Not necessarily romantic interest but just someone she would be happy to hangout or spend night with in general rather than only for the $$$.
Hi everyone just some questions here:
How come everytime i hop on bahtbus, it always finishes at a random destination? Do they have an actual official route or is this just made up on the spot by driver.
Has anyone tried the big Indian clubs, is it good place to party. Do you get a table or do you stand around in crowd. I only went to panda club by my self. Do you have to be Indian to enter?
People keep saying you need to go to gogo early to bar fine top looking girls, however i went quite early to xs gogo, shark gogo and palace and I don't see any girl getting barfined? Even around 12, most of good looking girls are there. Is only after 2 i feel the quality start dropping sharply.
Is it better to barfine a girl earlier or later? If you barfine, do you have to take it for ST or LT? Why do I see Asians barfining girls at 2am.
2 years into mobile grooming and I'm officially done. Going back to uni
The 'dogs is part of family' is the most sarcastic phrase and it is the root of all problems in dog grooming industry.
This is why
Clients act like you owe them in their previous life.
Expecting you to be available whenever they need you, because dogs are family and they need attention asap whenever they realize it needs attention, not when you have time.
Randomly cancelling, rescheduling, making you do this and do that without letting you know well in advance, because, dogs are family and family needs urgent attention for regardless if they prepared it or not. Weather not good - cancel. Dogs sick - cancel. Going on holiday - cancel. Not at home - cancel. Kids having exams? thats a reason to cancel. now I'd rather mow a lawn because lawns don't get sick, lawns don't go on holiday, lawns don't get canceled because no one's at home.
Expecting you to arrive on time, because, dog is family and arriving late means you don't care about their family members and they think is something super important because dogs are family and they're all highly alert waiting on your arrival. but you are a MOBILE service.
Expecting your price to be good because prices are so transparent everywhere and they compare to getting a human haircut because dogs are family (humans) and not a luxury handbag that needs to be properly maintained.
Expect you to follow up on their next appointment because dogs are family and they want to take care of them and they have poor memory. Extra work on yours at end of the day.
Get emotionally charged over results that didn't align subjectively and drain you emotionally with no fix to it because dogs are family. If dogs wasn't family and just like a house or a garden i guess clients really just get annoyed instead of getting emotional.
Moving all the cost of a owning problem dog onto you - including, time wasted on behaviors, getting bitten, making you paying for grooming related vet bills that is caused by the problem dog in first place, because - problem dogs are family and is your responsibility to cover for them.
Expect you to provide affordable service for old or difficult dogs or you only care about money because they are family and not being able to afford your service is like watching your parents die because you can't pay for their surgery.
Now the 'dogs are like kids', is what makes Dogs act like you owe them in their previous life.
80% of the dogs resist grooming that makes the job difficult
Is like drilling a patients teeth while patient is shoving you away at same time. Recipe for disaster.
And remember that clients expect dogs to enjoy grooming as the ultimate outcome of sticking with any groomer, which is YOU.
Its like your goal as a dentist is getting a patient to enjoy having their teeth drilled while they're in pain. miracle.
I used to believe dogs for grooming are cute, until i realize that client dogs look at you as if they hate you but are just willing to cooperate because they know they have to, that's really all to it. they obviously don't love you as you are associated with their dread.
NOw here is the worst part:
Being a dog groomer means the smell of dogs is baked on me.
I can't even get my car serviced because i keep being told off for car smelling too strong of dogs, even though i smell nothing and clean it out thoroughly.
Gets a 1 star for riding on uber taxi for smelling like a dog.
Hands constantly getting infections here and there from soaking in shampoo.
Dogs hairs everywhere.
Comes home clothes soaked smelling like dog and shampoo and hairs, despite wearing a raincoat all day. Always dread to put on the groomers clothes for next day.
YOu essentially become second class citizen because you smell like dogs and a lot of people DO NOT WANT YOU NEAR THEM WITH SMELL OF DOGS
Phones keeps ringing while i'm blow drying or in a middle of a bath. Because their dog is their family and is more important than whether i am actually available to pick up or not.
Client message me in middle of a groom expecting me to read while my hands are wet, rather than just knock on my van and tell me. cant even tell if its a message coming through or its the dryer or clipper vibrating and making loud noises.
phone ringing and constant messages while i'm overseas.
comes home body is breaking for bending and lifting and clients is waiting for you reply,.
Narrow driveways and no where for you to park and still book a mobile groomer, because dogs are family and they deserve best treatment regardless.
worst part is, client's behaviour today is trending toward making you to rack up MORE expenses - you need smarter CRM, continuing education, more marketing in a downturn economy, insurance, medical training, and clients constantly trying to pulling you out of home salon and want you to rent a shopfront on a busy street because they like shopping while waiting and street prescence remind them to bring their dogs in again. Whatever is the least profitable clients are wanting you for.
SATURATION. so many groomers in wealthy neighbourhoods and not enough groomers in poor neighbourhoods.
wealthy neighbourhood pay properly, inconsistent schedule, and having to bend over to win clients. Poor neighbourhoods don't pay properly, full schedule and you rush dogs for volume or else you become broke with that price tag.
Raise prices a little bit higher than highest price, you keep clients. Raise prices to what groomers are actually worth and you keep no clients. Why? Because barrier to entry is so low and outsiders have no idea how underpaid current prices is. and new entrants push prices down thinking is easy money, later quits and then the cycle continues.
It's doctor effort for cleaner pay.
When i first start out i used to dislike golden retrievers,. they're always so sweaty and dumb and HATE baths and dryer.
It has become unusual that i am beginning to enjoy grooming golden retrievers. why?
Firstly, is a breed isn't known to biting, despite being big dog, they're quite safe compared to a lot of other big dogs that i can't name. You know the assassin types. but i genuinely felt safe around goldens. Very rarely they get aggressive but they don't snap at you without telling you before hand.
Secondly, they get sweaty quickly and loose hair build up, which means they come back frequently, even more frequently than a poodle. So is a consistent, reliable source of revenue.
Thirdly, a lot of groomers don't accept bigger dogs, and golden retrievers don't have a lot of option, and clients are all used to being charged a lot more. AND the golden retrievers are always scared, so once the dog is okay with you, customers stick like glue, so that's loyalty right there.
Fourthly, Is mainly brushing and blow drying, which means, i am standing still, pointing nozzle at dog. I'm not twisting my body to reach the hard to reach areas like on those shitzu, I'm not moving my wrist a few hundred times to cut hair off with clipper, I'm not fighting a small head moving at speed of light. I'm not fighting a dog trying to fight me back. The goldens just try to avoid you and escape, which, is relatively easier to work with compared to other breeds.
And finally, is really straight forward work. Wash, blow-dry, trim around some areas, do the nails (and often times they don't need) and done. No need for a teddy bear cut or fancy style. Clients are always super happy and no complaints over why the hair was shorter or longer than they think.
I personally think is highly underrated as a dog groomer to take on a different part time work. Esp work from home , outdoor and flexible work. There's so much benefits to this as a lot of problems in dog grooming comes from the full on nature of work its self.