I always wanted my son to grow up and be a part of the business that his mom and I developed.
Both of us worked hard to grow our plumbing, heating, and AC repair business.
We have been in the business for more than 25 years. My Jack was finally old enough to choose a career, we hoped that he would choose technical education and learn the trade of plumbing, heating, and AC repair contracting. Jack decided he wanted to go to college and learn about marketing. I thought that marketing could be helpful because Jack could figure out a way to grow the business in a different direction. I paid for four expensive years of college at a university that was halfway across the country. When Jack finished, he was somewhere around the middle of his class. It’s hard to say that I was disappointed, but I wasn’t exactly proud that my son spent half of his time in college being drunk and high on marijuana. Now Jack thinks that he is a marketing expert. He wants to completely update the business website and he is talking about pay-per-click advertising and search engine optimization. My wife and I work in the heating, AC, and plumbing repair contracting business. We don’t know anything about these technical terms and our son won’t take time to explain everything in detail. I know we both want the company to grow. I hope there is a way that we will be able to work together. Right now it seems like we are doing nothing more than continuously butting heads with each other.