Lawn Cutting Service - Is this Normal? (First World Inquiry)

DeeCee36
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 18:37:05 +0000

After a lifetime of doing our own mowing, we started using a landscaper to do a weekly cut last summer. As I have no previous experience with this type of service, I’m curious what you all think about this situation.

He comes once a week. Our designated day is Monday, but some weeks he comes on Tuesday, instead (if it was rainy on Monday or just sometimes with no explanation).I find that slightly inconvenient (the latter scenario), as I make a point of cleaning up the the dog poop from the yard and making sure the hoses are coiled at the house and out of the way in preparation for his arrival…but, whatever…small thing I don’t sweat too much.

Twice this summer he has texted me to say he’s not coming this week. It happened today. Yesterday was rainy, so I didn’t expect him. Today it was rainy in the morning and then cleared up. I got a text before noon saying “not coming because of the rain - see you next week.” I guess with two wet days there is no way for him to make up his Monday and Tuesday customers during the rest of the week?

We will end up doing it ourselves tonight or tomorrow evening, since by the weekend (when we’ll be spending time out in the yard), it would be in desperate need of a cut and edging and I’d have a hard time enjoying it. He will bill for only 3x/month, so it isn’t that I think I’m paying for something I’m not getting. I’m just not getting something I am willing to pay for. I am curious if this is just a normal thing that happens when you hire this type of service, or if others have experience with their service making up the rainy day at a later time during the week?