Perry Burney from Aerobic Septic Service Co.

Perry Burney

Aerobic Septic Service Co.

Azle, TX
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About Us

Aerobic Septic Service Co. is an install, service/repair and inspection company in Texas specializing in aerobic wastewater treatment systems. We service 5 counties around each of our two offices, one in north Texas, Tarrant County, and one in the southern part of the state, Montgomery County just north of Houston. Our goal is to contribute to a better environment by educating our customers so they can operate their aerobic systems in the most efficient and effective way, while leaving as small a footprint in our environment as possible. With approximately 25% of Texas residents (over 7 million people) using onsite wastewater treatment systems, as opposed to municipal sewers, those footprints could do a lot of damage to our delicately balanced environment.

How We Got Started

I sold my excavation company in 2000 and was looking for another business. A long-time friend owned a septic installation company in Texas. He suggested that I obtain a state license to service and repair aerobic wastewater treatment systems, which were fairly new to the Texas area at that time. I took his advice, went to school, got my license and started a septic service and repair business. As the years went by, I attended more schools and received more state licenses to work in the wastewater industry. Now, 17 years later, I have a thriving business which started with one person requesting a one-year contract for inspections of her septic unit. At that point, we did not even have a company name. The next month we wrote 11 more contracts, the next month we wrote 17. Today, we have over 1,500 residential and business customers who depend on the experts at Aerobic Septic Service Company to keep their wastewater treatment systems functioning properly.

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Do you think a business still needs LAN phone line? Seems we only get robo ad calls now.
Perry from Aerobic Septic Service Co. Answered this on March 31, 2018
My company needs a land line. In fact, we have two land lines, and I have a solution - or at least advice in dealing with those frustrating, invasive, illegal, time-consuming and line-tying-up calls that come in on land lines and suck the life out of your business day. Did you know there were... (more) My company needs a land line. In fact, we have two land lines, and I have a solution - or at least advice in dealing with those frustrating, invasive, illegal, time-consuming and line-tying-up calls that come in on land lines and suck the life out of your business day. Did you know there were 30 billion robo calls placed in 2017 in the USA. In October 2017, there were 2.49 billion - in just 31 days. The percentage of robo calls keeps growing every month. Now, 30% of all calls are robo calls. This is a huge problem for everyone. They were driving my office staff crazy - you notice I said "were driving". My office is located away from town and sometimes cell service is a little iffy, especially if there is a storm around us, thus the need for land lines. We cannot pick and choose which calls to answer. We are a service company and have to answer each call no matter the area code. We were inundated with spam, scam, telemarketers and other you-name-it calls to the tune of 15 to 20 a day. The live callers have no shame and very thick skin, and the robo calls just kept coming, one after another. It got to where the same people, or robo callers, called several times a day, every day. Some of them called so often that we could recognize the numbers on our display, pick up the phone and just hang it back up. An hour later, or less, we would receive another call from the same number. "Oh, there is Jennifer calling from Google again." (Have you wondered why a guy never calls from Google? Of course, we know the Google calls are not really from Google, but whoever the calls are really from, a guy's voice would be a nice change.) Our very effective solution was to invest $99 in a CPR CallBlocker V5000. It comes already loaded with 5,000 known numbers used by spammers, scammers and telemarketers. It allows you to block 1,500 more. We have had ours 2 years and have blocked 614 additional calls over the 5,000 already blocked by CPR CallBlocker. Yep, they are still going to call because they never give up, but, if you block a number, you will not receive another call from that number. If you wish, you can block overseas calls as a group, complete area codes, all private callers, all unknown callers, all out-of-area callers. The minute we hooked up the CallBlocker, our robo calls stopped dead - zero - none - nada. It was suddenly very quiet in our office. Eventually, some of those people who were part of the 5,000 blocked by CPR CallBlocker got new numbers, new callers went into the spam game and the calls started again. We really do not mind the calls so much now because we know they can only call us once from that number. All we have to do is push a big red button while the caller is on the line and that number is history. Calls from local callers still come in, as well as spoofed numbers that look like the caller is in your area, but, again, they only get one chance. Our spam calls are now 1 or 2 a day - sometimes none. We feel quite powerful here being able to defend ourselves against a situation that was disruptive, frustrating, time consuming and never ending. CPR CallBlocker has a web site, their tech help is fantastic,installation is a breeze and you can also order through Amazon for the same price.
For those of you with pets, why are you not compliant with recommended veterinary care?
Perry from Aerobic Septic Service Co. Answered this on February 09, 2018
What Lorie Stiles-Jones said. (more) What Lorie Stiles-Jones said.
How important are spelling and grammar in social media posts for businesses?
Perry from Aerobic Septic Service Co. Answered this on December 04, 2017
I always notice spelling and grammatical errors, whether written or spoken. Those errors, whether in a formal letter or a tweet, tell me that someone is careless and is not checking his work, or he just does not know any better. Either way, it sends a warning that the company's work may be... (more) I always notice spelling and grammatical errors, whether written or spoken. Those errors, whether in a formal letter or a tweet, tell me that someone is careless and is not checking his work, or he just does not know any better. Either way, it sends a warning that the company's work may be just as sloppy. There is probably a difference in the importance that was placed on English grammar when I was in school in the 50's and how schools view teaching English grammar now. One day last year, after correcting a glaring grammatical error made by a 20's something young lady who worked in my office, I was asked if I majored in English in college. I smiled and said, "No, I just paid attention to my English teacher when I was in the 9th grade." I think most of us who fall under the description of the Greatest Generation and Baby Boomers, have come to understand that what we considered less-than-perfect English is routinely accepted by many Generation Xers and Millennials as "no big deal" - they have other fish to fry, which they consider to be much more important than a misplaced comma.