[Dean Taberner]

well i run a business yes a window cleaning business and its bloody good paying and im succesful at it(if i do say so my self) in two  years i think ill prob be office based and only been running my business 3 years

Well done Ronnie

[Wayne Thomas]

I'm all for window cleaning having a stigma attached. It helps to deter wannabes from starting up and becoming competition

I couldn't care less what people think about window cleaners as long as I can earn decent money working for myself and stay content with my chosen job/profession.

[ants]

Started a new call recently,while Iwas cleaning the man of the house came out and said "All the people on the dole round here and we couldnt find a w/c"
I didnt reply cos  I was to annoyed.

[scud]

  I bumped into a friend in Halfords a couple of years ago while we were looking for a birthday present for one of the kids, I told my wife we had nowhere to put a go-cart, he said
 "you should get a proper job and then you could buy a house big enough"

  I said nothing, just invited them round for a bbq, the look on his face was priceless when he saw the size of my house and garden.

scud i'm sorry but you are a muppet! you invited some one who said that round for a bbq! i'd of floored him

  At least he wasn't a stranger calling me a muppet, which I might be less inclined to pass, if you get my drift.

[NWH]

  I bumped into a friend in Halfords a couple of years ago while we were looking for a birthday present for one of the kids, I told my wife we had nowhere to put a go-cart, he said
 "you should get a proper job and then you could buy a house big enough"

  I said nothing, just invited them round for a bbq, the look on his face was priceless when he saw the size of my house and garden.

scud i'm sorry but you are a muppet! you invited some one who said that round for a bbq! i'd of floored him

  At least he wasn't a stranger calling me a muppet, which I might be less inclined to pass, if you get my drift.

I don`t think he meant it like that Scud.

[Tosh]

Seven years ago I was a Staff Sergeant in the army, in a Warrant Officer's post (therefore my next promotion to a 'Sir' was fairly guaranteed).  Had I remained I would be just over a year from my pension (about a £45K tax free lump sum and a monthly payment of about £600 per month for doing nothing; payable from the age of 40 years old (after 22 years service)).

But after an extremely turbulent previous five years, never being at home and despatched off to places I didn't want to go to, like Bosnia, Kosovo, Scotland (I covered Paisley during the fire-strikes), etc I jacked it all in.  During my 'round robbin' of termination of service interviews I told them all, including the Commanding Officer that I was going to be a window cleaner.

They couldn't believe it; how could someone with a good career/income/pension leave it all to become a lowly window cleaner?  Honest; they thought I was taking the p out of them.  I may as well have said I'm going to be a circus entertainer, eat fire, juggle, and ride a uni-cycle.

And for the first few years as a window cleaner I was totally skint; I even flogged my medals on e-bay to pay for some unforseen car repairs (honest); and the £1.5K I got for them amazed me (there's some sad people out there).

But now it's the best thing I've ever done; become a window cleaner; and I don't justify it to anyone.  It's what I am and what I do.

[Sir Squeaky]

And for the first few years as a window cleaner I was totally skint; I even flogged my medals on e-bay to pay for some unforseen car repairs (honest); and the £1.5K I got for them amazed me (there's some sad people out there).

That's tragic mate.

If done a job and risked my life (which I assume you did) and got medals, I'd never ever sell them.

They can't be replaced.

[matt]

And for the first few years as a window cleaner I was totally skint; I even flogged my medals on e-bay to pay for some unforseen car repairs (honest); and the £1.5K I got for them amazed me (there's some sad people out there).

That's tragic mate.

If done a job and risked my life (which I assume you did) and got medals, I'd never ever sell them.

They can't be replaced.

i agree

tosh, them medals were earned by you

im a little shocked at that, i guess you had your reasons, you needed the money, so you had to do what you did, so fair play to you

[Gordon Saunders]

i am not just a window cleaner
 I am a parent , a son, a brother, an uncle ,a cousin a football player/ coach, a guitar player, a drug support worker/youth worker , a poor poker player , a cyclist and many other things. .
 Why do people only measure themselves by what they do to earn money life is so much more than that .
   If i was only a window cleaner my life would be pretty meaningless.
  G

[matt]

i am not just a window cleaner
 I am a parent , a son, a brother, an uncle ,a cousin a football player/ coach, a guitar player, a drug support worker/youth worker , a poor poker player , a cyclist and many other things. .
 Why do people only measure themselves by what they do to earn money life is so much more than that .
   If i was only a window cleaner my life would be pretty meaningless.
  G

very goo d shout 

[paulscotney]

I think some of you are far too sensitive, Earn good money enjoy life. If you don't like admitting to being a window cleaner go and do something else. Estate agents have a bad name, they don't seem to worry too much, well not until recently.

[ftp]

I don't mind admitting to what i do now, but to start with it was a bit different. I would see some scruffy herbert in the town cleaning and think God is that what i've become! Now with the earnings potential and with the help of  intelligent conversation on here (sometimes) i really couldn't give a toss about how others perceive the job. 

[Cleaner Windows]

i am not just a window cleaner
 I am a parent , a son, a brother, an uncle ,a cousin a football player/ coach, a guitar player, a drug support worker/youth worker , a poor poker player , a cyclist and many other things. .
 Why do people only measure themselves by what they do to earn money life is so much more than that .
   If i was only a window cleaner my life would be pretty meaningless.
  G

very goo d shout 

yeah that makes a lot of sense

[gsw]

i used to be a financial futures trader in london for best part of 15 years, coloured jacket waving my arms about doing tic tac and screaming my nuts off all day. now i'm "just "a window cleaner I earn a very similar wage after 3 years building a business...... and most of it is due to the good advice on here.

the next hurdle to be jumped is employing, which needs to happen when we lose the hour of daylight.

fingers crossed

[mr merson]

I think Dave Morris has the right idea ! He does his collecting in his porshe     

[pingu]

I like many have seen some scruffy w/c about and thought...is that me....so I decided to re-vamp my uniform....I now enusre that my boots are polished each morning my clothes are fresh each day ....I bought additioanl trousers, gillets and each day I wear fresh and ironed...does the customer notice or even care? I doubt it...but it makes a huge difference to how I feel as I walk out of the door.

[gsw]

i dont polish my boots, but always have an ironed shirt on, with my company name on it and never wear ripped jeans..

the customer does notice, you can charge more if you look professional IMO.