u/dibbles1212

My name is Danielle and I have been facing some of the toughest times of my life. After sharing my struggles my family decided they wanted nothing to do with me leaving me with a very small circle. Despite that, I am ready to turn things around by starting my own HVACR business, a step that represents hope and a fresh start for me.

Funds raised here will mostly go to the cost of opening an LLC, getting insurance for my self employed company, and paying to take all state tests as necessary. It will also go to tools and materials, some of the more expensive ones I cannot afford right now. Any support will help me start fresh and with a passion for my industry. I really want to help people. I already do side gigs, work for a small HVACR company, and have multiple certifications, but it never stops.

I do understand my situation is not the worst in the world and usually I would never ask for help like this. But I want to achieve a dream and figured I would try. Any donations are welcome, or shares. My goal is at $3000 right now.

Thanks for reading if you did.

Hello all, I am in the process of opening an LLC and jumping through all the stupid hoops Arkansas makes you jump through to run your own business (I KNOW, I KNOW) I am am small woman about 130lbs and 5'2, I am tough as nails, and a people person. I also have an amazing sense of humor so I sometimes have a hard time knowing what is TOO MUCH. I also realize the LLC name doesn't particularly need to be the same as the biz, but I would like it to be close.

AI is giving terrible names like "Hot Flash HVAC" (I am 34 lol)

Originally I was thinking "Fair Shake HVACR" because I want to help others and a lot of my biz this far is word of mouth. I already work with people who trust me, but I want to grow. I will be the only person working here for now. This is to keep my butt out of trouble and reporting money earned. I would love to work with a bigger company eventually but I am riding out a drivers license suspension which sucks because I have been offered many great jobs as I was top of my class and maybe one of 3 of 50 that passed the EPA 608 Uni.

Anyway I just want some cool/ fun names. I think me being a woman it would be cool and funny to have that be part of the name. I want people to know it's me (that already don't).

Setting up all this bullshit makes me wanna rope considering I am qualified and have been doing it "under the table" (don't tell), but I would like to include my expenses at the end of the year and do it the right way. Thanks anyone who cares to read this! Puns and creativity welcome!

So I am a package handler that technically is scheduled part time, but I pick up shifts throughout the week, so I am full time. Last week was my first week with consecutive night shifts and not just one or two. But I have noticed at night the vibes are all over the place.

During the early morning loading (I do the vans) I quite like it, to me it’s a challenge and it activates my autistic mind (not a joke) on some Tetris shit so it’s satisfying. Today I had one truck with a 87 bulk package order that weighed in at 1500lbs. And that was half of one truck. 😭 so triple that and that was my day today. I wore a white old ripped shirt that was DRENCHED lmao. Like the amount of physically activity is insane. I def lift a crazy amount daily and it makes me feel good. I treat it as a workout every day. I am a female (5’2”) but I bust ass and rarely miss scans. And my drivers love me because I try to make their trucks as legible as possible even writing with sharpie on boxes if the tag isn’t visible. I prob do too much. I find myself helping my newer coworkers a lot and I don’t want to resent them but damn I watch them watch 3 IC’s on the belt that they make eye contact with go by and then pretend nothing happened and then I feel weird so I carry them for them. I can’t stand people just standing up their ICs against the truck for hours, no matter what, I actually try my best to get them in asap the best I can. I’ve been getting pretty good about knowing what will work. But I ain’t trying to end the shift with 10 ICs stacked the fuck out. ANYWAY my “manager” “team lead” idk what they are called did 2 week training and is ready to get serious. She said while she was gone our team was bad. On scans and shit. But my numbers are good so I didn’t take offense to it, she was speaking in general. And the amount of newbies that just watch that shit go by, not surprised. in fact I would like a better picture of my metrics I guess. We will see. I rarely rarely ever miss a scan, even if I get butt fucked with piles of blocks.

So night shift, my first couple they put me on the dock (where the plane container things are) the first night in express and I hated it because I can’t stand standing still and I feel like that’s where they put the girls and lazies lol. Like instead of puxing express shit everyone would like stare at each other and I would have to track a manager down to ask to be put to another task. I hate doing nothing I have to move in order to have time go by faster. I am a girl but I am strong and intelligent (not bragging but I know my strengths). The third night they put me up in one of the towers, for secondary sort and I loved it. I wish people were a little more outgoing sometimes but I am coming from 15 years service industry bar/ management. I just wanna laugh and talk to get the day by. It makes me sad that not many are on that page. Don’t get me wrong I can be anti social (tism) but since we can’t listen to our headphones (which is bullshit) I just wanna crack some jokes or talk shit about drama lol. Nobody budges. Okay I guess what I am asking is, with nights kinda being so weird, how can I express to someone I am a lot more valuable in a moving role, if that makes sense?

Also side note, I just graduated trade school for HVACR. I am quite good at it, and mechanically inclined. I do my HVAC shit on the side (will be my full career but I am taking my time and waiting for the right opportunity, I do gigs all the time) does anyone know how I can apply for maintenance? I think it’s where I would shine, I have been trained in brazing, welding, and electrical systems, heating, air conditioning, ventilation, refrigeration…blah blah and have multiple certifications. Idk if anyone has insight on that.

If you read all of this you are funny. I wish more people had personalities in our station. And maybe someone can answer a couple of my questions. Cheers guys, don’t forget to stretch and SAFETY TODAY IS DRINK WATER.