[s.hughes]

I've been doing this job 14 years and believe me its got a lot better. I never seem to get the remarks or if I do then i'm to thick skinned. But when I started it was known to be a low paid end of the line job.
Boy have things changed.

Steve

[Count Phil]

Its not the remarks, its the face they pull when you tell them, it drops and then they try to rescue it and smile.

[D woods]

Then they shuffle their feet, and stare at their shoes

[Highrise]

I 've had a few comments over the years about what job I do and when I see people out in the street I like nothing better then to pull over in my nice car and say Hello would you like a lift, 9/10 they say no it's OK...

[TVCS]

I had a chap trying to bellittle my job when I saww him in a pub, not long after I started w/c.  He was taking the p155 cos I had been to clean his mums windows, normal rubbish blah blah blah.
When I saw him stacking shelves at the local Tescos the next day he was not quite so vocal.

I met up with an old mate I had not seen for ages the other week and he thought it was funny that I was a poor little, skilless window cleaner.  As it turned out he was a factory worker who earned about half what I do and he does 12 hour shifts too, he was quite put out when I told him the hours I work too.

Running your own business is not something to feel embarressed about.  Just laugh at them gazza

[Mike 108]

If it bothers you, don't tell them you're a window cleaner - tell them "I have a window cleaning business"
 

[geefree]

If it bothers you, don't tell them you're a window cleaner - tell them "I have a window cleaning business"
 

then they say so your'e  are a window cleaner then.

[TVCS]

tell them you are a transparant wall space engineer

[jonah]

Or an illumination technician 

[geefree]

tell them you are a transparant wall space engineer

lol i like it

[sherco]

I'm a tiler, wall and floors etc, was on a site one day and the painter said to me i should get a proper job and anybody can tile. He was a right Pratt he kept on all the time, i had an old van which was just right for tiling, anyway while we where having lunch the plumber came onto site and said to me that the gas boilers in the five properties that i own  needed servicing...The painter nearly choked on his tea Guess who wants to paint my houses now. I hate people looking down on what you do its only jealousy as they hate people getting on in life.

[geefree]

so are you also a part time window cleaner sherco 

[sherco]

No I'm just getting into hard floor and carpet cleaning to run along side my tiling business. My ex girlfriend's dad was a dustman and was made redundant 20 years ago and set up a window cleaning round i saw him the other day he had sold his round bought a bungalow on the coast paid his mortgage off..He is 55 and said he has enough money to live, best thing he ever did was window cleaning

[geefree]

No I'm just getting into hard floor and carpet cleaning to run along side my tiling business. My ex girlfriend's dad was a dustman and was made redundant 20 years ago and set up a window cleaning round i saw him the other day he had sold his round bought a bungalow on the coast paid his mortgage off..He is 55 and said he has enough money to live, best thing he ever did was window cleaning

oh,

i was simply wondering how you ended up posting on a w/c site...thats all

good post though about the painter... i would have told him where to go. lol

[L.J.Thorpe]

Tell them your hoping to get a better job soon, and that you have applied for a job as a Bin Man, that should impress them! Who cares what people think, I hope window cleaning is never considered a respectable job, as then everyone will want to do it!!!

oh mi god i actually AGREE with him i think i may need to go and scrub my self clean

[L.J.Thorpe]

I'm a tiler, wall and floors etc, was on a site one day and the painter said to me i should get a proper job and anybody can tile. He was a right Pratt he kept on all the time, i had an old van which was just right for tiling, anyway while we where having lunch the plumber came onto site and said to me that the gas boilers in the five properties that i own needed servicing...The painter nearly choked on his tea Guess who wants to paint my houses now. I hate people looking down on what you do its only jealousy as they hate people getting on in life.

priceless

[Terry_Burrows]

  in 2006 I was lucky to go to tampa bay Florida,with Kim and Aggee how clean is your house,to make a TV commercial with them,was out there for 6 days great! while having drinks with there manager debs talking about who she has on her books like charlie dimmock Tommy walsh etc blah blah,talking about some of my ideas, out comes from her your only a window cleaner,my reply who the hell do fink you are and who you look after,I slaged her down,even the people I get to meet mix with,I will not take from any one,you are only a window cleaner,

so guys I am right behind you!so if you ever thought I was stuck up fink again please you have just to talk to me and find out,
I hope to see you at windex but my dad is dieing he could go any day the longer this goes on windex may not be possible for me.I wait each day to what it may bring....

[AuRavelling79]

Sorry to hear about your father, Terry - thoughts and prayers for you. Hope things don't drag on too long for all your sakes, especially for your Dad.

Back to topic:-

One of my customers is a very successful businessman and is Irish - he said one thing that sometimes gives him an edge in business is that thick people assume the Irish are thick ....

[Dean Aspects]

Had one today doing a builders clean at a school and the safety officer saw me put my steps against a wall while i dipped my applicator came over and said dont do that if you mark the wall i will have to call the painter back and charge you for it and with what you will be getting paid im sure you dont want to pay for that i just turned away and smiled to myself and mumbled "little Hitler"
Every time i saw him i had a little chuckle to myself and thought if only you knew
 

Dean

[windowwashers]

Had one today doing a builders clean at a school and the safety officer saw me put my steps against a wall while i dipped my applicator came over and said dont do that if you mark the wall i will have to call the painter back and charge you for it and with what you will be getting paid im sure you dont want to pay for that i just turned away and smiled to myself and mumbled "little Hitler"
Every time i saw him i had a little chuckle to myself and thought if only you knew
 

Dean

tape some pipe lagging over the top, saves hassle