[TVCS]

hi guys.
have been waiting for about a month for a grand sum of £7;50 from a customer.  I got it this morning with a little note saying" Many thanks for the service you have provided for the last 3 months, we will no longer be requiring your service.   Many thanks blahh blahh blahh.;

The first time I did this property the young lad was really inmy face and tried to be-little me but I deafed him out and thought at the first opotunity I will drop him.

I saw him in the pub 2nite

He tried to make me look small infront of his pals and said if I needed the money really badly I could do his windows on a bi monthly basis.

The whole time I saw him i was biting my tongue, knowing for a fact that he livs in a sh*t hole, so I told him that I was very busy and would be unable to visit him before the new year. 

   
Why do some people see us as plebs  and scum.  It makes me mad. 

Some people  do nothing more than claim every benefit known to man and make a tidy living.
I am working my arse off to make a living and people talk down to me. 
It makes me mad.

Am I the only one or do others get this be-littling?

In the last week I have lost a £7.50 job and picked up 2X £15  jobs. 
Ant
TVCS

[steveaqua]

I saw him in the pub 2nite

He tried to make me look small infront of his pals and said if I needed the money really badly I could do his windows on a bi monthly basis.

I would of dropped him there and then son! i wouldn't put up with that s**t!

[Pat Purcell]

should have told him that the house was actually only 4 quid the extra 3.50 was danger money in case you saw his wife naked

[ducky]

i get it in the pub all the time  but i say what do u do they say plaster thats ok i make more money than u put that in ur pipe and smoke it just put them down infront of ther mates

[s.hughes]

Think I would go to a different pub. In 12 years I've never had any comments.

Steve

[DaveWilkinson]

Ant,

You get that no what your job is, I've done work paying 60 +quid an hour and got the same sort of responce off solicitors, doctors ect, the advantage I have is my work doesnt have a set price on it and I soon as I start getting vibes of a superiority complex from the customer I just think in my head " yeah that just cost you and extra hundred"

Life can be sweet and never judge a book by its cover.

[TVCS]

Steveaqua i was tempted but refrained myself.

Anyway I just popped into our local tesco's to get abit of snapping and who should I see stacking the shelves, my vocal friend from the boozer last night.

I went up to him and tapped him on the shoulder.  He spun round and I had to stop myself from laughing.  He looked really rough and when he saw me I thought his chin was going to hit the floor.
'Allright mate',   he came out with.
'I want a quick word with you, if you can pull yourself away from your highly important work'

'Look I hope i wasn't out of order last night, I'd had a few and I cant really remember what was said'
'I can,  so tell me when do you knock off today?'
'Look mate I'm really really sorry if I said anything to wind you up'
It was great to see him squirm, little maggot.
I said that I may only be a window cleaner but I make a bout 3 times more than he does by the hour.  And left him with a 'I'll see you soon mate'

He who laughs last etc.

[macleod]

any grief i get then i up the price... there and then.
one job i had £25 really easy, but the receptionist was really lookin down her nose so when i finnished i billed for £35 and thats what they pay now... extra £120 a year for her rudeness 

[busydaffodil]

I have no problem with people looking down their nose at my choice of earning a living......I smile knowing I earn more than them.
What I will not put up with is people dissing me.   I think people can tell who will take it & who will not.  I have a quick tongue in real life.....and can easily bounce back a sarcastic comment and make that person then look foolish, without lowering myself to their tone.    Its how you say these things.

Now, the next time you see him in the pub, tell him you were impressed at his highly important job that IS shelf stacking in the local supermarket.  Would even say that your now revising your business cards to read   "J BLOGGS - HIGHLY IMPORTANT WINDOW CLEANER.   Your doing this because he has inspired you with his job.     Next year, you might be Prime Minister even, now your in the same "HIGHLY IMPORTANT" sector of the market.

[DUTCH]

YOU GET MORE FRO LICKIN THAN KICKIN!

[AuRavelling79]

TVCS - The job a person does is only a fraction of what a person is.

[rosskesava]

I think I'm maybe odd. I couldn't careless what anyone says about the job I do.

If any customers are constantly rude or sarcastic then I simply stop work and that's it and we never go back there again. It's not that their comments bother me but rather that while I have a choice, I don't want it in my life.

I know that in life in general you can't always do that but as I'm self employed and have plenty of work, it's good bye and gone without a word.

I have had a few comments down my local but as I live on a crummy council estate, it's like the pot calling the kettle black.