You could lie about your age, I told them my sex was 'unknown' in the original form I completed and no-one questioned that
What you do in your own time is nothing to do with the Guild.
People dont go to the guild website to find a window cleaner do they?
No course they dont, thats ridiculous.
Some members find their Guild listing actually ranks higher in Google that their own website. Your site is well optimised Matt, so this isn't the case for you,.. but I just Googled "Matthew Bateman window cleaning" and your Guild listing was on page 1 of Google!
The Guild website gets a lot of traffic,.. some percentage of that has to be potential customers looking for a cleaner.
why do the founding members have that attitude, 'Oh, we might let you in if we like you'?
Honestly,.. we're just messing/having a laugh, no offence was ever intended.
The Guild is open to all window cleaners who meet the minimum requirements (A license if you're in Scotland and Public liability insurance for every country where its available) and who agree to the code of conduct. Only a serious complaint/breach of the code of conduct etc etc would make us turn down an application for membership.