[geefree]

In a shop today looking for a hose connector, trying to explain what i needed to a very polite assistant, who asked a colleague if he knew what i was asking for...

colleague asked me what exactly do i need it for, i said window cleaning,

before i got any further re;wfp..... he curled his lip up and said " hah " with a smile and a dirty look and then turned his back on me and walked off,

i waited ten seconds or so, hoping he would get or head towards the part i was looking for,

but he had done with me, i called him and said so you have the part or not, he said "no,"

i said " dont sneer at me mate because i clean windows, i work for me not some tin pot store paying £5 per hour, he said he didnt mean anything, so i asked him why he walked off blah blah blah.........

in the end he was very aware he may lose his job as the manager was nearby.

I Felt kind of small as i walked out of the shop, i thought to myself, i am really proud that i am building something of my own, but because its w/c... people still have this thing about them that they are the lowest....

Also not long ago, i heard someone else sneer at a logo on a guys top "wheelie bin cleaners"... like he was a piece of dirt.

having second thoughts about a logo now too,

i know i should be proud and more thick skinned but some people are simply horrible . :


weekly moan over 

[windowwashers]

In a shop today looking for a hose connector, trying to explain what i needed to a very polite assistant, who asked a colleague if he knew what i was asking for...

colleague asked me what exactly do i need it for, i said window cleaning,

before i got any further re;wfp..... he curled his lip up and said " hah " with a smile and a dirty look and then turned his back on me and walked off,

i waited ten seconds or so, hoping he would get or head towards the part i was looking for,

but he had done with me, i called him and said so you have the part or not, he said "no,"

i said " dont sneer at me mate because i clean windows, i work for me not some tin pot store paying £5 per hour, he said he didnt mean anything, so i asked him why he walked off blah blah blah.........

in the end he was very aware he may lose his job as the manager was nearby.

I Felt kind of small as i walked out of the shop, i thought to myself, i am really proud that i am building something of my own, but because its w/c... people still have this thing about them that they are the lowest....

Also not long ago, i heard someone else sneer at a logo on a guys top "wheelie bin cleaners"... like he was a piece of dirt.

having second thoughts about a logo now too,

i know i should be proud and more thick skinned but some people are simply horrible . :


weekly moan over 

I love people that do that dig at me, makes me laugh, I walk away smiling, £5 they get whos the mug, let them look down at you, but being rude I would have reported them and also caused a scene at the same time, I do not deal with people being rude to me in person very well.

[geefree]

me neither i stopped short of reporting as i had an idea he was in trouble, but he copped a gobful of me.!

[windowwashers]

me neither i stopped short of reporting as i had an idea he was in trouble, but he copped a gobful of me.!

good on you, and keep ya head up high, we are the elite they just don't know it 

[NWH]

me neither i stopped short of reporting as i had an idea he was in trouble, but he copped a gobful of me.!

Just sneer at him when you see him doing his shopping at Aldi`s,wave your M&S bag at him lol.

[TennetClean]

what a complete prat.  good for you getting him told.

I'd have swung for him probly, your way is better

[Dean Aspects]

I dont care what people think of my job i know what i earn and its a good wage they are the ones in dead end jobs with poor pay and work long hours for someone else i enjoy the freedom of it and that is more precious to me than the thoughts of someone i dont know

Dean

[frames to panes]

I've been doing it for a year now, and it was one of the hardest things for me to deal with. If i bumped into ex workmates and told them my job you could see their reaction straight away and it really upset me. I'm starting to learn to ignore it now especially when i get some good comments from some customers who really appreciate your work. Still get the odd customers who treat you like dirt but at the end of the day you work when and where you want with some decent earnings too.
 It helps coming on here and finding some intelligent normal people doing the same thing with the same problems.

[windowwashers]

only ever time someone has really been happy that I was a window cleaner and I got repect for it was in a pub in Lancaster, the guy was not a window cleaner but he new his stuff about it, shook my hand and said that is business sence.

[geefree]

I've been doing it for a year now, and it was one of the hardest things for me to deal with. If i bumped into ex workmates and told them my job you could see their reaction straight away and it really upset me. I'm starting to learn to ignore it now especially when i get some good comments from some customers who really appreciate your work. Still get the odd customers who treat you like dirt but at the end of the day you work when and where you want with some decent earnings too.
 It helps coming on here and finding some intelligent normal people doing the same thing with the same problems.

i agree totally,

i still find it little disheartening, that people cant see past w/c bit... instead of thinking he is working for himself etc building something....

i have a friend who started her own cleaning business after working for others for pittance....

she is doing really well, and everyone thinks she is wonderful, and rightly so.. she is cleaning though.. same as us. yet she gets the respect. lol,

[frames to panes]

Good looking?

[geefree]

Good looking?

me ? yes .. her ? no

lol

[xxmattyxx]

Snide remarks about window-cleaners ??   you should speak to my Mum, my Dad and her brother were both Chemists, shes a snob and senile, I dont stand a chance 

[Wayne Thomas]

If perceptions of window cleaning were more favourable, we'd have a lot of competition and in time lower prices, so thank goodness some people look down on us. Always look at the positive side of negative thoughts. W'c's need a thick skin to thrive in the job.

[geefree]

If perceptions of window cleaning were more favourable, we'd have a lot of competition and in time lower prices, so thank goodness some people look down on us. Always look at the positive side of negative thoughts. W'c's need a thick skin to thrive in the job.

brilliant advice.

[paulscotney]

nice decent people don't look down on us. People who do,  are not worth considering.  Sod them. Plenty of nice people in this world.

[NWH]

Never look down on somebody unless your helping them up.

[Spursboy1972]

I just laugh at them. Thankfully6 they dont know what I know. There are always going to be people like that so I tend to ignore them because they are simply not worth the steam off my p***!

When people ask about things and in conversation I always make a joke and say something like "when I had a proper job" This usually6 gets a bit of a smile or alaugh. So I find it better to deal with humor or you end up as Mr Mad allday!

[groundhog]

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!!!

[Moderator David@stives]

I have never had any snide marks.

I have had a few bouts of being embarrassed but that was only my own perception of how i thought others would percieve me.

I am over it now, it was mostly paranoia on my behalf.

I am now at that stage where i couldnt care less what people think, mind you i do get ribbed locally as the "millionare window cleaner" even though i am not, but i dont mind that label lol.