[Sir Squeaky]

Apart from all the things I mentioned earlier.....

[jouk45]

one customer i go to every 4 weeks, lets the dogs roam free within the house, soon as i put the brush on the glass, the dogs go mad and try to grab the brush, it brightens up my day, at least the customer knows iv been and gone, the windows inside are covered in slabers and dog breath lol,   sorry i dont do insides, 

[Johnboyfree]

The only complaint I can think of is this,a couple of weeks ago a woman came out of a house a couple of doors up from where I was working and asked me if I could do her house,it was the same size as the one I was doing and she was ok about  the price,I finnished the one I was on then did her front then rang the bell so she could unlock the gate so I could do the back......you guessed it,she came out of the house went across the road and said my gates allready open.........I couldnt believe what she did,I said I thought you lived here,.....no Im just feeding the cat there away.

[macc]

hi Squeaky. Cant say ive come accross many probs,  , no, cant remember the last time.  

But if we do we can always dig out our trade gear, (clean the dust & cobwebs off), grab the ladders,   & do the job.  

How do you do the window above the coservatory.  

I rest my case.

macc

[Johnboyfree]

How do you do the window above the coservatory. 

I rest my case.

macc

What window above the conservatory?us trad lads only do bungalows cos its safe..no need for ladders

[Sir Squeaky]

How do you do the window above the coservatory. 

I rest my case.

macc

What window above the conservatory?us trad lads only do bungalows cos its safe..no need for ladders

Or spell-checker even.....

[macc]

Nice one. 

[DASERVICES]

I used to do a mental hospital too.

Was that the insides  

[DASERVICES]

  Squeaky you fell for that one

  Doug

[mick40]

picked up a new customer yesterday and went through the gate at the side of the house,just started cleaning when this big bl..dy golden retriever bounced over and started humping my leg .
The woman came out and got hold of him then said he would calm down in a minute.she was standing talking to me and let go of the dog and he started sniffing my hee haws.i kept pushing him away and he kept coming back for more and she eventually put the hound in the house.cleaned her windows, got paid then proceeded to next door neighbours house only to find i had left my steps in the retrievers territory .I walked back round and she had let the mutt back out.i tried to sneak in but got humped a second time before she came running out and grabbed him again.what an embarressment.

[LC]

picked up a new customer yesterday and went through the gate at the side of the house,just started cleaning when this big bl..dy golden retriever bounced over and started humping my leg .
The woman came out and got hold of him then said he would calm down in a minute.she was standing talking to me and let go of the dog and he started sniffing my hee haws.i kept pushing him away and he kept coming back for more and she eventually put the hound in the house.cleaned her windows, got paid then proceeded to next door neighbours house only to find i had left my steps in the retrievers territory .I walked back round and she had let the mutt back out.i tried to sneak in but got humped a second time before she came running out and grabbed him again.what an embarressment.

LMAO LMAO

[JM123]

I've got one bungalow that should take 15mins but takes 35 because of plantpots which may I add contain nothing more than soil, moss and plants that died before Stalin.  I also do another house where the owner trains police dogs, ok, so police dogs are supposed to be calm, obedient, yeah right, they'd tear the nuts off you without an invitation, he also has his own silent attack dobermans, 3 of them, well scary.

[Londoner]

Round here so many houses have had their front gardens paved and park their cars on the front. Its a nightmare with a ladder but still a bit risky with a WFP.
Same people usually have big extension on side and/or back, loft extension and two satellite dishes right in the way.
They always tell you that the last WC cleaned all the windows no trouble ( who was he - spiderman? )

[dai]

I have seen customers put pea gravel over concrete slabs, You might just as well put ball bearings under your ladder. Others leave an impenetrable barrier of kids toys, wheelie bins, bikes and garden chairs in a narrow side entry. When you do manage to get round the back you are faced with a bloody great trampoline.
The worst of all are the ones that leave masses of dog poo for the unwary window cleaner to tread in.
Now I have gone WFP I am no longer expected to cut back the Virginia creeper in order to get to the window. How do you fellow WFP users deal with Virginia creeper by the way? I just put my brush on the glass the best I can, if I leave marks, tough.
Dai

[jeff1]

Today I was ripped to shreads by the bloody rose bush's, the thing is, some times these turn infected, so I now carry a bottle of TCP with me, for such occations,

Good point made by dai, I have loads covered in wistirea, and ivey, and some of the ivey is actually stuck to the windows, so how do you manage? with wfp

[Londoner]

It all comes down to the question of whether you choose your customers or your customers choose you.
OK I'm getting older, and I hope wiser, but I am a lot more picky about who I take on.
Take a good look before you say yes.

I know its not always that easy, in particular when you are trying to build up a round and I understand that problem right enough.

Oh yes, just one last question. Whats a ladder?

[jeff1]

Hi vince

I agree with your point on who chooses who, I've been a wc for eight years now,
I always do a risk assesment before taking on any new one's. 


when I chose that customer, she had just moved in, and over the past five years, she change the layout of her garden, and put in new plants,including that ruddy rose bush. and I find this happens with a lot of customers who live in the country side areas.

'O' and by the way a ladder, is what Buggie's and us traditional wc use!

[Londoner]

Where are you Jeff? Its interesting you say about country side areas. Round here my problems are more likely to be residents only parking zones and wardens.

[jeff1]

Hi Vince

I'm in sunny  wet Somerset
(were all the carrot crunchers Live)

I do a lot of village's