Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: H2GoKent on February 20, 2012, 02:14:27 pm
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Have any of you noticed that you can always spot a fellow windy who is either:
A. Not very bright
B. very new to the job or
C. Both of the above
you can tell this I think by the way they slow down as they pass and give you daggers? :D
Always makes me laugh. Doing a customer in Broadstairs that I've done for last 9 years just now guy just tried to burn holes in my face. Numpty.
I remember being that young and stupid. I used to feel cheesed off when I saw another windy too.
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I find it fun hunting for others, it seems to me windy's are like Ninja's you only ever seem to catch a slight glimpse of one as your passing. I spotted one just now, working out of his estate car like I do, seriously under cover he was ;D
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get the odd one like that, but seen something far more dodgy today..
An old fella, probably 70, he has just changed from scrimming, to using a squeegee.... Stil has a wooden ladder.
Its absolutely blowing a gale here today, and he was out in it, up & down the ladder, he was going. I thought to myself "thats a bit dodgy" then realised that if he did come off, then it would free up some work ;D
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I find i quite funny when certain the local window cleaners give me dirty looks ;D ;D
Some of them look like they are worried when they see me in the van
i don't think they realise im a one man band at the moment and not a big company ;D ;D ;D
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All fairly friendly around Chepstow, apart from one window cleaner who winds some of the others up. But I think we've got a good bunch of window cleaners here; even Squeaky! :o
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Very friendly where I am. We usually have a chat about things and go on our way.
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around my way most of the windies talk and friendly enough bunch but you get the odd one who hasn't got the time
for a chat . nearly all that im aware of give a wave when passing .
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We are always friendly to each other around here, give squeegee blades or lending ladders or like yesterday a tradder mate of mine phoned me to use the wfp system just to do three higher windows. ;D ;D :) :)
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Mostly friendly around here, but I was attacked by another window cleaner when I first started out in Chichester, little did he know I was a very handy amateur boxer, he didn't try it again!!! ;D
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I suppose that's my point really if youve got half a brain you don't mind other windys after a while.
Most are friendly round this way too. Apart from one guy who thinks its all 'his patch' doughnut
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I find i quite funny when certain the local window cleaners give me dirty looks ;D ;D
Some of them look like they are worried when they see me in the van
i don't think they realise im a one man band at the moment and not a big company ;D ;D ;D
Did any of them have nice shiny hub caps? ;D
We went out yesterday to canvass around a couple of new customers we picked up last month, I was told there are absolutely no windy's on the estate...... well I found 4 operating in the same small street and even door knocked one as the poor bloke and his mate were up their ladders doing the back of the house ;D
He was a nice bloke though and we had a little chuckle. I picked up sod all work, was a little grumpy on the drive home. But as we drove off up a rather steep hill, we were glancing over at an estate that looked ripe for pickings. I thought sod it why bother door knocking those houses as they are bound to be covered. Instead I looked at the row of houses with really steep steps to the front and thought to myself I wonder if anyone can be bothered to canvass them with all them steps.... well I did and picked up a new customer.
So now I'm going back again later to knock all the others, and wave to all the other windy's ;)
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I find i quite funny when certain the local window cleaners give me dirty looks ;D ;D
Some of them look like they are worried when they see me in the van
i don't think they realise im a one man band at the moment and not a big company ;D ;D ;D
Ha! I didn't realise you were a 1mb, your website is great - its actually one of the sites i was using for inspiration when designing ours!
what a great image
David
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Didnt know that there were any window cleaners who were more "Than not very bright" imo
idealrob
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I think there are two kinds. Those who too useless to do anything else.
And those who realise that it's one of the best jobs in the world. :D
I'm not sure where those who know me best would say I fit. :D
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I remember being that young and stupid. I used to feel cheesed off when I saw another windy too.
And now you just post about them on the internet. Fair play.
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Have several really friendly windy's around here - nearly always stop for a quick chit chat ( work permitting )
just have one fella who gives me a glare and usually shoots off - but then again he did try to take my custies a few years back when i fell off a ladder... ::) (not that i hold that against him :))
hey Tosh i see you got a promotion ! ;D
Darran