsius. And yes, that’s a -32C (-26F) before wind chill, if you believe in such things. @lousubcap 😉

alaskanassasin said:

@kl8ton you are fahked.

I appreciate your optimism!   🤣

@kl8ton you are fahked.

UPDATE:  customer service at BGE was no help, told me there was nothing they could do, I had to go through the warranty process with Ace Hardware.  Finally, they called me last week to tell me that my fire box would be in Friday or Saturday, so Sunday, I rolled in to inquire.  Guy went back to look for it, and came back looking frightened, and told me that they (BGE) had sent the wrong part. They sent a fire RING not a fire BOX.  This guy at Ace has been there when I've inquired several times before, and I think he felt sorry for me (or was afraid I was going to make a scene) and gave me the fire box out of a floor model.  Said he'd figure it out on his time, I'd wasted enough of mine.  So, all in all, I felt like that was a stand-up (if belated) response.