Back in February 2014, I was asked from a friend if I wanted to help his mom out, who owns a house cleaning business, since she and her 2 employees were involved in a car accident and the 2 employees were not able to return back to work. I accepted to help her until she had found replacement employees however I found out that I actually enjoyed the physical activity. My employer taught me "old school" cleaning since she had owned her business for over 20 years. My 1 year anniversary was coming up and during that time, I tried to implement suggestions to our cleaning routine as well as engaging in conversations with the clients. Even being a dedicated employee (missed 1 day of work, showed up 30 minutes prior of start times, never receiving any type of reprimands from either my employer or from clients). I guessed she wasn't in the position for a salary raise so she used the "right to work" adage and let me go from my position with her business. Being an entrepreneur myself (I currently own and operate a copy machine- sales, service and supply company since 2002), I decided to start a cleaning business under my copy machine business as a d/b/a. How difficult would it be to use the cleaning talents I was taught and use those talents for my own clients, with new ideas implemented? So this is how "A Man and His Mop" all began.
