pest control story’

I like my job

It was my second year as a pest control technician and was beginning to realize how much I enjoyed my job. As a pest control technicians we are trusted to serve our customers to the best of our ability, in a kind, courteous way and we have a lot of freedom in how we accomplish this. We have all day to complete our services and are often given opportunity throughout the day to earn more money. I enjoyed all of this, but one day I realized that killing bugs was easy, I was enjoying the time I had to interact with our customer. I would find myself almost daily impressed… Read More

Las Cucarachas

My name is Luke and this story is about my first day on the job 2 years ago. I was an eager young lad ready for some hard work and had just been hired by the Atlanta Branch as a field technician. Like most employees on their first day out in the field, I was both nervous and excited. One of my advisors, Ben Montez, had just taught me how to drive a stick shift and I was ready to conquer the world. Picking up my paper work, I read through for the challenges of the next day so I could make sure I had everything I needed. A couple… Read More

Dog Bite

I was working out in Scottsdale. I arrived at the home and checked the back gate only to notice a BIG dog charging at me. I quickly shut the gate. I called the customer and she answered the phone. She was home, but didn’t hear me knock. She told me the dog was nice and would just jump on me. The dog was put away and I started spraying the perimeter of the house. I was in the front yard when the customer opened up the door to take out the trash. The dog snuck out and started running at me. Again she said the dog was nice; however, the… Read More

Don’t get Hosed

One day I was just finishing service at a home and was rolling up my hose when a neighbor walked up to the service vehicle. So I stopped and went around to the other side of the truck to speak with her. She wanted service later on that day. I discussed the price and what we do exactly and she wrote down her address and information on the service agreement. She even paid and signed it if I would come back that same day at 4 PM. I agreed and told her that I would see her at 4 and bounced my happy self back to the truck. I hopped… Read More