Check out our latest ‘Horror File’ entry
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March 31, 2024
CAN YOU TOP THIS?
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 Vernon Daley of Vern’s Pool Service in Fresno, California.

“A melted fiber optic light”, writes Vern. “My customer asked me to come out to check into why their pool light wasn’t working.

“I told them that I would check it out and this is what I found.”

What light? It’s truly amazing how bad things can get in the pool world. You would think there would be more injuries. Thank goodness there are pool service technicians like you Vern, to make it right.

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, spaghetti plumbing, rats in heaters, cars in the pool, snakes in the plumbing, 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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