Hood Cleaning School

Dear Rutsy,

I must admit, I was one of the few who saw the post. I didn't find anything offensive blah, blah, blah. Although I will say say you misspelled Daryl Mirza's name and he is a big player in the national market.

Love Enrie
 
Thanks Ernie,

I'll have to look up Daryl Mirza's name and correctly spell it for future posts.

For those curious, the post was about the National Restaurant Association Show.

Rusty
 
Rusty I am curious to see what you posted that got deleted. If you can, post it again in the distributors section.

Rusty you don't participate in any discussion except the ones pertaining to you, you must have something to offer someone who has a question or problem. I'm not going to argue your methods, not that I agree with all of them, something obviously is work for you. If you want credibility here you have to offer something beside your personal advertisement.
 
Bryan,

Since I was one of the only outsiders to see it, this is from memory, Rusty went to the restaurant show in Chicago
that he met people who own hundreds and hundreds of restaurants and they all wanted him to give them estimates. He met Daryl Mizra from Ducts Unlimited and 2 guys from Commercial Services, not Joe Kenny, and a woman from Facilitec, blah, blah, blah. He had 2 photos of his booth.


Ernie (Bert's friend)
 
careful David might censor you.

But that sounds about right.

blah blah blah

rest edited by me.....
 
Rusty

You last advertisement I deleted because it was a obvious self promoting post. That was the first time I edited your self serving ads and If you take the time to write such in this section I will edit it, in the same way. I would with any self serving post accordingly. You have made your point well in other non edited posts & even you must admit that we (I) haven given you ample space to promote your style.

As Jerry would say "no soup for you-Next".

David
 
Jerry's the best!
 
Now that a great link-NEXT!

David
 
This is the reason this post should be in the distributors section. Of course Rusty is going to tell everyone how great his product is in every post. If we were having a discussion about Allison Iron Horse pressure washers and invited John Allison in on the discussion, you would have to know that he is going to tell you how great his pressure washers are compared to Delco or Alkota. Rusty is not speaking to us on this forum as a kitchen exhaust cleaner, he is speaking to us as the owner of a certification company. Imagine if there was a restaurant owners forum and they were questioning the credibility of your exhaust cleaning company and invited you to their forum to defend yourself. What would you tell them? When you defend yourself to them would it not be advertising?

We can either let Rusty say what he wants to say here and every has to agree that he can advertise in his posts, or we should move this to the distributors section. Either way, he should be allowed to defend himself, we invited him here to do just that.
 
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Dear David,

Thanks for calling me this afternoon and making sure that I understood your position (which I agree with) and making sure that the posts are not blatantly advertising.

I have tried my best to make my posts responses to people's comments and questions. It has never been my intention to post on this forum for the sole purpose of advertising for my school. I pay, each month, money out of my pocket for advertising. Just key any word that you can think of that has something to do with kitchen exhaust cleaning and my 'Paid' advertising will appear like magic.

I have never sold a business because of this forum. I respond to people's posts the best that I can. I answer other people's questions when I have something to say that might be of interest.

If you will do a search of everything that I have posted on this board for the past year or so, you will find a consistent theme of certification for exhaust cleaners, standardized training, and different ways to accomplish this goal.

This board is my unbiased sounding board and the feedback that I receive from everyone that has posted has helped me offer a better product.

Those who know me, know how sincere I am about this topic and how dedicated to the cause that I am.

I have even edited my sig file to remove our logo (hoodcleaningschool.com) and have made the rest just a simple listing of the websites that I am a part of.

This is the only forum that I have found that truly seems to have its finger on the pulse of this industry. I've looked at as many other forums as I can find and they are as dead as drift wood (except for PWNA's--- but that is their site and unless I'm invited probably won't be posting).

The free exchange of ideas has its cost and is not really free at all. I appreciate the time that the board moderators have taken to make this board the premier site on the internet to discuss kitchen grease exhaust cleaning.

I don't clean hoods for a living. But I do eat, sleep, and breathe kitchen exhaust cleaning 24/7. This is our family business and it is what is putting my daughter through private school and my son as well (he's 18 and living on his own now :). I have read and researched everything that is on the net about exhaust cleaning. I have discussions with people about kitchen exhaust cleaning all the time. I don't comment about specific cleaning techniques because I'm not the one who teaches the practical aspects of kitchen exhaust cleaning (Roger, the owner, does in the field). I teach the 'theory' of exhaust cleaning and the power of networking together. That is why the Certified Hood & Duct Cleaners Association is my baby. It is made up of people just like the members who post on this board.

I am a real person that will answer the phone when you call. I don't have secretaries and fancy offices. If you want to speak with me, just pick up your phone and dial my number.

My specialty is the certification of kitchen exhaust cleaners and the ability to communicate this to others. I work as a team with my wife and my father in law (Roger). This is what makes us such a powerful team and is the reason that we don’t step on each other’s toes.

My goal is to build a network of independent certified kitchen exhaust cleaners working together as a team. I don’t want to run your business, or have you run ours. But I do know this, there is a very large kitchen exhaust cleaning company out there that has seemingly unlimited resources at their disposal to go after national contracts and they are exerting their energy directly at some of our members and it is affecting their bottom line. The only way that one can compete is be able to network with other well qualified, properly trained and certified kitchen exhaust cleaners.

So, I’m willing to take the heat from this board. I’m not afraid to post what I think (even if it’s very controversial). But, I’m also willing to listen and recognize good ideas when I see them.

I like the motto of this board, "Improving the Industry Through Education." That's what I'm all about.

So in closing, thank you David & Matt for caring enough about this forum to make sure that it maintains the quality that we have all taken for granted. I truly appreciate how much time that you spend on this labor of love.


Rusty
 
Rusty,


We love ya,man!. Let's not all get too lovey dovey it's takes the edge off things. Did you know, there are some major fortune 500 corporations that when things are going too well, they through a wrench in the works just to make the managers manage, supervisors supervise and workers sweat. Let's not loose our edge, take it "To the bare metal!"


....Next in line!


If everyone who falls asleep at church was laid out flat, they'd be whole lot more comfortable! (Ernie Greese, 2003)
 
Did I just see an olive branch go by?

Rusty I didn't realize you didn't actually clean systems, that fact itself answers some of my questions.
 
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Well over a year ago, with tongue firmly in cheek, I first posted about the "school" that charges $8000-16,500 a week to teach the business of hoodcleaning. The thing has taken on a frightening life of it's own and deserves to be destroyed, I for one vote that David, kill it, ASAP. I feel I am unanimous in that! I've learned my lesson, please put it out of my misery.
 
o

Douglas Hicks
General Fire Equipment Co of Eastern Oregon, Inc
 
Hello all,

I am new to this board and a member of the CHDCA, or "Rusty certified". This is a huge thread and I've only taken time to read the begining and the end, but have seen enough to realize that no one quite understands how Hood Cleaning School could charge someone $16,500 for a power washer and a trailer. I paid $16,500 for a business opportunity with the equipment included, for the piece of mind that I had someone there to call with a question about my new business and someone to help me grow my new business. I paid for the knowledge and experience of someone who has dealt with all of the consiquences of teaching himself to be a hood cleaner and growing a successful business. That $16,500 has earned me almost $200,000 worth of accounts in a 6 month period and has educated me in the proper way to service these kitchens. Someone wrote that they'd like to hear from some of their students, well here's one. Rusty's business opportunity has changed my life. If I had to do it over again I wouldn't change a thing.

I hope this post isn't considered a promotion for Rusty. It's more of an appreciation for his hard work for this industry, something that I haven't seen on this board.
 
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