caller... I need you to come out with a metal detector and dig up my markers
office. We need your contact info to get on the schedule, we are booked for the next three weeks.
caller.. Then just let me borrow the metal detector, can you bring it over?
O. No, its in the truck, not sure where the crew is right now.
Call. Well go find it and bring it here. don't you know where your crew works? I've got my survey right here.
O Did we do that project?
C. No, it was (main competitor) name .
O. You should call them, it will be cheaper and they should be able to help.
C.. Click.
Damn, this guy was a special kind of A-hole. got all ticked at US because we wouldn't lend him our equipment!! Made a note of the address so when he calls for an actual survey, he gets a special price!
That sounds like a good prank. ....are you sure it wasn't a friend of yours?
we have an old clunky detector to lend. it sometimes screams for no reason...
About the time the jerk said "Well go find it and bring it here." I would have told him in no uncertain terms what I thought of people trying to order me around. It doesn't work for my wife, and I love her.;-)
> we have an old clunky detector to lend. it sometimes screams for no reason...
Are you talking about a surveyor or a tool....? 😉
lol
:good:
What you should have done is told him to come pick it up.
And when he showed up hand him 2 wire coat hangers and tell him good luck finding his pins.[sarcasm]:-O 😀 😉 🙂 [/sarcasm]:-D
> Are you talking about a surveyor or a tool....?
In some instances the answer to that question could be "Yes."
Why not just let him drive away in your truck with all of your equipment inside. Sheesh!
> What you should have done is told him to come pick it up.
>
> And when he showed up hand him 2 wire coat hangers and tell him good luck finding his pins.[sarcasm]:-O 😀 😉 🙂 [/sarcasm]:-D
Perfect!!! I'm going to make a dowser just for that!
:good:
That's one to keep for future use.
😀
ring ring! spledeus!!
I can't believe you refer to Terry that way!! 🙂
> Why not just let him drive away in your truck with all of your equipment inside. Sheesh!
What: without one of your surveyors along to run one of those those survey instrument thingies?
> ....Damn, this guy was a special kind of A-hole.....
I think we have to remember that this guy has probably been successful with interpersonal tactics of this sort. If not he would not continue to use them. But I don't suppose he has a lot of close friends.
I have a metal detector here with your name on it buddy! Give him a 'dip (bleep) needle'.
Just because I'm paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get me.
I think I need some #3 rebar
Because I should make my dowsing kit out of the same material I'm looking for, right??
that would look very official.
I get similar calls with regularity.
"Survey Office".
"Yeah, I've got some land down in Noble and, uh, I really don't need a survey..."
"What did you call a surveyor for, then?" (my fav reply!)
"Well, uh, I just need somebody to dig up the pins."
I've told them to go to Ace Hardware for shovels...I've told 'em lots of things. And even though it might sound abrasive, I always get a chuckle out of the other end of the phone. I really do explain my position and liability when it comes to "discovered" survey monuments.
But I've never had anyone want to borrow tools. That's a first. I did have a builder client watch me find four pins that he had previously spent a good amount of time trying to dig up. He wanted to know where he could get a pin-finder. I gave him the number for the local "stake store". Next time I saw him he was in disbelief of the price. "They wanted six-hunnert bucks for that thing!" :snarky:
Years ago my friends used to ask me why I didn't have a better truck. I told them that my tools cost as much as two trucks, so I'm driving what I can.
When clients want to know why surveying costs so much that I still quote "my tools cost about twice as much as a decent truck to carry them in".
Either way, they get an image of the real deal.
😉
> When clients want to know why surveying costs so much ...
.... I invite them to drive by the survey office of their choice and count the BMWs, the Lexus', and the Audis, etc. in the parking lot and add it up.