The 11pm message
Someone asks what you'd charge for 80 people. You see it the next afternoon. The job went to another truck that morning.
Hey, what would you charge for 80 people on the 14th?11:47 pm
Hi! Yes, we can do that.Next day, 2:14 pm
Same question, every time
The same question arrives again and again, and it is the same math every time. Hours a week you are not getting paid for.
Inbox 4 new
Sarah M.TueHow much for 60 people?
Dave R.WedHow much for 60 people?
Priya N.WedHow much for 60 people?
Mark T.FriHow much for 60 people?
The one that slips
Bookings in your texts, dates in your head, deposits you have to remember to chase. Sooner or later one slips, and it is never the small one.
Chase the deposit for the 8th
Confirm the Riverside one
Call back about the 22nd
Is the 14th still held?
None of this is the part you got into food for.
One I built for a rancher
A while back I built a site for a rancher who sells beef by the half and whole cow. He is also a landlord with thirteen properties, so the only time he could return calls was after eight at night, and by then he was usually too tired to talk anyone through the difference between the breeds.
He needed a website that could stand on its own two feet. So the site asks three questions and tells a customer which breed suits them, instead of him doing it at the end of a long day.