My mate is trying to start a business but he's doing it in such a way that it's ludicrous. He wants to be a tree surgeon.
So the first step he took was to spend £26,000 on a Mercedes Unimog with a shredder bolted on the front and a grab arm crane on the back. He cannot drive the vehicle because he doesn't hold a driving licence because he cannot pass the theory driving test because he cannot read. Yes that is correct, he can't READ. No one knows why he can't read plain english but it's not a disability issue, it's just a case of... he didn't bother to learn to read and write. He is illiterate, his brain is a smouldering nib of dogshite saturated with 10 years of ketamine, synthetic cannabinoids, various ecstasy pills and mcat.
So while this Unimog sat on his driveway for months gathering rust, he failed driving licence exams and spent almost £10,000 on various chainsaws, hedge trimmers, tools, and a large trailer (for the logs and trees he might chop up). He's paid for printed off leaflets that claim he's a fully licensed tree surgeon, with pictures of sculptured hedges in the shape of a swan, despite having never cut a hedge, and now he's shoving these leaflets through people's letterboxes. He's also paying out thousands for various things that are cropping up, such as public liability insurance, chainsaw licenses, taxes, etc...
How fucked is he? Myself and other people know this will end in unmitigated failure but no one is willing to step up and tell him this whole dream of his is a bad idea. How will he cope when he gets a job in, say to cut a tree down, despite having never done such a thing? Will he make a pigs ear of it and damage property while twirling his chainsaws about? How can he put out an invoice when he can't read or write? Are there laws regarding the preservation of trees of a certain age? It's going to go wrong somehow
Independant tree surgeons dont do too well. Not when you can get an actual firm. Did he used to smoke lots of spice? Cause he could genuinely have brain damage hence the not being able to read anymore.
Mason Sanchez
This is a sad story.
Jayden Campbell
Cat piss will make you illiterate.
Bentley Lewis
where does he get the money? loan? he's fucked
Aiden Thompson
Hmm guessing leicester or midlands?
Connor Roberts
I was thinking Bristol or Middlesbrough.
Tyler White
How did such a mong getsomuch money?
James Hall
does he know where I can get some k?
Brody Scott
His mum paid for it
Jeremiah Murphy
Are you fucking mad?! What do you know? I’m an ISA certified arborist and my average jobs are about $2000 and I only need two helpers I pay $200 each a day. $250 for my climber and $150 for the brush guy. My only costs at this point are labor, insurance, radio ad and dump fees. You’re thinking of “tree trimmers” not professional arborist.
Evan Gonzalez
Ye bruv come meet on the corner by the chippy yeah?
Aaron Howard
>trailer (for the logs and trees he might chop up).
OP is British you fucking idiot. Oversaturated market.
Liam Wilson
If he hires competent workers he will be fine.
Ryan Taylor
cheapest domestic is $70 p/g that i've found how much is a gram in the UK?
Owen Reyes
He would still be directing them with absolutely no experience or skills.
Parker Sanchez
£35-40 a g it used to be wayyy cheaper.
Jacob Mitchell
Tell him there's stacks of work cutting down Nottingham Forrest.
BTW OO, why ask now? You've failed your mate leaving it so late to do anything. Thanks for the laughs though...
Nathan Reed
ketamine is extremely rare here, especially after the crackdown on MXE i think online is the only way but I never bother to learn how to get BTC without coinbase (banned from CB) not having BTC is the only thing stopping me