A lawn care owner texted a bill for a one-off job, was promised a check, and both sides forgot for months
A lawn care owner did a spring job for an occasional client, texted the price, and was told a check would come the next day. It never came, and the owner only remembered months later in the middle of another job. They texted the client, who then paid with a little extra. The owner says the lesson was to invoice right away through their invoicing software, even for one-off jobs, so the open balance shows up. Their co-host had a client forget a month's payment the same way.
“hop on these invoices right away”
Owner of a small lawn care business in the US, Turf Nerds: A Lawn Care Podcast (opens in a new tab), posted . Retold in our words; names left out of our retelling. Published here .
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