So tell me oh great Mikey. will Jim and Lisa no longer need money when they take over the
IICRC... will you personally support them?, will they no longer have a house payment, will the local grociers give them all their food for free?, will the airlines and gas stations beg to give them whatever they want for free? will all their credit card companies not only absolve their current debt, but give them an unlimited cards they never have to make a payment on? Will everyone give them a free ride from that day forward?
NO ...
Duh... I'm sure they will still need a paycheck! We (yes you too Mikey) are all in business to make MONEY. So why do we hate those who make a living in our industry? I believe it is mostly petty jealousy! Jeff, Ruth, Steve, Doyle, and Many others helped blaze the trail that is now an Industry that WE ALL MAKE A LIVING FROM!
Please let me know when you personally Mikey, stop making a single dime from this industry, your company, and this board, and still devote your every waking hour to the betterment of this industry. The same for you Terry... when you start giving your machines away for free, as well as your cleaning, and your mentoring, all from the goodness of your heart... Just let me know and I will post a complete retraction of this post.
Neither one of you are the Mother Theresa of carpet cleaning, why do you then trash everyone else?
Until that time I think you are all very much like all those you hate, and judge without any real knowledge of their motives,
you are just not nearly as successful (which is why you complain so much again IMHO)... you make a living off this industry, and those in it, JUST LIKE THEY DO, and who are you to judge their motives to be any better or worse than your own?
It must be so easy to sit on your butt and criticize, and come up with excuses as to why you do nothing to help, but still sell your stuff...and just whine and complain without doing a damn thing to really make one bit of a difference.
Just so I am clear and my motives are transparent, I am just a simple carpet cleaner who tries to give the best service to my customers...after all that is what they pay me for. I love this industry as it has provided for my family for over 30 years. I believe in education, some comes from classrooms, and some (most) from experience. I look up to many of the industry icons and owe my limited success to them. I aspire to become a teacher to help other cleaners have a shorter learning curve and make less mistakes in their career than I have in mine. Does that make me a bad person? Oh... AND I ACTUALLY WILL EXPECT A PAYCHECK IF I AM TO FEED MY FAMILY! Is that simple enough for you?