[sparklebright]

Someone once said:
'Experience teaches us a short cut, but via a long road'

What would you say to a new starter?

I could start with.
'Don't underprice, you'll get work but wish you hadn't'
'Watch out for people getting you to do a spring clean, who will then cancel after 1 clean'
'Have savings before you start, cos this could take a while to work'

[LWC]

My tip...dont bother go get a real job

[sparklebright]

How about this..
Once you have window cleaned no-one will ever take you seriously again for any job...

[LWC]

How about this..
Once you have window cleaned no-one will ever take you seriously again for any job...

And all your mates will smirk when you tell them what you do

[sparklebright]

How about this..
Once you have window cleaned no-one will ever take you seriously again for any job...

And all your mates will smirk when you tell them what you do

Or if you go out and someone asks they have that distant look in their eyes when you tell them what you do. As if to say "Hmmm and he looked so normal, not like a scumbag at all"

[NWH]

How about this..
Once you have window cleaned no-one will ever take you seriously again for any job...

And all your mates will smirk when you tell them what you do

They don`t smirk as much as i do when they tell me how much they earn,they say what they earn in a week and i say do you mean that`s what you earn a day lol,no they say a week i say to em thank god i`m cleaning windows you can keep your job titles it`s what you`ve got in your pocket at the end of the week what counts not flashy titles.

[sparklebright]

How about this..
Once you have window cleaned no-one will ever take you seriously again for any job...

And all your mates will smirk when you tell them what you do

They don`t smirk as much as i do when they tell me how much they earn,they say what they earn in a week and i say do you mean that`s what you earn a day lol,no they say a week i say to em thank god i`m cleaning windows you can keep your job titles it`s what you`ve got in your pocket at the end of the week what counts not flashy titles.

I think you have missed the point of this post NWH  :

[NWH]

The point is people laugh when you say you clean windows,the job don`t make the man.

[s.w.c]

learn to be poor you will never be a rich window cleaner

learn to play the lottery

im just a poor window cleaner with no brains


true or false  i wonder,

[sparklebright]

The point is people laugh when you say you clean windows,the job don`t make the man.

Fair comment I stand corrected.
I guess you are saying you might make a good wodge, but people will still take the mick, and well, sod em.
If you want status do something else, I agree

[NWH]

I also agree with you,having a fancy job title doesn`t keep your house and it dosen`t put food on the table does it.

[rhys11]

My tip...dont bother go get a real job

 
YES get a real job dont be a window cleaner there is no money in it and people will hate you as well.
be a post man thats a job working outside

[dai]

Don't date customers if you want to keep them.

[gerard mcmanus]

I would say anything is possible, aim high and give it everything you have to to get there. You only need three things to run a successful business...

1. Determination
2. Perseverance
3. And self-believe

And none of them will cost you a thing, do what others have done before you and you will have there same success, as well as there mistakes. Have vision and innovation and there is no limits.

[Tosh]

Don't buy cheap rubbers from e-bay!

[Chris Cottrell]

Remember what goes around comes around !!

[collins82002]

A job is a job, its pays the bills, could you drag someone off the streets to do the job we do as well as we do?
I think window cleaning is under rated.


  Credit to us all, new or not

[AuRavelling79]

Don't become a window cleaner, it rots the brain.

[collins82002]

There's doing the job and there's doing the job correctly. There's two types of W/C.
One's making a quick buck and there's people who make a living and doing it right, insurance, Training, the van sign writing etc.  Not some ford escort with ladders on top with a couple of dole doser's earning a bob or two on the side,  that's what make's businesses fail with looser's like that.

[windowswashed]

Don't get yourself a bad reputation from your customers if you want to make the job long term.