I partnered with Shon Bridwell of Maid... For you! At the end of June as her recent relationship with a partner had ended and my business was not going well. I run a residential cleaning business and Shon was focused on the commercial/realtor side of things.
Shon began very strong and was, I thought, a wonderful and energetic person. She handled personnel and crew issues smoothly and was very good with customers. We divided things up so that I would handle more bookkeeping and administrative duties and she would handle quality control, customer service and crew management. We decided to split net profits equally as we were both bringing revenue to the table.
As of 31 July here is the situation:
$1,475.00 in commercial customers checks that never made it to the bank
$150.00 in stolen cash
$125.00 in fraudaulent credit card charges
$390.00 in residential checks that she requested be written to her personally
As-yet-to-be-recovered company property, including a vehicle, phone and customer keys.
In 5 weeks she has reported:
One case of food poisoning;
One case of acute appendicitis with impending surgery;
One case of bruised ribs;
One chipped ankle bone and meniscal tear in a knee;
One case of theft of company checks by husband;
One case of theft of company checks by drug-addict brother;
One case of viral meningitis;
One rear-end car accident;
One stolen purse; and
One crazy (really crazy) teller mistake at the bank.
No one person is this unlucky.in the words of Judge Judy: if it doesn't make sense, it isn't true.
Please beware out there for this woman - she will tug at your heartstrings and make you feel as though she is totally there for you but in reality is stealing you as blind as her left eye.
Good luck everybody, and beware in the north Texas Denton/Collin/Dallas/Tarrant county areas.
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