[Lee Burbidge]

We are lucky in the UK that 'Zombie' Raccoons, Black Widow Spiders, Rattlesnakes and Alligators do not get in the way of window cleaning. But for some window cleaners, it is a very real danger.
Whilst you are checking that out here: http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=202768.0 What fights with nature do UK window cleaners have....?

I can say, dogs is a big one, stepping in animal poop, getting your fingers bit off as you put your slip through the door, bees and wasps is a biggy!!! Especially if there is a nest.

[Tosh]

Scorpions. Yellow tailed scorpions.

[dazmond]

boring customers that follow you around their property and insist on telling you about their first world problems (without any humour).shoot em i say.

[Lee Burbidge]

Scorpions. Yellow tailed scorpions.

Yes, of course a good one, not fatal, but they look scary, mostly found in the south dock areas, thought to of been brought in on ships from Italy, I read. They reckon there is around 15000 in the UK.

[Lee Burbidge]

boring customers that follow you around their property and insist on telling you about their first world problems (without any humour).shoot em i say.

Or the creepy ones that just say nothing at all lol

[Lee Burbidge]

Also, I was thinking that plants can be a problem too.... I have lost count how many times I have had been injured by rose bushes, for example. Is there any other plants that can 'attack' lol

[Tosh]

This thorny little demon



Although I'd say it's name is far worse than the wound it can inflict, its Latin name is Rubus Cockburnianus.

[richard groves]

You say that but yesterday whilst cleaning in someones back garden their two tortoises  gave chase, damn they can move quick when they want to .

[andyM]

Yucca plants.

[G Griffin]

You say that but yesterday whilst cleaning in someones back garden their two tortoises  gave chase, damn they can move quick when they want to .

Scary stuff.

[duncan h]

boring customers that follow you around their property and insist on telling you about their first world problems (without any humour).shoot em i say.

Or the creepy ones that just say nothing at all lol

I know the type. Odd balls. Jehovah witness

[paulben]

Noticed when turned pc on that some people have been licenced to keep Wolves, Alligators ,venomous snakes including COBRA,S that's all we want when trying to clear a blocked downpipe only to find your poking a cobra that's escaped .

[chris turner]

Horse flies!
Little buggers bit me twice last year, both bites swelled up to golf ball size and took weeks to heal.

[lal]

 I was cleaning the windows on a large house yesterday, and was getting bitten to f$$k by a swarm of midges, worst
 I've ever experienced, going to the chemist today to buy some protective spray.
 
 Lal

[Lee Burbidge]

 I was cleaning the windows on a large house yesterday, and was getting bitten to f$$k by a swarm of midges, worst
 I've ever experienced, going to the chemist today to buy some protective spray.
 
 Lal

Wasps were a problem this day https://youtu.be/mVqp6AyTQMQ

[Ian Lancaster]

Sometime after my accident (see 'Newbies') I was back on the tools.  I had a bungalow that was built into a hillside so the front was out of reach from the ground.  I needed a short pointer but there was a  bush right in front of the window that made it awkward.  I set the point in the bush and climbed up three rungs to where I could reach.  Unknown to me there was a wasp nest hanging from a branch in the bush.  As I put my foot on the third rung, I kicked it

There was an almighty buzzing and the whole nest of wasps rose up round me like a black cloud.  Now I can't jump or run, but I threw myself off the pointer and hobbled down the garden path as fast as I could, swab in one hand, scrim in the other, beating myself over the head with both hands and screaming like a banshee.

The locals still talk about it thirty odd years later

[H MAN]

Here in Australia we have some of the most poisonous  snakes and spiders in the world.
So you always watch out when cleaning the windows. 
Spiders on the insect screens.
Some places work at a house in the bush we have  keep a look out for snakes. 
But sometimes you have problems with the customers pets as seen here in the video. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouEWLFNLLos

[Dave Willis]

Stung by bees mostly. Have you seen the price of honey? 

[Soupy]

Stung by bees mostly. Have you seen the price of honey? 

[M & C Window Cleaning]

I  had a nasty reaction to something like hogweed when tradding many years ago. Leaned into it when cleaning downstairs windows and only wearing shorts on my legs. My legs felt like they had been burned with hot irons. Came up in blisters. Took a couple of weeks to heal as I recall. Very painful! Also been bitten by numerous dogs over the years. Four in one day on one occasion. Also bitten by red ants on certain very tender parts after again I leaned into a shrub to get to a window when wearing shorts. Very nasty! Needless to say I don't wear shorts when working anymore.

[colin bird]

boring customers that follow you around their property and insist on telling you about their first world problems (without any humour).shoot em i say.

Totally agree mate

[Smurf]

I was trying to find this vid  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyBuiku10HU

[rosskesava]

I was trying to find this vid  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyBuiku10HU

 

I had exactly the same a few years ago. Everytime I went into the garden, the tortoise would make a b line for me and go for my boots and I was surprised how fast they can move if they really want to.

It once bit clean through the hose. I didn't realise how strong those nashers are.