Charged $2500 for a Stihl landscaping job and the client wants a refund because of a 'squirrel incident'

Had this commercial lawn maintenance gig where I billed $2500 using my Stihl FS 131 trimmer for the edging and cleanup. Client calls me panicking cause a squirrel got tangled in the fresh mulch bed I just installed, now they're demanding a full refund like it's my fault wildlife exists. NGL, been mowing lawns 10 years and this is the dumbest complaint yet.

Squirrels are the real bosses of landscaping, tell em to suck it up.

Document everything with photos before and after, that'll save your ass on refunds. I've used that trick on a few odd jobs.

Clients like that make me wanna quit the biz, total BS.

Same here, escalating every little thing.

Insurance companies love these claims, watch your premiums skyrocket.

Squirrel tax is the new HOA fee lol.

Offer a discount for squirrel relocation services, upsell the hell out of it.

Frustrated as hell, had a client blame me for deer eating their new plants. Cost me $500 in replacements out of pocket.

This is why we can't have nice things in landscaping.

Big corps are buying up all the good clients, leaving us with the crazies.

Amen to that, PE vultures everywhere.

Feel your pain, bro. Squirrels got my lunch once on a job site.

The industry's flooded with entitled homeowners now.

How'd you even respond to them? Need deets.

You charging for squirrel-proofing next time?

Just eat the cost and fire the client, life's too short.

Don't let em refund, stand your ground.

Squirrels are part of the ecosystem, not your liability.

Walked away from a $3k job over less, regret nothing.

Corporate clients are the worst, always nickel and diming.

Haha, blame the squirrel and send a bill to animal control.

Warning: always have wildlife exclusion in your contract, saved me twice.

This crap is why solo ops are dying out.

Squirrel incidents should be a meme category on r/landscaping.

Never sign up for refund wars, just no.

SharkBite for irrigation but for clients? Nah, fire em fast.

LOL my worst was a raccoon in the trash after install.

Lighten up, it's funny now but yeah, document.

We've all been there, commiserating hard.

The rage is real, these clients think we're miracle workers against nature.