I had finished a commercial job in Sutton surrey last week and was loading up the van and tying off the ladder
Was about to go back to the office to drop off the invoice .
when I saw two men jump out of a white Prius the driver pulled up like the sweeney and surrounded the local window cleaner an much older guy who is trad only as he was putting his bucket back On the ladders at the back of his car
he had left a scrim in the road that dropped of his shoulder as he crossed the main road
He said was about to go back to collect the scrim but the wardens said he was littering and demanded his name and details and debit card there were lots of shouting and swearing at them and they called the police I picked up the scrim in the road and one of the wardens started on me apparently the water from my hose was also considered littering and he was going to fine me also
p off was my reply and said the water was on the property of the office not on the pavement
then two builders came out of the shop and started on the wardens they had been done for leaving brick dust on the pavement where they had been working in the week
the police turned up three cars blues and twos !! And separated us all it took half hour the wardens said I was their first target and demanded my details from the police who refused as no offence was committed
they said that they spotted the other cleaners scrim so went for him instead the cops looked bored and after I explained that the job I was doing wasn’t on public land they told me to go
the wardens seemed intent on getting the cleaner I saw him today again gave him his scrim back and he was £150 poorer
they took the reg no and photos of my van so I suppose I have a battle in the week to sort out
I wish sometime I could win the lottery and only come back to London in the cockpit of a bomber
