I ALWAYS LAUGH AT CLIENTS WHO PHOTO AND GO, IT'S JUST A QUICK CLEAN ONE HOUR, 50 BUCK, DONE.

I ALWAYS LAUGH AT CLIENTS WHO PHOTO AND GO, IT'S JUST A QUICK CLEAN ONE HOUR, 50 BUCK, DONE. A GUY CALLS ME MONDAY MORNING. STRESS COMPANY CAR DUE BACK THAT NIGHT WANTS A QUICK REFRESH. PHOTO LOOKS FINE, A LITTLE DUSTY, NOTHING MAJOR. I'LL SWING BY BEFORE QUOTING ANYTHING, BECAUSE PHOTOS ALWAYS LIE WHEN THE CAR SHOWS UP. REALIZE THE GUY EITHER LIED OR NEVER OPENED HIS OWN DOOR. OUTSIDE CAKED IN DRIED MUD. WHEELS BLACK WITH BRAKE DUST. TREE SAPS SMEARED ACROSS THE HOOD. I START OUTSIDE. PRE WASH, ACTIVE FOAM RINSE. THE WHEELS ALONE EAT UP 20 MINUTES. DRIVER'S DOOR. SECOND CUT PUNCH CRUMBS EVERYWHERE. DOG HAIR PACKED INTO THE BACK SEAT. A SHARP SMELL IN THE CABIN THAT WON'T BUD. THE CLIENT GETS FIDGETY. ARE YOU GONNA TAKE THAT LONG? I SAID ONE HOUR. I STAY CALM. I HIT THE SEATS USING MY USUAL FABRIC CLEANER, THE ONE YOU'LL FIND WITH 10% OFF IN MY BIO. THAT BOTTLE COST ME ABOUT EIGHT BUCKS AND LAST ME A MONTH. THE CLIENT PAYS 280 FOR THE JOB, BUT HE'S NOT PAYING FOR THE PRODUCT. HE'S PAYING FOR MY TIME AND EVERYTHING I KNOW HOW TO DO. SEAT BY SEAT, BUT THE SMELL WON'T LET GO. LIKE IT'S COMING FROM NOWHERE. NO MATTER HOW MUCH I EXTRACT. LAST STOP, THE TRUNK, AND THAT'S WHERE IT GETS INTERESTING. I FIND A DRIED, STICKY PUDDLE THAT SMELLS LIKE SPOILED MILK. THE CLIENT GOES PALE. HE REMEMBERS A PACK OF YOGURTS THAT TIPPED OVER THREE WEEKS AGO. WIPED UP IN TWO SECONDS WITH A PAPER TOWEL. END RESULT? FOUR HOURS INSTEAD OF ONE. GUY WHO WAS ARGUING ABOUT A ONE HOUR JOB WALKS AWAY WITH LOOKS BRAND NEW AND DOESN'T BRING UP THE PRICE AGAIN. NEXT TIME! TELL HIM, SEND A REAL PHOTO. OR IS IT BE HONEST ABOUT HIS OWN CAR? IN THE COMMENT.