[Morph]

Quite interesting, this.
I don't wear shorts, because I get too many girls chasing me.

Although my main reason is I simply don't find it cooler, and my little pins need protecting as they are covered up for 11 months.
As for image:  I have contractors who expect me to wear uniform & name, that's their requirements.  I'll stand on my head and sing "O Danny Boy" in Gaelic if they want me to & pay me enough!
I also have a very important Stately Home owner, who does not require uniform nor van livery.  In fact the management team there are not impressed by it, and prefer non-gimmicky images, just men/women who know what they're doing.

So both sides of the coin for me.  But just because some have got big posh customers don't let that influence.  Nor worry too much about long drawn out posts of moderators
Ian Giles gets like that sometimes.  They are not the last word on our skills by any means.

Dress neat & clean, and speak well.
May the force be with you

[supernova77]

Lots of interesting points.

I wear the long type of shorts if you know what I mean - never football shorts. And for normal day to day residential stuff in weather like we have been having I don't wear a top, and I don't think any of my customers mind.

I do however always wear a top when cleaning commercial stuff.

Andy

[dustycorner]

Its Tops all the way.

If any of my guys phoned in sick with sunburn due to not wearing a top i'd be annoyed to say the least.

A few years back i was in my local B&Q shopping with the wife i asked the manager if he had a window cleaner yes he replied and then asked why i asked.

That what i do i said.

Oh no we have a proper company, they were uniforms was his last remark.

I don't see how we can on 1 hand want to be treated as professional by client, if on the other we don't present ourselves professionallyu.

Cheers Mark.