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<\/a><\/p>\nSomeone wrote me a very long but detailed email yesterday on some ways I can improve our automated system, and found most if not all to my liking.\u00a0 I will slowly get them implemented as time permits.\u00a0 Not much time during the season to do it because I am lucky to get 3 hours of sleep per night as it is, but will definitely make some improvements based on her suggestions.<\/p>\n
Yesterday went quite well for Justin in the 83642 and he was able to finish his route.\u00a0 I on the other hand wasn’t so fortunate.\u00a0 EVERY morning I get bombarded with texts with various questions, and they all pop up on my computer screen and I feel like I am playing a game of Asteroids with them all.\u00a0 Most of the questions have already been answered in this blog, on our site, or in the terms of service. \u00a0 Because of these texts, I did not get out of my office until almost 11 a.m.!\u00a0 Throughout the day I got hit with even more texts, keeping me from getting my job done.\u00a0 Add in a few system issues, valve boxes sobotaged by gophers, valve boxes I could not find, etc., I was only able to get about half of my route completed.\u00a0 If you have a question, PLEASE see if it is already answered either in this blog, in the comments, on our site, or in the terms of service.\u00a0 You would be surprised how many times we get asked how they can pay us since they won’t be home during the day.\u00a0 Well, truth be told, most aren’t home during the day because they work the same hours we do.\u00a0 It clearly states in #9 our terms of service, ” I understand that if I am not at home during my sprinkler blowout an invoice will arrive at the email address I listed when I signed up for the service.”\u00a0 Of course, we like checks under mats as well.\u00a0 Customers have been quite creative on where they leave checks for us. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Justin will be working in the 83709 today, and I am having Jesse cover for me on my route in the 83709 as well so that I can TRY to get caught up on paperwork.\u00a0 Since he is less than half my age, he is quite a bit faster than me, so that will be an advantage out in the field.\u00a0 If I could, I would have Jesse run my routes all the time, but then I would miss visiting many of my long-time customers that I only see once a year.\u00a0 Many of our customers have become friends over the years because we have provided service for them for such a long time.<\/p>\n
There are some newer ones that have come in the 83709 that are on city water that have backflow preventers, but unfortunately we have others that have been waiting for a longer period of time so in all fairness we need to work those areas first.\u00a0 Doing so we will no doubt complete some newer ones, but if they are in the area we are working on where some have been waiting a long time,\u00a0 they will get done as well while we are in the area.\u00a0\u00a0 If you recall, when we first started the season we went through and tried to get all of the ones around the valley that have backflow preventers since they do not hold up as well in the cold as those without them.\u00a0 Backflow preventers will generally be fine until we get there if they are underground, but ones above ground need to be pre-winterized as per the instructions on our site.\u00a0 Same for irrigation filters that are above ground.\u00a0 The ground is still well above freezing, and will remain that way for another month or more, so no worries there.\u00a0 It wouldn’t hurt for all those with backflow preventers pre-winterize them just to be safe.<\/p>\n
Below are the routes that Justin and Jesse will be on today:<\/p>\n