Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Londoner on April 03, 2012, 09:23:01 pm
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I have seen a few real dingbats over the years but this man takes the cake. Working in a road I do regularly an old Vauxhall Astra comes down the road with a set of old B&Q ladders on the top. He stops and eyeballs me then drives on and parks round the corner although there was parking in the road.
Then he comes back carrying the ladder, head down and no eye contact. He went to the house opposite stood the ladder against the house and pulls a dirty old grey cloth from his back pocket and proceed to rag all the windows. Just the middle, never touches the corners at all. Where he does do its the briefest wipe imaginable and its on to the next. He missed the one above the porch altogeather.
The he knocks, customer comes out and pays him. Seems happy :o and hands him what looks like several coins. Loads up and is gone
This business never ceases to amaze me. What some people get away with
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I don't work in pinner ;D
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we had a lot of houses that had small panes and we scrimed them and as long as they got done regular you could just dry scrim them ,very hard work if you do that all day ;)
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similar one round my way, he uses windowlene though and then just rags it off, its funny to watch actually as he is spraying the stuff but it goes everywhere haha
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seriously why do you care? just look after your own customers, and I have scrimmed many a window with no complaints, as for the window above the porch I am sure he has explained it can't been done trad and charges accordingly
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And we thought a few spots in the bright sun were bad
What must these windows come up like ??? :o
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seriously why do you care? just look after your own customers, and I have scrimmed many a window with no complaints, as for the window above the porch I am sure he has explained it can't been done trad and charges accordingly
So it was you ???
;D
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seriously why do you care? just look after your own customers, and I have scrimmed many a window with no complaints, as for the window above the porch I am sure he has explained it can't been done trad and charges accordingly
So it was you ???
;D
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no, but scrimming is a normal technique if you know how to do it, I am wfp but can do it any way I please really
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last week, i was behind a guy at the lights , with a homemade pointer ladder on his car roof. it was an Abru Starmaster ,about 3metre long , where the top 3 rungs were missing and the ends bent together and then the tip was neatened up by binding the tip in what looked like insulation tape.
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last week, i was behind a guy at the lights , with a homemade pointer ladder on his car roof. it was an Abru Starmaster ,about 3metre long , where the top 3 rungs were missing and the ends bent together and then the tip was neatened up by binding the tip in what looked like insulation tape.
;D you have to admire his ingenuity though, that is class, least he is earning and making a living
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last week, i was behind a guy at the lights , with a homemade pointer ladder on his car roof. it was an Abru Starmaster ,about 3metre long , where the top 3 rungs were missing and the ends bent together and then the tip was neatened up by binding the tip in what looked like insulation tape.
;D you have to admire his ingenuity though, that is class, least he is earning and making a living
Agree, hes quite a sour personality and works alone surprise surprise . will get a photo of the Starmaster Suicide Pointer if i get a chance one day !
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I have seen a few real dingbats over the years but this man takes the cake. Working in a road I do regularly an old Vauxhall Astra comes down the road with a set of old B&Q ladders on the top. He stops and eyeballs me then drives on and parks round the corner although there was parking in the road.
Then he comes back carrying the ladder, head down and no eye contact. He went to the house opposite stood the ladder against the house and pulls a dirty old grey cloth from his back pocket and proceed to rag all the windows. Just the middle, never touches the corners at all. Where he does do its the briefest wipe imaginable and its on to the next. He missed the one above the porch altogeather.
The he knocks, customer comes out and pays him. Seems happy :o and hands him what looks like several coins. Loads up and is gone
This business never ceases to amaze me. What some people get away with
It'd be interesting to know how long he's been doing her windows and what she thinks of the job he does for the money he charges
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I have seen a few real dingbats over the years but this man takes the cake. Working in a road I do regularly an old Vauxhall Astra comes down the road with a set of old B&Q ladders on the top. He stops and eyeballs me then drives on and parks round the corner although there was parking in the road.
Then he comes back carrying the ladder, head down and no eye contact. He went to the house opposite stood the ladder against the house and pulls a dirty old grey cloth from his back pocket and proceed to rag all the windows. Just the middle, never touches the corners at all. Where he does do its the briefest wipe imaginable and its on to the next. He missed the one above the porch altogeather.
The he knocks, customer comes out and pays him. Seems happy :o and hands him what looks like several coins. Loads up and is gone
This business never ceases to amaze me. What some people get away with
It'd be interesting to know how long he's been doing her windows and what she thinks of the job he does for the money he charges
Would it? ;D
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I have seen a few real dingbats over the years but this man takes the cake. Working in a road I do regularly an old Vauxhall Astra comes down the road with a set of old B&Q ladders on the top. He stops and eyeballs me then drives on and parks round the corner although there was parking in the road.
