A dedicated professional

Unsung heroes come in all shapes and forms and are found in all walks of life. I saw one in action yesterday in the form of the guy who came to clean out my fosse septique. He turned up in his large tanker truck and wasn’t fazed at all by the fact that the workmen laying the electric cables still had half of the road up leading down to my house. He was parked up next to my house and had the fosse septique’s lid off in a jiffy. Those of, let’s say, a more sensitive disposition should maybe look away now.

After pulling on his overall he was quickly on the job and it was soon obvious that he knew what he was doing and was serious about doing a proper job. There are no half measures with this chap, he’s an expert in his line of work.

There were no snags and after getting my house’s old fosse septique, which hasn’t been cleaned out for going on 15 years I’d say, as clean as a whistle inside, he pumped back some of the water he’d taken out to keep the bacteria happy. Then he cleaned up, wrote me out an invoice that I paid by cheque and he was gone. All done and dusted and no mess in not much more than 30 minutes, plus he was a genial fellow into the bargain. A fine service I’d say for only 208€.