Franchisers, the lowest of the low. (Long)

It’s okay. And it’s not all the time, but by the time I can do it, it’s overwhelming.

I do it, but it sucks every time. I’ve been going every week to get my back worked on to fix issues but while it’s better, it’s come-and-go.

Seriously, your question is totally understandable but yeah, it’s tough for me, nobody else is willing to do it, and it’s miserable.

ETA: I forgot to add, poop sticks to the fake grass and it’s hard to pick up.

That’s a good point. If some sticks to the real grass, it will soon dry, then get mulched when I mow so it kinda “goes away”.

Yeah, I noticed the problems with artificial grass when I walked my dog. The poop took much longer to degrade, so it hung around longer and stunk longer.

Hey, everyone, got some good news!

Apparently somebody at the University of Texas, San Antonio Small Business Development Center found a copy of my book and asked me to give an online presentation about how to read Franchise Disclosure Documents. Of course I said ‘yes’, and this presentation is open to the public, is online, is FREE TO ATTEND, and you can register at the link below. So, come and support a Doper in his rage against the machine!

Details: Wednesday, December 17th, 3pm Central Time.

Link: https://utsa.zoom.us/meeting/register/E8eeV7-bSP-_rhDyYbOh2Q

I’ll try to make it and I promise not to ask too many obnoxious questions.

Congrats @JohnT!
That is truly a public service.

Even if you can’t make it, register - it makes me look better. :smiley:

than a baby with demonic eyes

Done.

I even set notifications in my Google calendar. With some cognitive functioning magic I may even be able to show up as attending. Will have to leave mid-way through to meet my grand daughter’ school bus.

I registered. As it happens, that day is a flex day for me, and so I should actually be available; I won’t be working. So I’ll try to really be there.

I will note for anyone who tries to register, you have to have a free Zoom account associated with the email address you register with (or you get an error message about not being authorized). I didn’t yet, so it wouldn’t let me register, but I found a place to create an account elsewhere on the U of T web site, and was able to get it all set up.

Hey, I appreciate the info! I had someone say they couldn’t register, so now I know…

You’re welcome!

Here’s some info on how I did it. I clicked the “JOIN A MEETING” link in the top-right corner. That took me to a new page, where suddenly I saw a “SIGN UP, IT’S FREE!” button appear in that same top-right corner. Clicking that let me make a free Zoom account (just make sure you ignore the free trial stuff and choose a basic account to avoid paying at some point). After doing that, I went back to the original registration page, and this time I was able to register without an error.

That’s what worked for me at least.