I used to do a customers windows, she mostly had a rather indifferent attitude. One day I was doing her place and was on the garage roof cleaning the one above that; she came out the house with her son and started to get into the car to leave; so I called down to her in the hope of her paying before leaving. She huffed and gruffed and went back into the house to get some money, when she came out she called up to me 'Well, come on then hurry up I havent got all day you know' her son said' Mum, you cant speak to him like that!'.
Anyway, about a year after that I had done her windows when she wasnt in, so I went back to collect. No answer.
Went back the next day at the same time, 9.30 am. No answer but she wasnt the working sort, middle-aged, mostly in, bit quiet type; you get to know your custys after a while, it seemed strange no answer 2 days on the trot. So I looked upstairs and saw the curtain twitch, knocked again, no answer.
Went back the next day, no answer, this time saw her peeping out from behind the curtains.
Next day............no answer, but this time I rang her at the same time. She answered and I said 'Why arent you answering the door to me, its your window cleaner, youve been trying to avoid me the last 3 times I called.
She came down, paid me and I binned her. Told her why, she told her neighbour she'd binned me though, but her neighbour knows what sort of job I do and also what his neighbour is like (well he would wouldnt he, living next door to a looney !!
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