Every startup has a moment when you look around, and ask, “Wait… is this real life?”
This is that story.
It happened on one of our monthly RV Help office hours. We host these once a month for RV Service Pros. It’s part Q&A, part therapy, and talk about what's working and what's not (as well as features to come).
This particular call was a little tense.
We’d been getting some tough questions. We’re still early in the RV Help days and it was one of those calls where we were navigating change, listening, and working through bumps. Towards the end, someone asked how to rank higher in search results on the platform.
That’s when Bobby Greenwell, RV inspector, legend, absolute wildcard, jumps in.
“If I get a tattoo of the RV Help logo,” he says, “will you feature me at the top of my market for a week?”
I laughed. “If you get an RV Help tattoo, I’ll feature you on the home page for a month.”
We all laughed. The call ended. Life moved on.
Until the next day, Dennis posted this in Slack.
It was a tattoo.
Of our logo.
On a HUMAN.
And not just any human, it was Bobby.
I called him immediately. He answered the phone laughing.
“I said it as a joke,” he told me. “But then I thought, life’s short. Sometimes when tension’s high, you gotta do something to create levity.”
He wasn’t wrong. It made my whole day. Still does.
I keep coming back to this idea: This is why we’re building RV Help. Because behind every listing on our site is a real person. A real small business owner. Someone like Bobby, who doesn’t just say he’s all in, he inks it into BODY.
I’ve started a few things in my life, and most of the time you don’t know if what you’re building is going to truly matter. You spend weeks tweaking a UI or building a feature and wonder if it's going to have a genuine impact.
Then someone gets a tattoo of your logo and it’s like… okay, this matters.
So today, we’re doing two things:
Bobby Greenwell is officially featured on the RV Help home page (a deal’s a deal).
We’re giving Bobby the biggest high-five and thank you imaginable.
Also, if you’re in the Harrisburg, Illinois area and need an RV inspection, you should absolutely hire Bobby. His company, Double Diamond RV Inspection, has stellar reviews, offers comprehensive services, and (this goes without saying) unmatched loyalty.
If you're not near Bobby, don’t worry, there are RV Service Pros listed on RV Help across the country. And if any of them have an RV Help tattoo, well… consider it the highest possible endorsement.
Bobby, thank you for the laugh, the commitment, and the reminder that sometimes the best way to break tension is to do something bold, hilarious, and a little bit nuts.
You're a legend.