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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: blacksheep on November 20, 2005, 10:09:22 am

Title: first customer
Post by: blacksheep on November 20, 2005, 10:09:22 am

hi all ,baged my first custy, not what i was aiming for but hay! hopfully keep the wolf from the door. its domestic, so i think i will build on that, thomson put me under domestic .i have followed up on the 3 quotes i did for buildings, the other competition have put their bids in  but they have not looked at them yet, and they said urgent.fingers still crossed. just thought the odd person may like an update on how i am getting along, seen you all have helped me so much over the past few months a BIG THANK YOU to all you wounderful guys & girls. just a little thing lol ;D my client has a dog and i am very nervous of them do you domestics cleaners ask them to lock the dog up when cleaner is there regards blacksheep

Title: Re: first customer
Post by: Art on November 20, 2005, 10:42:17 am

Well done ;D ;D You should be ok with the dog as long as it's a collie  :D :D ;D 8)

Title: Re: first customer
Post by: preston powerblast on November 20, 2005, 12:59:58 pm

Well done, just hope the dog is not like my Bullies as they will let you in but not let you out.

Title: Re: first customer
Post by: Eureka Ventures on November 20, 2005, 03:24:23 pm

Blacksheep

Hopefully the first of many. Congratulations!

If Thompsons made a mistake in putting you in 'Domestic', perhaps you can negotiate a discount next time around. You should highlight it straight away though.

Freddie

Title: Re: first customer
Post by: blacksheep on November 20, 2005, 09:33:17 pm

hi there , thank for that but do you ask customers to lock the dog up while staff are in or will this offend

Title: Re: first customer
Post by: garyj on November 21, 2005, 12:24:26 am

I've got 3 Collies, if the cleaner asked me to lock them up while she was here, I would get a new cleaner!!! Get to know the dog, don't be nervous and just speak to it.

Title: Re: first customer
Post by: Jan K on November 23, 2005, 08:30:15 am

my clients are more than happy to keep their dogs away from any of my girls who aren't comfortable with them. You are only in their for a few hours so it's not like it's gonna be locked away for ages, eh?

You are providing them with a service, they feel it is only right that you are comfortable in your surrounding whilst you work and aren't looking over your shoulder every 5 mins. Besides they also realise you are more likely to do a good and thorough job if you aren't distracted by the thought of their pet leaping on you at any minute!

Having said that I would still be inclined, if you can bear to, to introduce yourself to the woofer first!

BTW well done and good luck!

Jan

Title: Re: first customer
Post by: blacksheep on November 23, 2005, 07:03:47 pm

hi all, met the wolf, lol very freindly, inbetween scrubbing skirtings i was playing ball which was a pain after an hour. but got a buzz doing my first job,  ;D

Title: Re: first customer
Post by: Jan K on November 25, 2005, 07:07:00 pm

good on ya girl! ;D