Are we running out of carpet???

What you should actually do is this, hire a helper and go around door to door taking a survey on the unexplanable phenomenon of carpet fibre vs hardwood flooring in the household. Don't forget to mention that there is an advantage of having carpeting in every room and then proceed to explain the mechanics of the parapsychological phenomenon of food disappearing deep down into the fibres thus reducing the need of plactic garbage bags that polute our enviroment. Just don't mention the creation of carpet beetles, dust mites, larvee,ground in dirt,stains,musty odors,mould, embedded sand, alergies, dry throat and nose syndrum..........you know what I mean ........keep it to the point and honest........as long as you tell only the good stuff honestly. Oh yeah, don't forget to tell them that they will have to change their carpet every 3-5 years, cause we can't clean it anymore because we sucked up all their carpet fibres in our big and powerful truckmount and scrubbed the sh*t out of their backing, and put so much water when we did clean it that the wood underneith is now black with rot, and will have to be sanded down. Not to mention all the stapple holes in the floor. Then lastly you have to tell them the story of the philosophical renaissance and critique of hardwood floors, and write up a manifesto condeming all those who oppose carpeting over wood floors. This endeavor on your part would greatly be appreciated by all the carpet cleaners in North America, because while you and your silly helper are out on a crusade of stupidy, all us other carpet cleaners that are aware of the facts that times change and fads are in and out with a wink of an eye. DON'T WORRY.........BE HAPPY         DON'T GIVE UP YOUR DAY JOB.

HAVE A GREAT SEASON FOR 2004........JACK FROM MONTREAL, QUEBEC.

Hi all.

I accually do survey my clients as they come through my rug cleaning plant. I very often will "pitch" my brothers in-home carpet cleaning company and a very large percentage of my clients state "I have no (fitted) carpet"

I will then question them if they have maybe a bedroom or two, or a family room perhaps that does have some carpet.

It is extraordinary how many of my clients will state " I have NO carpet in my house at all"

I will then ask them why they have no carpet.  They will usually state it is because they could never keep it looking clean, and when they saw the filth that came out of the carpet as it was hauled out of their house they vowed to never have wall-to-wall fitted carpet again.

Usually I will state to the client that there is a certain swedish study that proved carpet makes a home heathier.  The client then says, I don't believe that, besides you can always find a study to support whatever you want. 

Seriously, the shift to hard surface and subsequently loose rugs is no fad.  Just ask your clients the right questions.

The writing is on the wall. Carpet retailers everywhere are reporting exponential growth in hard surface flooring while residential carpet sales are down. Loose rug sales are huge. My rug washing business is up massively, over 800 rugs a month now and just a little city of 110k homes!

Dusty.