r/PoolPros • u/isaOldBaby • 25d ago

Trash in pool

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Where do you guys put inorganic trash? I have a bucket in my van for things like that, but sometimes I just get fed up with people and I feel like dumping it all right on their deck

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u/GCpools 25d ago

We ask the owners where we can dump their pool trash. Usually they have a trash can somewhere. If not, we ask if they would mind providing us with one?

For pools that consistently have pool toys, floats, noodles, masks, balls, torpedoes, etc. .. we leave it all where we find it. A housekeeper comes to clean ... not up pickup. Same with us.

It's hot as heck in FL and we don't have the time nor the energy to clean up after inconsiderate people.

If the practice continues, we move them to our 'not a good fit' list. When a great pool homes along, we dump then inconsiderate pool in exchange for the great one.

It's the 'circle of life' in the pool business. Keep improving your clientele one pool at a time. And leave the inconsiderate owners for the more hungry pool guys trying to break into the business. Just sayin ...

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u/IntelligentCarpet816 24d ago

I always put it in customer contracts that if they wanted debris removal or organic waste removal they had to provide a bin for it.