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geefree

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Forum v face to face.
« on: March 20, 2009, 12:38:30 am »
Dont you find it kind of strange, that we all seem to get along on here?..we help each other out with any problem you can imagine....!


But in the street, every time i see another window cleaner...(apart from the couple i know,of course)

i get eyeballed, as if i am the enemy.... i smile and nod my head...

but it just got me wondering...if the same people
who eyeball me, are maybe on here, ?

and may have possibly helped me out?

like, told me how to canvass, what sort of properties,

and not to worry about patches, as there aint no such thing..... but in the real world, face to face... its a different matter...... maybe ?


Or are am i being silly  ??? ;D
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sageorgeta

Re: Forum v face to face.
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2009, 07:09:45 am »
Every time i see a window cleaner in the areas i work i wave to them like they are a long lost friend  ;D...i get some very strange looks.However over the years i have got to know the long lasting ones and we all get on.The newbies allways look nervous when you start chatting,but i do chat to them to suss out if they are legal or not.
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tomy jackson

Re: Forum v face to face.
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2009, 07:20:08 am »
sum of em now spek to me now that thay see im not hear to day gon to morow , but sum even after 10 years still look as thow thay just trod in sumert
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Alex Gardiner

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Re: Forum v face to face.
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2009, 07:56:02 am »
Down 'ere in Cornwall we all get on pretty well me 'Ansome!

I have only heard of a couple of aggressive encounters, warning someone off a patch in about 25 years.

A couple of years ago I even had a call asking for advice on a contract from a chap who had just undercut me on a £15,000 a year contract. The advice was for the contract he had just taken away from my firm. He was friendly I was friendly, but I basically said that the reason he was struggling with the job is that he should have charged twice what he quoted. We still wave when we see each other.
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pingu

Re: Forum v face to face.
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2009, 08:10:25 am »
Ever noticed how you pass people in the street and most look like they are angry/moody and if you smile and say morning...their whole face changes....?

Dave..

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matt

Re: Forum v face to face.
« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2009, 09:50:27 am »
a few aroubd by me just give you a evil glare, 1 person allways said to me " dont chat to them, dont help them, they are the enemy "  ;D ;D he was serious though

it allways makes me smile
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collins82002

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Re: Forum v face to face.
« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2009, 10:04:10 am »
visited gary off here  the other day to help me with ro issue he lives just outside my area,  got on like a house on fire.  Its funny how we ask each other questions and talk on here every day and when you meet its like you've been friends for years.
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Sir Squeaky

  • Posts: 8341
Re: Forum v face to face.
« Reply #7 on: March 20, 2009, 06:36:51 pm »
Never any problem with other wc's around here.
Tosh is a bit of a numpty, but other than that... ;D
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NWH

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Re: Forum v face to face.
« Reply #8 on: March 20, 2009, 06:41:02 pm »
Quote from: Squeaky Clean. on March 20, 2009, 06:36:51 pm
Never any problem with other wc's around here.
Tosh is a bit of a numpty, but other than that... ;D
Squeaky where have you been.
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Sir Squeaky

  • Posts: 8341
Re: Forum v face to face.
« Reply #9 on: March 20, 2009, 06:43:44 pm »
Having family problems the last month or so (well, the problem being I won't have one much longer...)

I've still been around, and posted on the other section, but I haven't really felt like talking about work. :(
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sparklebright

Re: Forum v face to face.
« Reply #10 on: March 20, 2009, 06:46:18 pm »
Seem to get on all right with most of the windies where I live, I think we all know the real enemy is the dole cheat  ;D

Helped a guy with his RO just yesterday, aren't I wonderful! I partly did cos I felt guilty that one of the big companies I do subbie work for got me to do one of his shops. In my defence I didn't know it was his. Turned out it shouldn't have been done at all... ::)

You've got to be reasonable, there's enough work out there do the maths, hundreds of houses per windy, you've just got to find them
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scud

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Re: Forum v face to face.
« Reply #11 on: March 20, 2009, 06:51:38 pm »
  we all get along around here mostly, a couple of fallouts every now and then but in general we share work, water and lend equipement to each other.

  When my van broke down last year I borrowed no fewer than 3 different vehicles from 3 different cleaners.

  We all have each others numbers and quite often go out together - it's a bit like The Good Life!
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martinsadie

Re: Forum v face to face.
« Reply #12 on: March 20, 2009, 08:09:12 pm »
around here we all talk to each other,respect each others patches and pass work on if asked to clean on someone elses patch,good set of lads and mostly die hard Burnley fans which give us another bond  ;D ;D
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EZclean

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Re: Forum v face to face.
« Reply #13 on: March 20, 2009, 08:51:52 pm »
i used to go on't Longside, top corner. i'm a United fan but i used to love going on't Turf wi the lads.
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EZclean - Cleaner Than Water

martinsadie

Re: Forum v face to face.
« Reply #14 on: March 21, 2009, 06:05:29 pm »
it lost all the excitment when the Longside was demolished,many exciting times on there  ;D
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tomy jackson

Re: Forum v face to face.
« Reply #15 on: March 21, 2009, 06:19:54 pm »
burnley is the place iv ever wotch a mach back in 19 65 never bin to woch anuther mach sory stan , i did the same at sped way in halifax   8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) but F1 is mine
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martinsadie

Re: Forum v face to face.
« Reply #16 on: March 21, 2009, 06:22:14 pm »
Quote from: tomy jackson on March 21, 2009, 06:19:54 pm
burnley is the place iv ever wotch a mach back in 19 65 never bin to woch anuther mach sory stan , i did the same at sped way in halifax   8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) but F1 is mine
who was playing tommy  ;D
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Dale Smith

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Re: Forum v face to face.
« Reply #17 on: March 21, 2009, 08:07:45 pm »
Always speak to w/cleaners we see, and wave to anyone in a van. Now they all wave to us or beep if we dont see them first.
Best thing about it is when you pass info & work to each other, which has happened to us.
We are about to take over 20 residential custies from a w/cleaner we got chatting to when we were carding up, so its well worthwhile passing the time of day with others in the trade.  ;)
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