Know When to Stop

We got our roof fixed. After several bids and enduring Tim the Contractor, we went with Jack Jackson. Partially because of the name. John Johnson or William Williamson would also have been acceptable.

We also chose his company because their sign had both a bald eagle AND a flag on it. Some companies had one or the other, but his had both. Our roof needs to be Ameri-damn sturdy!

Down the street, one neighbor had a sign for "Discount Roofers." I'm pretty sure a roof is something you don't want to skimp on. Times are tight, sure, but it's important to have a roofer who puts tiles all over the roof, and uses nails, instead of gluestick. Next door to these neighbors was a sign for "Infinity Roofers." We passed on calling them because we were looking for an actual timeframe for completion. These companies need some serious marketing help.

But not Jack Jackson at American Pride with both a bald eagle and a flag. We now have a fine American roof. With tiles made in China and installed by Guatemalans. But with an eagle and a flag!

While the Guatemalans were installing the roof (an operation that creates an impressive amount of pounding and rains down nails and roofing materials for a good ten yards all around), we huddled in the house. When they took a brief break, we scurried out the front door to go, well, anywhere where people aren't pounding on the roof. As we rushed out the door, we noticed that there were not one, but two new flyers for roofers on the doorknob.

Two people braved the rain of nails to place their flyer on our door. Flyers that asked us to consider using their company to fix our roof. While a crew was on our roof fixing it.

Seriously in need of marketing help.