You won't believe this story about the kid who bought a truck for then totaled it and got pissed because he still had to pay it off. This is the same kid.

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Why it worked

The video pairs a high-retention, satisfying visual (pressure washing) with a compelling, dramatic 'story-time' narrative, which keeps viewers watching until the end.

Summary

A business owner recounts a story about an employee who attempted to sell stolen company equipment to a customer. The video uses satisfying pressure washing footage as a visual backdrop to keep the viewer engaged while the story is told.

Structure

1Introduction of the story about a dishonest employee
2Context about the owner's landscaping business
3The suspicious customer call regarding the stolen mower
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The creator's company, QuoteIQ, is linked in the bio and the story serves as a narrative hook to drive traffic to the creator's profile.

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Employee Stole my Lawnmower

Transcript

You won't believe this story about the kid who bought a truck for then totaled it and got pissed because he still had to pay it off. This is the same kid. I used to own a landscape maintenance business and we had an entire shop full of equipment, multiple lawnmowers, multiple walk-behinds, and a bunch of handheld equipment. And while we kept good inventory of everything, things were going in and out all of the time. It wasn't until I got a call from a guy who was asking if I had really given one of my employees a zero-turn mower for him to sell. He was a little suspicious because the price was so low and the kid couldn't answer any of the questions about the mower. My employee also refused to give him my contact information. But what he forgot was he was wearing a company shirt with the name, logo, phone number when he was trying to sell my stolen lawnmower.