Chapter 6Different crews left the shop at different times. Grass doesn’t cut nicely when it’s wet, so the lawn mowing guys left to get to their first job of the day no earlier than nine o’clock, by which time the dew was beginning to dry. Besides, some people didn’t like to hear the mowers running earlier than that. Crews that were doing digging and planting, though, could start earlier, especially if it was a commercial rather than a residential job. Some of them left at eight or even before that if the job was a distance away.
So Joe made a point of opening the shop at 7:30 weekday mornings. He was surprised on that Monday to find the shop open when he got there. Dave Cromer was sitting on Joe’s desk. Joe remembered when Dave wore a green company tee shirt like all the other guys. These
