rake the beach (I am not kidding, this really happened)

[vacation_rentals_suck]

Guest: Dave, I am out here and this beach really needs to be raked

Me: we dont that, I'm sorry...mother nature will take care of it

Guest: ok well I didnt pay $8000 to mother nature, I paid it to you

Me: well we cant rake the beach, I'm sorry

Guest: Dave, thats not satisfactory....for all the money I have paid, you shouldnt allow the beach to get like this in the first place. I want this beach raked and I want it done now

Me: I'm sorry, we cant

Guest: put your supervisor on this phone at once

Guest complains to supervisor that I was rude and uncaring and demands compensation. They didnt give in this time....

[Javarod]

Actually this isn't that rediculous of a request, back when i lived in Jersey, they used to do that now and then, just run a tractor down the beach with basically a plow at the back.

[Android Kaeli]

Wait just a moment, someone wanted you or someone else to rake the beach? And just how exactly was that supposed to be done?

Seriously, that's just rather stupid.

[Hyndis]

[Android Kaeli]

Dark Helmet: Found anything yet?

Guy with Comb: We an't found sh*t.


Epic movie, perfect for this.

[Mordecai]

Exactly what I was thinking of.

[MergedLoki]

Actually this isn't that rediculous of a request, back when i lived in Jersey, they used to do that now and then, just run a tractor down the beach with basically a plow at the back.

Yea i've seen this too.

Now it's ridiculous to assume a HUMAN BEING w/a regular sized rake like you use for your yard is gonna be raking sand just to appease someone.

But yea i've seen the tractor/plow set up.

Anyone know WHY the sand gets raked sometimes? Like whats the reason?

[Hyndis]

Its common for Japanese rock gardens as well as sand traps on golf courses. I think also beach volleyball, or other sports that take place on sand, but thats about it.

[wynjara]

Hardly the same situation, but the Girl Scouts near me used to do a program called Rake the Beach every year. Get a couple dozen girls out there with rakes and you actually can clean a decent amount. And just bribe them with passes to the local water park and they'll do it cheerfully.

Unless this guy carries a scout troop in his back pocket (is that disturbing or is it just me?) I'd say he's SOL.

[Boozy]

I worked on a beach for four years, and they raked it every morning. It was simply for aesthetic purposes, but it was quick and easy to do (with a small tractor) and made the beach look lovely.

[LillFilly]

Huh. I never heard of raking a beach; but then, where I live there are only small lakes. I can see it would pick up trash, but if the guy only wanted it done to look pretty, then that's just dumb.

[Sheldonrs]

And while you're at it, why not sort the sand by color and size?

[tropicsgoddess]

And while you're at it, why not sort the sand by color and size?

LMAO! Seriously, how entitlement minded can they get?!!

[Lace Neil Singer]

"The sky's too cloudy! Go and take the clouds out the sky right now, you lowly peon!"

That's how. XD

[dalesys]

Actually this isn't that rediculous of a request, back when i lived in Jersey, they used to do that now and then, just run a tractor down the beach with basically a plow at the back.

Looking for expired mobsters?

Back on topic: from "Robot Blues" - The Incredible String Band

Down in Robot City, you might think it's play play play
Down in Robot City, you might think it's play play play
But a Number 5 Robot he must work in all the night and day

Number 1 come by, he give my work to me
Oil the flowers, fix the showers, clean the electronic trees
Shine the light, fix it right, now listen carefully
Don't you go romancing with that pretty Number Three
and that's why, why I got the Robot Blues,
Down in my heart compartment
Down in my old magnetic sole shoes