[Johnny B]

Just going back to the title of the thread (I am always trying to keep up!) it sounds as though with going 15 miles for a job paying less than a tenner, less diesel, less travel time, wouldn't you be dining in on this story for years? 

John

[elite mike]

£9.75  well done tony  and you have  been     

[tonyoliver]

the point is I thought it would be an all day job and paid accordingly.
 don't tell me the custie has never deceived you on the size of the job.....
 get there and then be asked to clean one  window  that there cleaner or husband cant reach or promised a regular clean if you reduce the price or get you more  loads more jobs and
 never hear from the again

[Johnny B]

I feel your pain Tony, I really do. Yes I have been deceived by customers more times than I can remember.

I am getting older now, and hopefully a little wiser. I used to go out of my way to accommodate new customers, but found that when I needed them to reciprocate, they were not so eager to work with me. If someone new wants my services, I try to fit them in around my existing schedule, but don't reschedule work I already have planned just to please them. As for pricing, don't ever price a job without seeing it first. Again, I have done so in the past, and it is always more favourable to the customer.

As for promises of regular work, people always say what they think you want to hear, and again I've experienced this many, many times, especially here in Ireland. People here mess you about for fun. I would rather people to be honest with me from the start. Once they have lied, any trust you had in them is gone forever.

Don't let any mistakes you make eat you up. Take it on the chin and learn from it so as not to let it happen to you again.

Best wishes,
John.

[tonyoliver]

 Johnny
thanks for the kind words

messed around just for fun  I thought the Irish were
 straight honest types
its just the same here
 sometimes
 I  am not sure weather its comedic or for real
like the time when...........
I got called back to a house after I leafleted it the week before thinking it was a quote  to be told by the snotty homeowner
not to put the leaflet through his door again and that I didn't shut his gate when I left

he then gave me the offending leaflet  from pizza hut

or maybe the time I got called  to face the livid home owner who went through a list  of complaints
 about my  poor cleaning and gardening skills leaving me a little dumbfounded as I had never been to the address before ever and when told I wasn't me she called me a liar a cheat and a cad

 or maybe the time someone stole a lawnmower from this posh house in all innocence said who would do such a thing she said your sort

how I never punched her ill never know

like you say chin up  keep calm and carry on
 



 

[AuRavelling79]

I wonder if it's the way you "carry yourself" Tony - don't be too quick to agree with a customers request/demand.