[Paul Coleman]

I was just wondering what the oddest job is that you've ever done.
I think mine was some years ago.  I eded up washing the outside of the ice cream man's windscreen in exchange for an ice cream.  The kids thought it was hilarious.

[brett walker]

 ODD JOBS ..............  SOME YEARS AGO I USED TO CLEAN WINDOWS ON A SEEKH TEMPLE .  WE WERE ASKED TO CLEAN THE INSIDE WINDOWS OFCOURSE WE SAID .   WHEN ENTERING THE TEMPLE HE ASKED US TO TAKE OUR SHOES OFF AND PUT ON THESE CLOTH THINGS ON OUR HEADS  ME AND MY MATE JST LOOKED AT EACH OTHER IN EMBARASSMENT WE REALLY THOUGHT THAT JEREMY BEADLE WAS WAITING IN THE WINGS .  BUT I BELIEVE THIS IS THE WAY THEY DO THINGS.  THEY SEEKH HIM HERE  THEY SEEKH HIM THERE  THANK GOD BEADLE WAS'NT THERE .NEVER AGAIN.

                                REGARDS

                                   BRETT            

[Sir Squeaky]

I sometimes get asked to do a big mirror in someone's lounge.

But I suppose it's not that odd really...

Roger.

[Sir Squeaky]

Now how did I know that was coming?!! (No pun intended)

[windows_chepstow]

Last year, a female customer (living with her fiance) asked me to iron the sleeves of her wedding jacket while I was cleaning her windows.

She reckoned being ex-army, I should know how to iron.

I was tempted to put creases down the front and rear of her sleeves (as you do with No 2s (for the ex-army lads here)), but didn't.  I just rolled up a towel, stuffed them up the sleeve and ironed them nicely.

I didn't even get a tip!

[rosskesava]

We were doing the windows of a house a few weeks ago when this lady came running up to me from the next door house and asked me to get rid of a wasp in her loo.

She was desperate to go but was scared of the wasp.

[Sir Squeaky]

I put a chimney back on for someone once.

Obviously not a bricks and mortar job, but a lead one that wedged in.

Quite a steep roof to scramble about on though.

Got given a fiver.

Roger (the roofer).

[josephus]

i clean the windows of the monkey house of my nearest zoo.

i drove up thier last monday morning and heard a huge thud on my roof.

turns out the monkeys dont like strange vans too early in the moring and pelted me with apples and half chewed lettuce heads from the top of the trees.

gods truth i swear.

josephus

[brett walker]

  NOT SO MUCH A ODD JOB   DO YOU GUYS GET THIS
YOU GET OUT YOUR VAN OR CAR POCKETS ON BUCKET BLADE , APPLICATOR . LADDERS OR WFP OBVIOUS FOR EVERYONE TO SEE .... AND SOMEONE COMES UP TO YOU AND SAYS TO YOU ..... ARE YOU THE WINDOW CLEANER?
THERES SOMETHING ODD ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I DEFINATELY DONT LOOK LIKE THE MILKMAN   

                                     BRETT

[Sir Squeaky]

Regularly.

I just smile and say a sarcastic "well yes"

[rosskesava]

I think the obvious words when you're cleaning windows of 'do you clean windows' is just some peoples way of starting the conversation of asking for a quote or for you to do their windows.

The oddest conversation I had with a very very wealthy lady on the first clean began with 'what do you do for a living' while cleaning her 8 patio doors followed by 'have you done this before' followed by 'do you have to wear special boots' followed by 'how do you know which bits of the glass need cleaning'.

I went along with the flow so to speak. She didn't have a clue about real life but has been a good customer since and still doesn't know anything outside her life in her house, where her hubby takes her on holiday, and the 'men' that turn up to keep her house and garden looking nice.

Last month she told me about 'boys in baseball shoes and hooded cloaks'.

Sad eh?

She also runs around the inside of the house (mansion) and opens all the windows for us for some obscure reason.

That place is a really odd job but the tea and coffee (plus cream) served in bone china cups with the biscuits plus her innocense of life is somehow refreshing.

Cheers

[gaza]

BRETT:same thing happens in other trades ,when I was a pro dj turn up,have a speaker in my arms or a box of records and people used to ask are you the dj then?

NO WAS MY REPLY ,IM ONLY THE THE  RECORD PUTTER ONER{ use to throw them for a while}
gaza