That customer who told me my pressure washer was too close changed everything

I was cleaning a driveway in Denver last spring and this older guy comes out yelling at me to back off. He said I was 2 feet too close and ruining his concrete. I stepped back to 4 feet like he said and the surface actually cleaned up way better without those lines. Made me rethink how I approach every job now. Anyone else had a customer call you out on something you thought you had down?

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the_kim16d ago

Wait, you actually _stopped_?

haydenburns16d ago

Gotta disagree a bit here. Pressure washers are tools and you should already know the right distance before you even start. It's not like you learn that on the job from some random dude yelling at you, you learn it from experience or reading the manual. That guy wasn't some genius, he was just telling you what you should've already known. Kinda weird to act like a customer taught you something basic like that.