I walked into the little rental shop to see whether I could get a power washer for the afternoon. The old man who owned the shop said he had one available, wrote up the ticket and helped load it into my pickup. When I returned it, I mentioned I would be back in a couple months. âI donât know if Iâll still be in business,â he said. âWhy is that?â I asked. He proceeded to tell me about the equipment rental business. âYou see that ladder over there? See how many warning labels it has?â I could count five from where I stood. âThereâs only so much they can do to make a ladder safe, so they just keeping adding more labels. But that doesnât keep them from getting sued.â