Nearly spilled a whole bucket of Simple Green on grandma's white carpet today, dodged a $500 disaster

TenYearVet16

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TenYearVet16⚒️ JourneymanOP1mo

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Out here in suburban Chicago, I was deep cleaning this older lady's place, rushing a bit cuz the next job was across town. Almost knocked over my 5-gallon bucket of diluted Simple Green while vacuuming the baseboards with my Bissell pro model. Heart stopped for a sec, but grabbed it just in time, no spill. Lady woulda lost it, probably cost me $500 to fix that mess. Close call, made me slow down and double-check my setup.

V8604🌱 Newcomer1mo

man, ive dodged worse than that... once tripped over my own cordless dyson while scrubbing a kitchen in a hoarder house, nearly face-planted into a pile of who-knows-what. heart was poundin like i just chugged three red bulls. glad you saved the day, no cap.

PickAndGrin2⚒️ Journeyman1mo

been there bro, nearly dumped a whole vat of murphy's on a white sectional last week and my heart damn near stopped too.

HardwoodHero4⚒️ Journeyman1mo

next time tape down your bucket handles to the baseboard or somethin so it dont tip easy. i use those cheap 3m command hooks on the wall for mine, keeps em steady while im vacuuming. saved my ass on a few jobs already.

SodSlinger4⚒️ Journeyman1mo

those old ladies always act like its the end of the world if you even scuff the carpet, makes me wanna scream every damn time.

HammerHeadHal⚒️ Journeyman1mo

man i HATE rushing jobs like that, spilled a whole jug of dawn on some rich guy's leather couch last month and it cost me $300 to fix, these close calls are gonna kill me.