[Smurf]

Still it's not nice to be confronted by someone like that for sure but that's old folk for you.

I'm betting his wife brought him a karcher window vac too 

Steady on smurfy, your only a few years off the old fella.

 

 

[Matt.]

Funny post

I no what above are saying but what are you meant to do

Old fart starts giving it the beans, of course you don't want to fight him but pleasantly telling him to fock off twice is more than a fair and diplomatic way of saying do one mate am not in the mood for your arsing about today !!
Happy to speak civil with the wife but if he's the one paying the bill then he can go find some one else if you can't be dealing with him.

I have had old people front me during my days even had 1 fella at the trafic lights........ He was that old he couldn't get out the car on his own the wife went round to help, by the time he had go out lights had changed and he was left stood in the middle of the rd with his wife getting him back in 

Just laugh it off mate tomora will bring another numpty

[samson]

If I were you I would go back and apologise ( even though you feel it wasn't your fault )  as you don't know why the person reacted the way they did.   It could be a case of the person is struggling with some kind of problem, who knows.
Whenever I have reacted badly to a situation, and lost it a bit, I could not settle until I had tried to put things right.   They might not even appreciate your efforts at peace making, but at least you have done your best to say sorry.

[Rich Wilts]

Funny post

I no what above are saying but what are you meant to do

Old fart starts giving it the beans, of course you don't want to fight him but pleasantly telling him to fock off twice is more than a fair and diplomatic way of saying do one mate am not in the mood for your arsing about today !!
Happy to speak civil with the wife but if he's the one paying the bill then he can go find some one else if you can't be dealing with him.

I have had old people front me during my days even had 1 fella at the trafic lights........ He was that old he couldn't get out the car on his own the wife went round to help, by the time he had go out lights had changed and he was left stood in the middle of the rd with his wife getting him back in 

Just laugh it off mate tomora will bring another numpty

That just about sums this one up. You've managed to put it in a far maor accuarte light that I did.

The thing is working with the public you just don't know what to expect. I dont like to live my life always on guard, but I do have a habit of forgetting there's nutters out there and when they behave like this fella im always surprised.

Whenever I have reacted badly to a situation, and lost it a bit, I could not settle until I had tried to put things right.   They might not even appreciate your efforts at peace making, but at least you have done your best to say sorry.

There's nought as queer as folk. Sometimes its just the surprising manner in which the series of turns pans out. There we were merrily going about our business. Not a care in the world. Turn up at the third from last property towards the end of the day and get it with both barrels from Hannibal Lecter     

Anyway, I phoned the old bird up earlier, just wanted to check he hadn't taken decided to have a soak in a bath, cuddling the toaster. Apparently she took him in afterwards, sat him down, fed him and he was feeling better.

We'll go back, but will watch things with him from now on. If it becomes a habit they'll have to organise a different way to get their windows cleaned.

[H MAN]

Yes when the sugar plays up it's like with women when it is that time of the month.
Some times not controllable.
Know that's no excuse what you said to him probable didn't help .

[Dave Willis]

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. You'll look back one day and realise you handled it totally wrong 

I've done the same in the past - realised I was a total idiot afterwards.

[DaveG]

I thought Matt had taken over your round Dave....

[dazmond]

matt i think you just have a habit of winding some folk up maybe?

remember when you clipped that customers plant that was growing around a window?now if that was me id of left it and not cleaned that window.not you though!oh no!so what did you do?cut the thing down without the owners consent! .i bet they were well happy!

yes some old folk are  losing it a bit.i had one chap who slammed the door in my face accusing me of "ripping him off" saying i was "only here last week".he was losing it for sure.started getting angry every time i was round.he was suffering with dementia.i wouldnt dream of telling him to fock off though.the guy was ill.

ive also got a few customers  that if anything happened to their wifes id drop them like a stone!(husbands miserable,moaning and clearly resent paying for window cleaning!).

if i were you id apologise next time your round.

there is a great youtube clip of an old geezer(retired boxer) getting hassled for money off a few young drunks.after a while he punches 1 of em and the other lad has a go and he floors him with one punch.he s out cold on the floor!

[CLEANCARE WC]

When the suggestion is out of the ordinary I see no reason why asking isn't okay. Especially if he's the one who's paying.

CC you like to be a smart arse on here, your posts are full of snidey comments, despite being a christian an' all.

I would've thought you'd know that a wise man speaks because he has something to say, whilst an idiot speaks because he has to say something. Bear it in mind or that splinter will blind you.         

Hi Matt it's me who is the Christian. ..

I have taken flack for cleanclear ' s posts before now because of the similar name.
I try to keep my smart arse comments to a minimum 

[Tom White]

Hi Matt it's me who is the Christian. ..

I have taken flack for cleanclear ' s posts before now because of the similar name.
I try to keep my smart arse comments to a minimum 

Let's hope God doesn't get you confused with Clean Clear, otherwise you'll end up confused when you're in the hot sulphurous place. 

[CLEANCARE WC]

Hi Matt it's me who is the Christian. ..

I have taken flack for cleanclear ' s posts before now because of the similar name.
I try to keep my smart arse comments to a minimum 

Let's hope God doesn't get you confused with Clean Clear, otherwise you'll end up confused when you're in the hot sulphurous place. 

 

[Ian101]

Hi Matt it's me who is the Christian. ..

