Done some neighbours,
Never again 🤦♂️
Late payers.
Clean my parents.
Most of my friends are not local enough, wife’s friends tell them I only do my neighbourhood.
Other excuses, “thanks for asking but full up, one man band can’t fit anymore in, been doing 15+ years”
Any new neighbours move in near me, which seems to be every 18 +months
I just tell them straight, thanks but I don’t work for friends, family or neighbours
People move in nowadays barely answer if you greet them good morning
Then suddenly they act like a long lost relative when they want a favour i.e borrow tools, jump leads,
Let neighbour in my road use my ladder who’d locked themselves out and he went in through an upstairs
Window
Lucky if he says “good morning”
I’m just a miserable old sod 😆
As OP says steer clear of anyone you know.
Someone who lives up the road
On my estate I’d cleaned for 10 years, bit of a snob🤥 and always gossiping, always lose 10+ minutes listening to her crap 😴
Started getting funny.
I got a dog 2 1/2 years ago.
Her dog is a real pain in the arse!
Kept bumping into her walking the dog 😁
I’d always say good morning though,
Keep moving, bad enough she wastes time at windows!
In the end it seemed she get annoyed bumping into me 🤔
I never stood jawing,
Said good morning last month while walking dog.
Got a blank and a dirty look.
She’s now sacked!!👍
Another reason not to work too local