bumped into a few of them today!
first one had written his business name in felt tip on the back of his jacket,tracksuit pants and trainers on tradding a fairly large property(ground floor only as you need a 25ft pole fully extended to reach the first floor windows)his ladders cant reach the upper windows so he only cleans ground floor.not very friendly at all even though i was trying to have a bit of banter with them(there were 2 of them).it was pouring down with rain though!
then this afternoon i bumped into an old boy(pushing 70 and still tradding)ive known for years and he s adamant that wfp will be a thing of the past in the next few years and that his son(who has got most of his round now)should stay trad and that ive "got a lot to learn yet when it comes to window cleaning" even though ive picked up about 100 of his customers over the last few years at double and triple his prices!
he also said "what an idiot cleaning windows in the rain with that stupid brush thing!"even though he d been working up a wet ladder using scrim and fairy
i didnt tell him id worked 9am-3pm (most of it in heavy rain) and earned £240,had 2 brews made for me,half hour for lunch and most customers paid me (most are retired wealthy folk on todays work.)
thank god for wfp and altered attitudes!