Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Dave66 on October 29, 2011, 05:52:49 pm
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dont you just hate it when your out having a few beers, all going well chatting up the ladies when you hear the words "SO WHAT DO YOU DO THEN?" noooooooooooooooooooooooooo why did she have to say that!!! oh i'm a window cleaner.........game over ::) ;D
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dont you just hate it when your out having a few beers, all going well chatting up the ladies when you hear the words "SO WHAT DO YOU DO THEN?" noooooooooooooooooooooooooo why did she have to say that!!! oh i'm a window cleaner.........game over ::) ;D
So you are ashamed of what you do? If you think it's that bad then why don't you just say I have my own cleaning business ???
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dont you just hate it when your out having a few beers, all going well chatting up the ladies when you hear the words "SO WHAT DO YOU DO THEN?" noooooooooooooooooooooooooo why did she have to say that!!! oh i'm a window cleaner.........game over ::) ;D
Just say that you are a politician or a banker,see what reaction you get then.... ;D
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I was actually thinking along the lines of what Helen just said. Nothing to feel any different to what other people do for jobs. Not sure why it would bother you Dave? People warm to people, whatever industry your in..
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if you tell people you work in the office they think you are great wear a suit and have it in there heads your earning stacks of cash!
People just think window cleaner is as low as a bin man!
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Kev dont think there is much money in offices, maybe 12K starting jobby, Thats quite shocking in itself. Its a question of prejudgement, and second guessing. If people do that, then thats pretty shallow.
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i know that but its what people think
Kev dont think there is much money in offices, maybe 12K starting jobby, Thats quite shocking in itself. Its a question of prejudgement, and second guessing. If people do that, then thats pretty shallow.
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I cant speak for other people, only myself, Im always interested to hear what people do for jobs. Its interesting to know. Always inquisitive. If somebody said window cleaning or cleaning, I would question myself to find out more, about the company - you can say one job title but it dosent give away much.
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kevs right, its 1st impressions.....i suppose its always had a bad name
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I run / own a local cleaning company .... simples
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Glass hygiene & maintenance engineer
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haha some good suggestions guys ;)
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VISUALTECHNICIAN ;D
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;D just tell them your a scumbag cleaner and you clean windows for pocket money!
or a proffesional footballer
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i dont give a toss what people think of me ,window cleaning has paid for every thing ive got ;D 8)
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i tell people i am a window cleaner, so what if they think idiot, i work 9-2 and on my worst day earn £100 if this is the job of a idiot then i am a idiot
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Just say I'm a window cleaner that likes my work so much that i carry my hand tool in my pants. Wanna see it?
Then see how far you get ;D
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;D
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People just think window cleaner is as low as a bin man!
So, some window cleaners are as guilty.
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"translucent weather protection hygienist" ;)
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I cant speak for other people, only myself, Im always interested to hear what people do for jobs. Its interesting to know. Always inquisitive. If somebody said window cleaning or cleaning, I would question myself to find out more, about the company - you can say one job title but it dosent give away much.
What do you say when people ask you what you do?
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With regards to what, with regard to my own business?
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If someone asks me, i say im a window cleaner, as that is 100% accurate. I either get a strange look from them, like their embarrased or something, or i get a `aww thats good for you ' response ' we need a window cleaner, have you got a card?” with no real intention of actually using your services, but to humour you in the moment.
What they dont realise is in one day i can make more than they can in a whole week, plus some more if i work harder.
I feel sorry for those ones that are given fancy job titles, from their employer just to keep them thinking they are more than they really are.
Nope im happy just being known as a window cleaner.
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With regards to what, with regard to my own business?
well yeah
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Cool, no probs, jubbly what does my business do? I dont have a tag to my website im afraid
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eh? thats what you tell them when they ask what you do for a living?
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TRANSPARENT SURFACE MAINTENANCE ENGINEER
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I tell 'em my job is to wipe birdcrap off people's windows ;)
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It's the sort of question that comes up a lot on holiday,I don't get embarassed at all saying I'm a window cleaner,I also don't feel the need to say I run my own business.
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When I owned limos and rollers people thought I was wedged. Now I own a cleaning business I don't get the same response. Quite funny really as I earn more money in this game
People have no clue, let them make their own assumptions!
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With regards to what, with regard to my own business?
well yeah
I tell them Im a very expensive pole stripper and only take American Express, no installments, all payments upfront
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Is stripping poles expensive then?
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It can be dependent on how long it would take.
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With regards to what, with regard to my own business?
well yeah
I tell them Im a very expensive pole stripper and only take American Express, no installments, all payments upfront
bit of a problem quoting there eh? anyway thats what you tell them that your a pole stripper not a window cleaner?
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KC Im not a window cleaner, Im involved in new business - thats all I can say Im afraid
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I was actually thinking along the lines of what Helen just said. Nothing to feel any different to what other people do for jobs. Not sure why it would bother you Dave? People warm to people, whatever industry your in..
