[Bungle]

I get a phone call this afternoon saying I clean her neighbours house and can I clean hers. No problem, let me just take some details from you.... she goes on to say her last window cleaner hasn't been since January and she can't get hold of him. I give her a quote (£3 more than her last window cleaner) as I know the house, take her phone number and log her onto the rounds. I said I'll be with her in about a month. No problem she says, see you then. Five hours later I get a WhatsApp message saying her window cleaner has just contacted her and she's really sorry but she'd like to cancel.  I sent a message back saying 'good luck!'

Bull💩! £3 broke the bank 😂

[Smudger]

a recent reply to the last flyer distribution was from an old dear in the 80's - Maisonette (upper) 3 large picture windows at front - 2 large 1 small at rear - side window (hall way) and door
supposedly not had a windy round for 5 months - priced up at £14.50  (8 weekly)- which considering I thought reasonable only to be told the last one was doing it (off ladders) for £5.50 and she thought that was very expensive 

I did laugh to myself - it takes all sorts

Darran

[markymark]

My turn - asked to priced a Drs surgery. It is a large, extended Victorian house, larger windows all quite accessible by pole, but so much off ladders. The last cleaner "just stopped coming". He was an old boy who did it off ladders, and looking at it I could see why he wasn't so keen. Reckoned on an hours work so threw in my price. They wanted vaguely "...er every other month or three months". The woman's face was priceless - as if I had presented her kids with a dogpoop birthday cake in the shape of an extended middle finger. "How come it's so expensive? The other window cleaner only charged £15. We'll have to get other quotes.
Pause, whilst I look at the building, the car park full of £80k cars, the knowledge that the Dr who runs the surgery is a millionaire who has several surgeries, staffed by locums and nurse practioners, and that the gp's at my surgery all left when he took over....
"Yeah, sure thing. To be honest my round is chockablock so thinking on it I wouldn't be able to fit the job in. Thanks anyway"
7 months on, still uncleaned, still looking for the mug to work for less than minimum wage.
Sad thing is, the way the economy is going someone will probably pick the job up for the peanuts they want to pay.

[NWH]

I wouldn’t have said the wouldn’t be able to fit you in bit that looks like you’ve gone in to high coz you don’t need it,£15 is a standard flat with 5-7 windows clean where I come from struggle to get 20 cigarettes these days they tell me for 15 quid.

[JandS]

Smokers are the best customers........quoted £15 to a taxi driver yesterday......he said go on then it's only  a  days ciggies.