[thebluebumblebee]

I don't have pics, but I'll try to paint one for you. You may not want to read this if you're about to have a bite to eat.
The boss's daughter (remember that) and I were sent out to a client's house back in the late '90's. I don't remember what we went there for, although, she worked on the software side and I worked on the hardware/LAN side. The clients were an old married couple and both were lawyers. When I pulled up to the house, I saw a grand ol house that looked more suited for a horror movie than a lawyer's office. Big, grand house with almost no paint and the grasshoppers had gotten way behind on the yard work. I think I even called back to the office to verify I had the correct address. I believe that I met the boss's daughter on the way out (or she called me) and she warned me about what I was to encounter. I went up and rang the doorbell and when the door opened, I wanted to run away, but, I have to be professional, right? I grew up on a farm so I can handle smells, but, as I was lead the length of the house to the stairwell, I noticed 1 foot circles on the carpets (area rugs) ALL over the house and the smell of ammonia and urine was one of the worst smells I'd ever run into. (I'm not sure if I remember actually seeing feces on the floor) I went upstairs as directed and found the same thing upstairs. I looked into the problem and told them that I would have to take their PC's back to the shop to work on them just as a way to get out of that house. Of course no one would believe me when I got back to the office. The boss's daughter was no where to be found. When we finally got ahold of her, we found out that she had gone home to take a shower to get the smells off of her and to get started on laundering her clothes! When she came back to the office, we were finally able to convince everyone (watching their faces change from "oh right" to "I might have to go there" was priceless) and talked the boss into jacking up the quote so hopefully we would not need to go back. They accepted our quote but I was fortunate to have a job on the other side of town the day they went back, only to find that they had done a great job cleaning up.