I have taken flack for cleanclear ' s posts before now because of the similar name.
I try to keep my smart arse comments to a minimum 

Let's hope God doesn't get you confused with Clean Clear, otherwise you'll end up confused when you're in the hot sulphurous place. 

  that made me smile

[robbo333]

I had a guy chase me down the street when I was leafleting. Got to his door and his letterbox was jammed with mail and stuff so I pushed it all through and then put my leaflet through. I could hear him swearing as I was walking back down his path. (old guy). Then I went next door and put a leaflet through and I could still hear him shouting (very bad things) and then he came out and saw me. He was very rude indeed accusing me of putting ALL the stuff through his letterbox and he was waving his fists etc. Problem was, by this time I was nearly in tears laughing. I don't think he liked that. He was quite old and i'm guessing 'he didn't have both his oars in the water' then he came at me so I did a runner down the street. It was just like a comedy sketch, I kept turning round to make sure he was alright and he hadn't fallen over or hurt himself. He gave up after 20 yards or so.  Good days they were 

[Rich Wilts]

matt i think you just have a habit of winding some folk up maybe?

remember when you clipped that customers plant that was growing around a window?now if that was me id of left it and not cleaned that window.not you though!oh no!so what did you do?cut the thing down without the owners consent! .i bet they were well happy!

yes some old folk are  losing it a bit.i had one chap who slammed the door in my face accusing me of "ripping him off" saying i was "only here last week".he was losing it for sure.started getting angry every time i was round.he was suffering with dementia.i wouldnt dream of telling him to fock off though.the guy was ill.

ive also got a few customers  that if anything happened to their wifes id drop them like a stone!(husbands miserable,moaning and clearly resent paying for window cleaning!).

if i were you id apologise next time your round.

there is a great youtube clip of an old geezer(retired boxer) getting hassled for money off a few young drunks.after a while he punches 1 of em and the other lad has a go and he floors him with one punch.he s out cold on the floor!

Haven't got time to go through your whole post Daz but that customer told me it was okay to sort the shrub out so we could get access to the window. Your going senile in your old age dear

[Matt.]

Am lucky in a sense I only do commercial so I don't have to deal with door step dangers 

Doing shop doors can be a nightmare, I always put my foot against the bottom of it whilst working coz some people wouldn't think twice about knocking ya out with it, I don't mind the automatic ones that can be switched off, I even have the doors off fully closed and I can be half way down and people try an open them ... I just stop, look at them, and ask them what they are trying to achieve I say the door is turned off so I can clean it how do u expect to just push it open, ....... The replies it get sometimes makes me just stop working an say go on then open it ur self whilst I put the key in my pocket...... Then u get the odd tantrum !!! I just start laughing and move into the next window leaving the door locked until we get some order.

Working tonight doing high level windows around Liverpool city centre and fully expect a night of shenanigans off the idiots about 

[Smurf]

Am lucky in a sense I only do commercial so I don't have to deal with door step dangers 

Doing shop doors can be a nightmare, I always put my foot against the bottom of it whilst working coz some people wouldn't think twice about knocking ya out with it, I don't mind the automatic ones that can be switched off, I even have the doors off fully closed and I can be half way down and people try an open them ... I just stop, look at them, and ask them what they are trying to achieve I say the door is turned off so I can clean it how do u expect to just push it open, ....... The replies it get sometimes makes me just stop working an say go on then open it ur self whilst I put the key in my pocket...... Then u get the odd tantrum !!! I just start laughing and move into the next window leaving the door locked until we get some order.

Working tonight doing high level windows around Liverpool city centre and fully expect a night of shenanigans off the idiots about

The best ones are the drunk women staggering past or should I say girls as they think it's funny to flash their boobs and/or arse to a window cleaner.... God knows why 

[slap bash]

Why when someone tells of a problem at work every one seams to think they are shrinks, solving the situation and been able to handle  folk like experts.In hind  sight we are all smart till we get into the same situation. Things don`t just happen, I am sure Matt conducted himself well in the situation as he was there and not us.. 

[Matt.]

Yes smurf about midnight ya get all the women mentioning how big the pole is, the decent looking ones are welcome to have a hold of me pole anytime 

I have had a few naughty sights around the 5am mark, av had a few nice pairs of tots pressed up against the window but just lately it seems to be all the big girls wanting to get them out 

[Rich Wilts]

Why when someone tells of a problem at work every one seams to think they are shrinks, solving the situation and been able to handle  folk like experts.In hind  sight we are all smart till we get into the same situation. Things don`t just happen, I am sure Matt conducted himself well in the situation as he was there and not us..

Your right. Most people claim that this that or the other is what they'd say, but its probably what they'd say assuming they knew the situation, assuming they knew the guy was diabetic or that they knew the guy had alzeihmers. Its a whole different ball-game with hindsight, when you're not there and not being fronted out by a loose cannon.

If I knew he was hyper or hypo I would've bought him a Mars bar and stuck it up his arse

[LT carpet cleaning]

Yes smurf about midnight ya get all the women mentioning how big the pole is, the decent looking ones are welcome to have a hold of me pole anytime 

I have had a few naughty sights around the 5am mark, av had a few nice pairs of tots pressed up against the window but just lately it seems to be all the big girls wanting to get them out 

Guess you have to have something  good happen when doing that horrific job eh..