Scheduling headaches for commercial lawn jobs in Texas

I'm in Texas and just quoted $2k for a full month of weekly mowing and edging on a 2-acre commercial lot, but the client keeps changing the days last minute. It's screwing up my whole route and making me late for residential clients every time. At $75 an hour, I can't afford this BS.

Texas clients are the WORST for this, always acting like their grass won't grow if it's not mowed on their exact whim. Whole industry needs to band together and start charging overtime for reschedules.

I don't get why everyone puts up with it. Just build a $50 reschedule fee right into the contract from the start, no exceptions.

Use Jobber for scheduling, it lets you block out buffer times and send auto reminders to clients. Saved my ass on a bunch of commercial mulching gigs.

Lol, had a client call at dawn wanting an emergency mow because some weeds popped up overnight. Told him my Stihl trimmer was 'in the shop' and charged double for the rush.

FML, same thing happened to me on a edging job for a strip mall. Lost two hours rearranging and the helper bitched the whole drive. Clients don't get how much fuel and time that costs.

Man, I feel you on those Texas routes. My knees are shot from rushing between stops like that, and the heat makes it twice as brutal.