Dave, long time, no type, hope you are well and everything is good in the land of clogs.
When I first started in this WC game, I must have had a huge chip on my shoulder. I'd just been made redundant or sacked (Can't remember now) from a high paid driving job between Germany and Tunisia. Really interesting and fun filled job.
Suddenly I was a window polisher. All my custies were in more interesting high paid jobs and I was polishing glass. Had loads of issues with it and I used to kick custies into touch just for looking at me in the wrong way.
After 20 years, give or take, I just see this malarky as a way of earning as much as possible in the shortest possible time and minimum effort. If my custies all thought I was a complete Geordie, I couldn't give a blinded toss.
I love it when the people living close by wonder where the hell I earn enough money in such a short amount of days in a month. Image, under peers, to someone new to this game, must be important. I can understand that view, it's just not mine. I don't mean business image, that IS important, but who really cares what your street thinks of you?
As I see it at the moment, my custies seem to think we are proffs, and don't treat us with contempt.
I've probably got more yesterdays than tomorrows, I'm 52. So stuff what others think of my business. Just so long as they pay.