November 18, 2009 | rscott
Was watching the Discovery channel with my kid last night... somebody ought to tell the Dirty Jobs guy to come out to a claim
Was watching the Discovery channel with my kid last night... somebody ought to tell the Dirty Jobs guy to come out to a claim
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That is actually a great idea!
Most of them aren't gross enough to air...except maybe to film a black water loss before the remediation company gets there. And filming opening a refrigerator door a week after a big fire can't really relay how gross the smell is.
You're right, Kristin...television can't do the smell justice. How about one with a ton of pet feces in the basement...smelled bad AND looked bad. Finding frozen cats or rats on a 10-degree January day in Minnesota might be something that Mike Rowe would relish. Now that I think about it, seeing his face when opening that fridge a week after the fire might make for a good scene.
Showing how tough contents claims can be having to inventory items damaged at the risk , or having to recreate an inventory list of items burned from site would be worth showing people. This would be worth airing to convince the stubborn insured’s that insist on completing this task themselves after they have suffered a loss. This might help to convince them to allow a company like Enservio to be called in to assist them.
I have found that when you let the insured's complete this task themselves it slows down the closing of the claim, sometimes by months or years.
I actually had thought about this at one time and thought they should follow around the restoration companies for a day. Maybe the show would fit the bill for the settlement too huh, lol.
They need to come to the loss labeled Hoarders meets Black Water with a side of Electrical Inferno. Add in a dash of South Florida heat and humidity and make sure it gets at least a week to bake. Then tell them we are going to need an inventory of the refrigerator contents please.