Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: AuRavelling79 on October 14, 2011, 04:29:15 pm
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Well for the first time in many years I got sworn at twice this week. Let me tell you about them.
(1) THE CUSTY'S SON
About 10 years ago I did this geezers house off ladders but kept getting messed about for payment when his wife came to the door and he was out so I dropped him. Anyhoo about six months ago he's obviously retired and he politely asks me to start again. I explain previous problem and we agree every two months at £12. ten months go by and no probs then on Wednesday his wife answers the door - "no money", "no cheque book" (I didn't even try to go to paying online! ;D).
So I hear the adult son about 20 say come back next time and I politely say to both of them that this was the problem previously and that I wasn't prepared to do that. So they agree that the son has got cash and he will pay me. No aggro or so I thought!
Anyway I clean the top two at the back and BAM! - back door flies open and sonny boy shouts "Oi you! Fxxx off! Don't clean the windows and don't Fxxxing come back!" (Full wording used tho')
I politely but resolutely say "Well if I do that then you can pay me the two quid for the ones I've done." He informs me that he'll pay me the full £12 and that he wants me off the property.
With that his Mum opens the side door and says to ignore him, he's had a bad weekend and she's sorry, please continue. I say "Bad weekend? It's Wednesday, how bad can it have been?"
Anyway my heads racing now; adrenaline pumping; what to do? I knock the door and they're both stood there arguing and I'm saying "look I don't want to get into this; I've got to the stage of life where I don't have to deal with this stuff."
He's telling me to F off and she is telling me to please clean and he stomps off upstairs.
So I say look we both share Christian values (She goes to a predominantly West Indian evangelical church) I'll take the peaceful way out and withdraw. Sonny Jim then says "You two can discuss religion if you want hahahaha" and disappears. ;D
Anyway she begs met to carry on cleaning (having magically found the cheque book) and I do. So when I finish she apologises profusely, hands me the cheque and I say I don't really want to clean there in the future (and I milked it by adding that I don't want me or employee being physically assaulted - he's - my employee - is 6ft 3 and 18 stones by the way) and she says her son isn't right in the head and not to worry because he's all mouth.
I go back to the van, look at the cheque and it's for 50p too much so I go back and he opens the door and I smile and say "Your Mum has overpaid me by 50p" and I hold out the 50p. His jaw drops and he slams the door shut.
Half an hour later I'm a few houses up and his father turns up apologises and begs me to continue and to ignore his "D***head" son.
In hindsight it was laughable so I might!
I'll tell you about the second swearing episode in another post.
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This is why I don't take on work for people who don't come from this country. They usually barter/haggle, ie swap some beetroot for a clean etc. etc.
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beetroot is actually better than money
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So you've had a "Dave Willis" kinda day then? ;D
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This is why I don't take on work for people who don't come from this country. They usually barter/haggle, ie swap some beetroot for a clean etc. etc.
Your overvaluing yourself, I wouldn't have thought you could get more than a turnip.
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Join the police and lock them up and/or fine them 80quid for public order section 5 offences.
Dean
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This is why I don't take on work for people who don't come from this country. They usually barter/haggle, ie swap some beetroot for a clean etc. etc.
Your overvaluing yourself, I wouldn't have thought you could get more than a turnip.
Have you ever had it roasted? Turnip, I mean.
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Well for the first time in many years I got sworn at twice this week. Let me tell you about them.
(1) THE CUSTY'S SON
About 10 years ago I did this geezers house off ladders but kept getting messed about for payment when his wife came to the door and he was out so I dropped him. Anyhoo about six months ago he's obviously retired and he politely asks me to start again. I explain previous problem and we agree every two months at £12. ten months go by and no probs then on Wednesday his wife answers the door - "no money", "no cheque book" (I didn't even try to go to paying online! ;D).
So I hear the adult son about 20 say come back next time and I politely say to both of them that this was the problem previously and that I wasn't prepared to do that. So they agree that the son has got cash and he will pay me. No aggro or so I thought!
Anyway I clean the top two at the back and BAM! - back door flies open and sonny boy shouts "Oi you! Fxxx off! Don't clean the windows and don't Fxxxing come back!" (Full wording used tho')
I politely but resolutely say "Well if I do that then you can pay me the two quid for the ones I've done." He informs me that he'll pay me the full £12 and that he wants me off the property.
With that his Mum opens the side door and says to ignore him, he's had a bad weekend and she's sorry, please continue. I say "Bad weekend? It's Wednesday, how bad can it have been?"
Anyway my heads racing now; adrenaline pumping; what to do? I knock the door and they're both stood there arguing and I'm saying "look I don't want to get into this; I've got to the stage of life where I don't have to deal with this stuff."
