[Jackal]

had a custy today who gave me a box of WRIGHTS cream cakes 7 in total very fresh aswell lovely jubbly  ,

its only a terraced house £5 a clean but she still owed me from last month aswell so £10 i was thinking of just charging her a fiver as she was so nice in giving me these cakes but ended up taking the tenner,after i felt a bit guilty

just wondered what you guys would of done

[G Griffin]

You can`t have your cake and eat it too.

[the bfg]

you terrible person you,     that poor woman left those cakes out in the rain, I dont think that she can make it cos it took so long to bake it and she'll never have that recipe again.

[colin purewater]

dont feel bad!!
she probley got the cakes out of the bins round back of asda any way!!

seriously people do it!!

[Johnny B]

You did the two cleans, so were entitled to be paid for them.

It's not as if she didn't owe you, or you were being greedy. I'm an old softy at times, and feel a bit guilty when custys are generous to me, but in this case I don't feel you have anything to feel guilty about. She obviously likes you!

John.   

[Johnny B]

you terrible person you,     that poor woman left those cakes out in the rain, I dont think that she can make it cos it took so long to bake it and she'll never have that recipe again.

Oh noooooooooooooooooo!

John

[Steve CM]

you run a business not a charity. Its to easy to get too friendly with your customers

[A & J Owen Window Cleaning]

don't feel guilty - you didn't ask to be paid in cake 
They might have been over the use by date and she was trying to get rid of them anyway

[Jackal]

did seem a bit weird the cakes were in a box with a sticker label  sealing it but with a use by date of 02 december 2012  seems along time for cream cakes,they are exceeding good tho 

[colin purewater]

did seem a bit weird the cakes were in a box with a sticker label  sealing it but with a use by date of 02 december 2012   seems along time for cream cakes,they are exceeding good tho 

   was it christmass pud!!

[Wc Solutions]

you run a business not a charity. Its to easy to get too friendly with your customers

spot on!!

[NJWindowCleaning]

To right I would take the money, anything else is a bonus 

Or are you saying when it comes to christmas you would refuse a tip??? 

Just the same to me 

[Ross G]

you terrible person you,     that poor woman left those cakes out in the rain, I dont think that she can make it cos it took so long to bake it and she'll never have that recipe again.

They're all bad payers down Macarthur Park way

[Paul Coleman]

You should have charged her extra for the time off you will need for the heart bypass.
Seriously though, I found that getting too friendly with customers was not good for my business in the longer term.  I have found that a reasonably friendly demeanour is OK but always remember that it is business.  That way you can increase prices when needed and not get sucked into doing extra work for nothing (unless you want to of course)..