Had a customer in Asheville ask me why I always start at the top

I explained it's to keep the soot from falling on the clean damper, and she said 'So you're working clean to dirty, like an artist.' Has anyone else had a client reframe the job in a way that stuck with you?

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john_fisher22d agoTop Commenter

Had a guy in Knoxville watch me clean his gutters and said I was "editing the house, taking out the bad lines." Felt fancy for a second, then a leaf chunk fell right down my shirt. So much for being an artist, more like a messy editor.

jessej2321d ago

That's actually a pretty good way to look at it though. Editing is messy work. You ever see a writer's first draft? It's all over the place, full of stuff that needs to be cut. You're just doing the same thing for a house. The leaf down the shirt is part of the process, like a coffee stain on a manuscript.

betty_carter21d ago

Sounds more like a messy editor to me.