He's telling me to F off and she is telling me to please clean and he stomps off upstairs.
So I say look we both share Christian values (She goes to a predominantly West Indian evangelical church) I'll take the peaceful way out and withdraw. Sonny Jim then says "You two can discuss religion if you want hahahaha" and disappears. ;D
Anyway she begs met to carry on cleaning (having magically found the cheque book) and I do. So when I finish she apologises profusely, hands me the cheque and I say I don't really want to clean there in the future (and I milked it by adding that I don't want me or employee being physically assaulted - he's - my employee - is 6ft 3 and 18 stones by the way) and she says her son isn't right in the head and not to worry because he's all mouth.
I go back to the van, look at the cheque and it's for 50p too much so I go back and he opens the door and I smile and say "Your Mum has overpaid me by 50p" and I hold out the 50p. His jaw drops and he slams the door shut.
Half an hour later I'm a few houses up and his father turns up apologises and begs me to continue and to ignore his "D***head" son.
In hindsight it was laughable so I might!
I'll tell you about the second swearing episode in another post.
would you like us to swear at you in the morning mate? ;D
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Well for the first time in many years I got sworn at twice this week. Let me tell you about them.
(1) THE CUSTY'S SON
About 10 years ago I did this geezers house off ladders but kept getting messed about for payment when his wife came to the door and he was out so I dropped him. Anyhoo about six months ago he's obviously retired and he politely asks me to start again. I explain previous problem and we agree every two months at £12. ten months go by and no probs then on Wednesday his wife answers the door - "no money", "no cheque book" (I didn't even try to go to paying online! ;D).
So I hear the adult son about 20 say come back next time and I politely say to both of them that this was the problem previously and that I wasn't prepared to do that. So they agree that the son has got cash and he will pay me. No aggro or so I thought!
Anyway I clean the top two at the back and BAM! - back door flies open and sonny boy shouts "Oi you! Fxxx off! Don't clean the windows and don't Fxxxing come back!" (Full wording used tho')
I politely but resolutely say "Well if I do that then you can pay me the two quid for the ones I've done." He informs me that he'll pay me the full £12 and that he wants me off the property.
With that his Mum opens the side door and says to ignore him, he's had a bad weekend and she's sorry, please continue. I say "Bad weekend? It's Wednesday, how bad can it have been?"
Anyway my heads racing now; adrenaline pumping; what to do? I knock the door and they're both stood there arguing and I'm saying "look I don't want to get into this; I've got to the stage of life where I don't have to deal with this stuff."
He's telling me to F off and she is telling me to please clean and he stomps off upstairs.
So I say look we both share Christian values (She goes to a predominantly West Indian evangelical church) I'll take the peaceful way out and withdraw. Sonny Jim then says "You two can discuss religion if you want hahahaha" and disappears. ;D
Anyway she begs met to carry on cleaning (having magically found the cheque book) and I do. So when I finish she apologises profusely, hands me the cheque and I say I don't really want to clean there in the future (and I milked it by adding that I don't want me or employee being physically assaulted - he's - my employee - is 6ft 3 and 18 stones by the way) and she says her son isn't right in the head and not to worry because he's all mouth.
I go back to the van, look at the cheque and it's for 50p too much so I go back and he opens the door and I smile and say "Your Mum has overpaid me by 50p" and I hold out the 50p. His jaw drops and he slams the door shut.
Half an hour later I'm a few houses up and his father turns up apologises and begs me to continue and to ignore his "D***head" son.
In hindsight it was laughable so I might!
I'll tell you about the second swearing episode in another post.
you after tell us the other swearing episode i enjoyed that one :)
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my subby got sworn at once....but he did get to the window to find the customer hoot a line of drugs with a girly mag wide open on his favourite page lol
he did see the funny side once the embarracement was over lol
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I squirted water into a open downstairs loo window and received a 'Jesus Christ!' in return.
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I would've calmly just set the rottweiler onto him (Wor Lass).
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Morning Tosh! ;D
I will post the second swearing story later!
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Morning Tosh! ;D
I will post the second swearing story later!
good story gold, gotta tell us the other one!
and youve gota love adult babys throwing strops ;D ive been a witness of this myself in the past! little effing brats
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Morning Tosh! ;D
I will post the second swearing story later!
good story gold, gotta tell us the other one!
and youve gota love adult babys throwing strops ;D ive been a witness of this myself in the past! little effing brats
even better when they come home and find you in the back garden
nearly got into i fight that way lol
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I squirted water into a open downstairs loo window and received a 'Jesus Christ!' in return.
Thank you, I've just spat tea all over my monitor.
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;D