[windows_chepstow]

I hope the Moderators won't be too upset at this.  (Ian knows where I live).

But, being ex-services I've dished out and received some extremely rough windups; for example, some involving being informed that close relatives were dead when they weren't.  Others involved pain and copious amounts of humiliation.  Some were just plain childish, but had that callous edge to them that the military is famous for. 

One that particularly tickled me was in my last posting; I had a small office, and on occassion when I passed wind; I'd scream a certain corporals name; giving the impression I was really cross about something.  The offending corporal would enter my office.  I'd sternly say, 'Close the door behind you', and as formality ruled, he'd stand before me.  I'd just stare hard at him, till he smelt the noxious odour my body had produced and he'd say, 'you dirty bast@rd' and walk out.  (I was fully justified in torturing him - he came from Sunderland).

But I can't come up with any good windups that will spice up the life of my work partner (Wor Lass).  I can only creep up on her and shout 'Boo' at the top of my lungs when she's cleaning windows so many times, before even I become bored with it.

So any window cleaning related windups posted here would be a great help to boost my morale; and keep Wor Lass on her toes.

[rosskesava]

We had a young kiddie called Dom working with us last year and I caught him out 4 times with this one.

After we'd done the windows of a particular customer and as she opened the door to pay, and we're all standing there, I said to her that Dom asked if he could clean her garage doors.

She of course said yes, so the poor kiddie really had no option but to clean them and the garage was a double garage. We sat in the van and watched him.

When he'd finished he called me every name under the sun. I got him 3 more times with that one on the 3 following times we did her windows.

We got him 5 or 6 times with another one would send him loopy.

We would pull up outside a house and we'd say to poor old Dom that he was to start doing the fronts while we called on the other houses we were doing in that road.

The thing is the owner was not a customer of ours. We'd be driving untill we saw someone going up to their front door or getting out their car and just stop as if we were going to do their windows as if they were a customer.

So the laddie would start cleaning the windows and we'd go back to the van and watch him. Usually within a few minutes the owner would come out and ask him what the hell he was doing.

At that point we'd drive off and just leave him.

That one would crack me up everytime we done that to the lad.

It's a bit horrible to do that but we'd always give him an extra tenner for the laugh.

Another one that's quite funny is when you're up a ladder and someone is doing the windows underneath you. All you do is to drip a few drops of water on their head and then straight afterwards, empty you bucket on them.

The few drips of water makes them look up by which time it's too late. They get a face full of dirty water. It's a question of timing.

And......... another one we would repeadely get Dom with was when he was coming down the ladder and is almost at the botton, I'd put the large water bucket at the base of the ladder. He'd then put his foot in it.

[s.hughes]

I'm a one man band, I dont get them kind of laughs. Sometimes I tell myself jokes, sometimes I find em funny but I've always heard em before.

Steveyboy

[windows_chepstow]

I'm a one man band, I dont get them kind of laughs. Sometimes I tell myself jokes, sometimes I find em funny but I've always heard em before.

Steveyboy

Sorry, Mate.  That sounds really sad.  Tell you what.  Why don't you get some talking books from the library.  They keep me going when I've got to work by myself because Wor Lass is sick/looking after the little un on school holidays/getting her hair cut/washing her feet/doing the ironing... etc...

[rosskesava]

I've often wondered at one man band w/c's.

Must be diificult and in truth, I don't know if I could do it on my own.

There's always me and my business partner and most times one extra and often 4 of us.

I don't know about just me on my own. I'd probably still be a w/c but things would be very different. I think I'd feel a bit isolated though.

The having a laugh thing is not quite the same on your own.

[s.hughes]

Its ok being on your own but its not for everyone. I gave my business over to a mate some years ago to do another job and he just couldnt cope on his own. Good thing as well cause when I came back to it I was able to take back the business while he went to other work.
My work is big houses where I am on for hours at a time and some all day. This works well as you get to know the customer very well and you chat and have a laugh about different things. I also have a lot of get-up-n-go so no probs in the morning. I always think that if you were working with other w/c you are restricted and wouldnt feel like being self-employed. I could understand that if you have worked with other w/c's for some time then it would be hard to cope on your tot.
Good job we're all different.
By the way Chepstow. I tried the talking books while in the car but liked them so much I couldnt get out the car until I heard the end. I cant stand having anything plugged into my ear so it wouldnt work while I'm working.

Steveyboy

[karlosdaze]

I always find out here that meeting up for lunch with local trademan mates is good for business & keeps you in "the know". Trouble is lunches can sometimes last for a couple of hours. I make more work from these lunch meetings than any leaflets.
Its always easy to work on your own when you always get the inside work, wearing a walkman is not an option - it would be rude to the client. (They gab all day).

[Duke]

Hmm.....well I work on my own these days.....I don't stop for a break at all until I've finished for the day.....I guess I just drift off into a dream world and think about my bike..a rally I'm going to or maybe about diving or something. Before I know it...5 hours have passed and I'm on my way home or to the bank to pay the cheques in...

[Pureandclean]

Hey Cheps,
                  I was born in sunderland, but I escaped when I was 3 !!

One of my lads had a new starter standing in a bucket, trying to pick him self up, when I came round the front and found him standing in this bucket, I told him...no wonder you can't do it, your supposed to stand on one leg to do it.
 He did look a right chump !!

 : Blessings  :

Graeme