*Ring Ring*
Me: Good Morning, Generic Survey Company Name.
John Doe: Yes, good morning! I'm calling because I need my property surveyed.
Me: Okay! Let me get a little more information from you. Where is the property located?
John Doe: Well, I just recently bought an old closed down ski resort in Anytown, NY.
Me: Oh! No kidding! I know of that place. My father was on the ski patrol there years ago! I saw that it was for sale. That's gotta be a nice piece of property!
My Future Client: Yeah, it's a nice place up there! It's 82 acres with a few buildings, the old lodge is still there. I'm hoping to get it back up and running for just my family.
Me: Do you have the address of the property so I can pull some info?
My Future Client: Well... I wanna run something by you about how I'd like this to go.
Me: Okay...
My Possible Future Client: I know surveys are really expensive, like over $1000! But I've got a proposition for you.
Me: ...
John Doe: I'm a retired guy and I've got a lot of interests. I'm kind of interested in how you survey. I knew a surveyor XX years ago. What I'd like from you is a price to do the survey. Then I want another price of how much it would cost if I help you...
Me: Well, we don't really...
John Doe: Or, you can just show me how to survey and I'll do it myself. Then when the job is done if I like the work I can come to work for you.
Me: Hmmm...
My Future Employee: Is that something we could work out?
Me: In all honesty, probably not. I really don't have any openings to take on new employees... I can give you a price for the survey though! What are you looking to have done? Do you just want corners or are you looking to get the lines blazed? Do you need a map? Will this be for a closing?
John Doe: Well... I don't think I'm gonna pay full price for a survey...
Me: Okay...
John Doe: What kind of deal can you cut me?
Me: We don't really do that...
John Doe: Alright. Let me make some other calls then. Thanks.
Me: Okay, thanks!
[sarcasm]You should have been more reasonable with him. Now it's gonna be real awkward when you apply to work for his survey firm.[/sarcasm]:snarky:
People are strange.
One can only imagine what sort of conversation this guy has with his doctor.
Priceless
"...If I like the work I'll come work for you!" I have to wonder about his work experience if it's really that easy to get a job!
He sounds like another psycho with a degree from Nutville U.
His next conversation would be that when the survey was completed that you would owe him an extraordinary amount of money for his help.
Tell him that after 4yrs of college for a degree in surveying, including 6± yrs on job training to pass his survey exam that he can survey whatever he wants.
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If he could afford to buy a ski resort, he probably couldn't afford to work for a surveyor.
Boy, ain't that the truth!!
Wow. I'll bet his name was actually D I C K Doe.
C'mon, guys! All a surveyor does is look through that thingy on the tripod. How hard is that?! 😉
I would have bartered for some skiing on his private resort.
What I'd like from you is a price to do the survey. Then I want another price of how much it would cost if I help you...
$$,$$$ for the survey ... $$,$$$ * 2 if you help.