I used to do ALOT of grass episode 3 ( 9 min read )
It was early August, birds are chirping, everyone was asleep in the city, curled in their beds except me. The hum of my lawn tractor was like music to my ears, the sun was just peeking it’s little brow from behind the commercial building I was cutting grass at. It’s been almost 48 hours till I had a chance to sleep. I’m behind at my grass maintenance, really behind. We have had a little bit of rain, by a little I mean HOLY MOTHER OF GOD WILL IT EVER STOP amount of rain for about a week straight Finally it stoped
I’m just using my weed wacker and it dies, check the gas and everything seems good? I don’t have time for this AT ALL! It’s now 730 am, I load up everything and run to homedepot to buy a new one. As I’m leaving the parking lot I see a man with a sign that says “will work for food” his jeans are ripped, shirt is soiled and his hair is long. About in his late 40’s. I thought about giving this man $20, like most others I pass, but instead
I slow down, open my window and say “hey man , you wanna work” he looks up and grin and joyfully day “oh yes sir” he grabs his bag and jumps in my truck. I introduce my self, he says “nice to meet you Gord, I’m Cam”
We worked till noon and then stopped for lunch, I need some air conditioning or I was going to die. Cam and I decide to eat at Boston Pizza. We walk in and he says “this feels good” , I respond “that’s exactly what I was thinking too man” I said “order anything you want” with everything on the menu Cam ordered a club house with fries and an orange soda. I ordered the same, we ate and left exchanged a little small talk but nothing to serious. He has a wife and kids, just lost his job and no money coming in.
We get to the next property and I let can ride the mower and I did the edging and clean up, he was so excited to do it. His face was beaming as he drove the tractor and I cleaned up, Honestly he was really good too, did an amazing job.
We finish and It was now 630 at night, I was exhausted but had 8 more properties to do, I ask Cam “do you want to keep working?” Cam looks at me and says “sure boss, up to you” I ponder for a minute and say “ok let’s grab a coffee and do one more” Cam nods and gives two thumbs up. We pull up, I cut and Cam trims and cleans. That went really fast I’m thinking to my self. We load up and I’m exhausted it’s now 1130pm, I’ve been up for 60 plus hours. I jump in the truck and Cam says “one more ?” “Well I was planning on sleeping” I said “but ok let’s do one more” It was 3 properties in a row, each property took 6-7 hrs.
We pull up, unload and Cam did the mowing and I weed whacked, I was finished my duties early at about 130 am, Cam still had 3 hours of cutting so I flag him down, he pulls up and stops the John Deere and I ask “do you want to switch places for a bit” Cam looks at me and says “no man I’m good, you go sleep for a bit.” Well I thought for a minute. I don’t know him at all, he’s using my mower and if he got hurt would probably sue me. This could be really bad,this doesn’t sound like a good idea. “Sure man sounds good, are you sure?” I ask one last time. Cam replies “ya man, go sleep” and that’s just what I did
I open my eyes, slowly. I’m not sure where I am, still ½ asleep, I notice The sun is up, like REALLY up, what happened to Cam did he rob me ? .. oh shit Cam! I EXCLAIMED I shoot up form my sleeping position and Cam yells “WHAT, What happened” Cam finished the work and fell asleep in the front seat, my wallet on the dash, keys in the ignition.
We went for breakfast and worked for 16 hrs that coming day, I dropped Cam back where I picked him up from. His wife was there, with their older car and two kids. I asked Cam if he wants to work tomorrow. He replied “ya man, this was fun” as he’s walking to his family I forgot I hadn’t paid him yet. I holler “Cam, I owe you some money come back” he says “pay me tomorrow man” and that’s just what I did. I paid him and paid him well. He was the best employee I ever had.
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