Check out our latest ‘Horror File’ entry
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January 14, 2021
Check out our latest ‘Horror File’ entry

CAN YOU TOP THIS?

Welcome to the latest edition of our popular “Can You Top This?” column, featuring the newest entry in the Service Industry News “Horror File. ”

This issue’s entry comes to us from Mason Shortridge, of Nelson Pool and Spa Service, in Napa, California.

“This is what you get from a non-professional,” writes Mason.

“This commercial pool has been doing their own maintenance since the beginning of the pandemic. This is an example of what happens when a nonprofessional puts a filter back together.”

‘Locked and Loaded! — We would love to hear how your conversation went with the maintenance team at the commercial account.

Were they relieved that you caught this in time and before anyone got seriously hurt?

Other publications like to print lots of pretty pictures of beautiful pools, spas and well engineered installations.

At Service Industry News, we would rather go behind the scenes and take a closer look at the type of stuff our readers encounter everyday — cracked tiles, tree roots, spaghetti plumbing, rats in the heater, cars in the pool and more!

When you are out in the field and you see something that doesn’t look right, send us an email along with a picture and a brief description: Attention Horror File, serviceindustrynewscd@yahoo.com.

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