Short interview/profile of Jason, a pest control technician and franchise owner. Jason describes owning a pest control franchise as fast-paced and varied, often requiring detective-like problem solving (e.g., finding wasp nests). The clip includes an on-site demonstration: Jason sets up cardboard rodent bait stations in low-access roof/ceiling areas and explains the bait is highly toxic to rodents but has extremely low toxicity for dogs, children and humans — a key reason he can reassure clients about pet/child safety. The tone is informal and personable.
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You know, like good actors are always giving directors something to work with, you know. Let's go again. Sorry. I love it. Hey, mate, tell us about owning a pest control franchise business. Well, it's fast paced. You get to do something different every day and there's always a new problem. A simple job like a wasp job and the wasps are there, but then identifying exactly where the nest is, it's like you gotta kind of gotta put on your Sherlock Holmes hat a little bit. Bit of detective work. Absolutely. And the client becomes your Watson, you know, so it can be a bit of fun when you finally spot where it is and, and show them. Jason, what are you doing now? I'm just setting up some rodent bait stations to go into the roof because they're just going into the ceiling. These ones are just the cardboard ones because it's low access area. Is that the bait there? Yeah, yeah. This is what I always use for my, for my residential clients. Really high toxicity to rodents. It smells really great, so they love to come out and eat it and it just really knocks the population down fast. But it's got an extremely low toxicity for dogs and kids and humans. I've just been able to say to a client that their pets and their kids are going to be safe while I'm getting rid of their rodent problem. It just means a lot to me because I've got kids, I've got pets, and I know what it would mean to us if something happened to them.