KC Im not a window cleaner, Im involved in new business - thats all I can say Im afraid
so what was the first answer all about then?
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what does kate tell people when asked the question ;D
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When I was in the army, and some lass asked what I did, I told them I was a window cleaner, 'cos I had more chance of getting my wicked way with them. ;D
Well, apart from that bint who said she'd never 'do' a squaddie because they were stupid, yet she believed I worked on the Trident Nuclear Missile project as a civil servant. I told her in the morning that I was in the army, just before I did a runner. She wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer!
But another tack to take is to say that at an ultimate level, you do not even exist as a person, never mind a window cleaner, but you'd have to learn some Buddhist philosophy to back that statement up.
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If someone asks me, i say im a window cleaner, as that is 100% accurate.
How is that 100% accurate?
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It's because he does nothing else {at all} every minute of every day.
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Visual Panel Analyst ;) ;) ;)
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Window licker ;D
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Window licker ;D
Specialising in real leaded windows. ;D
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I go to some networking meetings and always get asked whAt I do
I always say I a do window cleaning, then usually the people I am with, say Dave.
But your not a normal window cleAner, are you, trying to make excuses for me, as if I am causing embarrassment
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But your not a normal window cleAner, are you, trying to make excuses for me, as if I am causing embarrassment
"Dave the 'speshul' window cleaner" has a certain ring to it. ;D
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I go to some networking meetings and always get asked whAt I do
I always say I a do window cleaning, then usually the people I am with, say Dave.
But your not a normal window cleAner, are you, trying to make excuses for me, as if I am causing embarrassment
Been drinking Dave?
You're definately not a normal window cleaner as most window cleaner don't sleep with their RO's. You weren't even embarrised to post on Facebook that you'd taken your Merlin RO and pole with you on holiday in case you could get some work. ;D
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My swarthy good looks and dazzling repartee usually (or used to) do the trick for me.
I don't need to justify my job to them. They're not worth bothering with anyway, if they judge you on what you do for a living.
A bit like a window cleaner looking down on a bin man :-\.
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I was Ascot races a couple of years ago and got chatting to a lady who asked me what I did and when I replied I run my owm window/gutter cleaning business she replied " you don't look like a window cleaner "
I asked her why what do window cleaners look like ? she couldn't answer but she seen that being a window cleaner had no hang ups for me.
the thing is if your a window cleaner and are to ashamed to tell people then you really need to look for another profession.
be proud of what you do and let others know how proud you are.
I recently bumped into one the HR officers from my last company for which I had a well paid poisition for 18 years before being made redundant, she asked me what I was doing now and when I told her she actually asked me if I had any vacancies as her husband had lost his job.
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I suppose we all fall into the trap of defining ourselves by our job.
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VISUALTECHNICIAN ;D
No I am V.E.T (Visual Enhancement Technician) to be exact ;)
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i think it doesnt matter what you do as long as you arent ginger
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I used to be a wheel clamper.....now that was a conversation killer :-[
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i think it doesnt matter what you do as long as you arent ginger
A lad is going out on a date with a young girl.
His dad says " be careful, son and remember what I told you".
The lad says "what's that, dad".
"You know....to take a....you know....a c-c-c...."
The son says "oh, a condom?"
Dad replies "no, a cap, you ginger gimp".
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Could be worse - imagine if you said you were in tele-sales!
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I'm a wheelie bin and gutter cleaner - and proud of it! I go to network meetings and I'm never ashamed to tell people what I do. What anyone thinks is their problem and not mine.
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Someone said to me, very recently, as it goes- we do our jobs because of the people we are. We're not the people we are because of our jobs.
No, I didn't get it either.......and she was only a social worker.......JOKE ;D.
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I once knew a guy who went to a dinner party with his wife... they were sitting next to a couple they didnt know and were chatting away... the couple across from them asked what they did and if they had kids. The guy told him he was a mechanic with 2 kids and he had locked them in the garage whilst they came to the dinner party.
He went and asked the unknown couple what they did and if they had any kids as it was polite to do so...
The unkown couple replied with no kids... but we are social workers !!!
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I never get asked. :-[ :-X :'(
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i dont give a fleck what people think of me and what i do.
if they got a problem with what i do i means that they got a hang up about there selfs
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I never get asked either as i avoid all social contact except for the window cleaning customers and they are slowly learning not to ask me anything at all if they value their sanity.
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I cant speak for other people, only myself, Im always interested to hear what people do for jobs. Its interesting to know. Always inquisitive. If somebody said window cleaning or cleaning, I would question myself to find out more, about the company - you can say one job title but it dosent give away much.
What do you say when people ask you what you do?
Bird toilet maintenance engineer.
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Dave Do not do yourself down, Bottom line is that you are a business owner - your own boss and providing an invaluable professional service.
People who interested will be fascinated by your business there is so much more to it then the average Jo knows. You will earn more than most people too.
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I used to be a striker for West Ham, but to avoid any embarrassment I would say Im a window cleaner
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;D ;D