Sprinkler Blowouts For Wednesday, November 3, 2021

I found out yesterday it doesn’t pay to be the best at what we do. After 50,000+ sprinkler blowouts completed, someone had to challenge us on how we were able to do the job even after showing a picture of the sprinklers being blown out.  Here’s the story…….

Apparently, a neighbor of our customer had a company come out and blow out their sprinklers so our customer asked if he could do hers as well.  Somehow, facts unknown, this person wasn’t able to blow out her system and gave her a reason why which I have no idea.  Along comes Jerry yesterday and blew it out like he would any other pressurized irrigation system. (Oh, and Jerry is new this year but is a quite intelligent 20-year-old) Although he is new, he still has blown out nearly 1,000 sprinkler systems already.  It doesn’t take long to be proficient with our company because of our workload.

Now, even with a picture showing the blowout being done she is questioning how the job was done.  Even to the point that she wasn’t going to pay for her blowout.  I reminded her of our policy regarding non-payment, late fees, liens, etc., and then I explained the process over again but for some reason, it wasn’t good enough. I think she was probably stuck on the information from the tech from the other company.  After an hour and a half of communicating back and forth through text, still no result, so I am having Jerry call her this evening and tell her the same thing we have already said.

So, what it comes down to is apparently is it can be a pain to be the best at what we do.  Just because a different company technician couldn’t do it, we weren’t expected to be able to either.  We run into systems every spring that weren’t blown out correctly by another person or company and there are extensive repairs needed. We call it job security. If we find one that we can’t blow out for any reason, you can bet no one else is going to be able to do it either. My son Jacob did his first blowout at 12 years old while I watched. It may be rocket science to some, but it isn’t to us.

We are on the cleanout phase of Canyon county.  The area has already been closed to new requests, and we have a few hundred in the county to service by Friday.  It’s going to be a fun few days.

The routes today in Nampa 83686 won’t get them all, so whatever are left we will work in on Friday when we start the 83687

Here are our routes for today:

Caldwell & Nampa 83686 – “Cyclone” – Jesse

Maywood Pl
Julie St
Sutton St
Bainbridge St
Blue Ridge St
Alverta Ave
Greenwing St
Zinfandel Ln
Freezeout Rd
Willis Rd
El Paso Rd
S Grace Point Pl
W Redwood River St
W Roanoke River St
S Catawba River Ave
W Yellowbell St
W Pine Creek Dr
W Moose Creek Dr
S Whitewater Ct
W Teton Ave
W Bird Ave
W Quintale Dr
W Cross Slope Way

Nampa 83686 – “Leroy” – Trevor

E Tuscany Ave
E Sandyford Ave
S Bluegrass Dr
Southside Blvd
E Sandgate Ave
Panorama Dr
E Massachusetts Ave
S Plateau Dr
E Iowa Ave
E Umatilla Dr
S Bay Ridge Ave
S Trail Ridge Ave
S Wood River Ave
S Alice Falls Ave
S Henry Lane
S Montgomery Ln
E Caymen Ct
Crestview Ave
E Nebraska Ave
S Florence St

Nampa 83686 – “Orange Julius” – Jerry

12th Ave Rd
Fern St
Garland St
Ruby Dr
Lambert Dr
S Chestnut St
E Cottage Ave
E Maryland Ave
Hillcrest Way
S Juniper St
Stony Meadow Dr
S Mystic Seaport Ave
Meadowbrook Dr
E Sunrise Rim Rd
W Savanna Dr
S Malad
Vista Dr
S Oxbow Dr
Parkside Way
S Wildrye Way
War Eagle Way
Morning Sun Dr