[reah]

hi all i feel the need to have a good old moan.
cleaning in a nice little close today i do about 8 houses another window cleaner pulls up i was aware that there was another cleaner in the close, said hello i got a complete blank.Anyway carried on as normal the guy seamed ok, cleaning well i thought.He only had 3 houses to clean did fronts then went to backs when i got around the back to do a house next to his i could not belive the job he had done all the top operners had at least  a two inch dirty water line with lots of drips that had run and dried, the bottoms  operners were ok i had a look at his other houses they were all the same plus he had not detailed any edges a nice dirty line on most he obviously never changes his water.I was surprised he has been cleaning there for quiet a while and is a fairly elderly guy so should have known better.It realy anoys me when you try to do your best and someone like this realy cons his customers it just gives us a bad name. shame on you.Anyway thats my moan out the way.
REAH.

[AuRavelling79]

Here's my moan -

I pulled into a little cul de sac today where I've got 3 customers and this cheeky whippersnapper has the temerity to say hello to me. Anyway I obviously ignored him, bit my lip and carried on.

I couldn't beleive it - this guy was so fussy! He went round the edges carefully whereas any self-respecting traditionalist like me would have left a drip or two - and a half inch strip round the edges so that they could have seen where I'd cleaned.

It gets worse! This fellow obviously doesn't remember the long hot summer of '76 and hosepipe bans, and is so wasteful of water - I bet he changes it at least twice, or maybe even three times every week whether it needs it or not.

And I reckon he charges a tenner a house whereas my customers love me and give me cups of tea (two sugars and gold top milk please missus!) and I only charge two pounds ten shillings per house.

Its people like him that give chaps like me a bad name.

Anyway that's my moan out of the way!

 

[reah]

£15.00 actualy

[AuRavelling79]

That's the spirit REAH! This old geezer just makes it easier for you to charge the right amount for a professional job!

[reah]

Cheers just hate the thought of conning any one.

[windows_chepstow]

i do about 8 houses another window cleaner pulls up...
He only had 3 houses to clean...
 ...is a fairly elderly guy so should have known better.

Reah,

I bet he's unhappy with you because you've ended up with the customers that have dropped him, because of his shoddy workmanship.

If that's not the case, he's obviously not got any manners.

[rosskesava]

Personally, I'd be more than happy if most window cleaners did an awfull job.

It'd be more work for us. 

[brett walker]

      keep up the good work lads its the bad window cleaners that give us all the work there are some window cleaners i have seen that have been cleaning for 20 years or more and still do a crap job. if you do a bad job you lose buisness, as  you know do a good job and you will always have a good name and plenty of work.

[gaza]

MALCG you are wicked but i like your sense of aving a lauff,bet you drink W.K.D. STILL BE LAUGHING TOMMORROW MORNING

[windows_chepstow]

MALCG you are wicked but i like your sense of aving a lauff,bet you drink W.K.D. STILL BE LAUGHING TOMMORROW MORNING

I agree, good post MalcG!

[texas girl]

I had a customer that wanted us to use a toothbrush to clean the tracks at the base of the windows.

I could not believe it!

NO SPECK OF DIRT ANYWHERE and wanted us to do it below market.

Well, I did it for a couple of years because she was always on schedule and she was actually pretty nice.

When my son started his window cleaning business she was one of the first to go his way.

I have the largest company in this area and a very good reputation so I aim to please; but some people are anal!

Hugs,Texas Girl

[s.hughes]

Its alright to think that you pick up the work from bad window cleaners but these guys do the job for next to nothing. To top it all the customer wants to pay the same even if the job is better.
What I say to them is. " If all you want to pay is peanuts, then all you get is monkeys"

[BeeClean]

Here's my moan -

I pulled into a little cul de sac today where I've got 3 customers and this cheeky whippersnapper has the temerity to say hello to me. Anyway I obviously ignored him, bit my lip and carried on.

I couldn't beleive it - this guy was so fussy! He went round the edges carefully whereas any self-respecting traditionalist like me would have left a drip or two - and a half inch strip round the edges so that they could have seen where I'd cleaned.

It gets worse! This fellow obviously doesn't remember the long hot summer of '76 and hosepipe bans, and is so wasteful of water - I bet he changes it at least twice, or maybe even three times every week whether it needs it or not.

And I reckon he charges a tenner a house whereas my customers love me and give me cups of tea (two sugars and gold top milk please missus!) and I only charge two pounds ten shillings per house.

Its people like him that give chaps like me a bad name.

Anyway that's my moan out of the way!