Then he comes back carrying the ladder, head down and no eye contact. He went to the house opposite stood the ladder against the house and pulls a dirty old grey cloth from his back pocket and proceed to rag all the windows. Just the middle, never touches the corners at all. Where he does do its the briefest wipe imaginable and its on to the next. He missed the one above the porch altogeather.
The he knocks, customer comes out and pays him. Seems happy :o and hands him what looks like several coins. Loads up and is gone
This business never ceases to amaze me. What some people get away with
It'd be interesting to know how long he's been doing her windows and what she thinks of the job he does for the money he charges
Would it? ;D
only ever so very slightly
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I have seen a few real dingbats over the years but this man takes the cake. Working in a road I do regularly an old Vauxhall Astra comes down the road with a set of old B&Q ladders on the top. He stops and eyeballs me then drives on and parks round the corner although there was parking in the road.
Then he comes back carrying the ladder, head down and no eye contact. He went to the house opposite stood the ladder against the house and pulls a dirty old grey cloth from his back pocket and proceed to rag all the windows. Just the middle, never touches the corners at all. Where he does do its the briefest wipe imaginable and its on to the next. He missed the one above the porch altogeather.
The he knocks, customer comes out and pays him. Seems happy :o and hands him what looks like several coins. Loads up and is gone
This business never ceases to amaze me. What some people get away with
when I was a kid my mother had a window cleaner who was absolutely hopeless, much as the description of you give of this guy only he would even miss windows that were in easy reach even with a ladder. I remember being off school sick one day when he turned up. He smeared wet bird muck all over my bedroom window with a dry scrim and left the bathroom window altogether. Our windows were always smeary. I asked my mum why she kept him on and she said, "Because he's a nice old man. He's always smiling and he always has a little joke before he goes. I can't pack him up."
I suppose the windows may have been dirtier if he hadn't been 'cleaning' them at all.
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I have seen a few real dingbats over the years but this man takes the cake. Working in a road I do regularly an old Vauxhall Astra comes down the road with a set of old B&Q ladders on the top. He stops and eyeballs me then drives on and parks round the corner although there was parking in the road.
Then he comes back carrying the ladder, head down and no eye contact. He went to the house opposite stood the ladder against the house and pulls a dirty old grey cloth from his back pocket and proceed to rag all the windows. Just the middle, never touches the corners at all. Where he does do its the briefest wipe imaginable and its on to the next. He missed the one above the porch altogeather.
The he knocks, customer comes out and pays him. Seems happy :o and hands him what looks like several coins. Loads up and is gone
This business never ceases to amaze me. What some people get away with
It'd be interesting to know how long he's been doing her windows and what she thinks of the job he does for the money he charges
Would it? ;D
only ever so very slightly
;)
Now I'm interested to know :-[.
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I have seen a few real dingbats over the years but this man takes the cake. Working in a road I do regularly an old Vauxhall Astra comes down the road with a set of old B&Q ladders on the top. He stops and eyeballs me then drives on and parks round the corner although there was parking in the road.
Then he comes back carrying the ladder, head down and no eye contact. He went to the house opposite stood the ladder against the house and pulls a dirty old grey cloth from his back pocket and proceed to rag all the windows. Just the middle, never touches the corners at all. Where he does do its the briefest wipe imaginable and its on to the next. He missed the one above the porch altogeather.
The he knocks, customer comes out and pays him. Seems happy :o and hands him what looks like several coins. Loads up and is gone
This business never ceases to amaze me. What some people get away with
Vince dont put up with it.....
a battered old vauxhall,b&q ladders and scrim.... :o :o
Surely this is a genuine case for you to report him to the authorities.....did you get his number plate.... ;D ;D
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was probably a carpet cleaner during a quiet patch, wanting to earn a few quid more..
;D ;D ;D
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ahhh the superior trad method! ;D
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was probably a carpet cleaner during a quiet patch, wanting to earn a few quid more..
;D ;D ;D
Or a fireman ;)
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I have seen a few real dingbats over the years but this man takes the cake. Working in a road I do regularly an old Vauxhall Astra comes down the road with a set of old B&Q ladders on the top. He stops and eyeballs me then drives on and parks round the corner although there was parking in the road.
Then he comes back carrying the ladder, head down and no eye contact. He went to the house opposite stood the ladder against the house and pulls a dirty old grey cloth from his back pocket and proceed to rag all the windows. Just the middle, never touches the corners at all. Where he does do its the briefest wipe imaginable and its on to the next. He missed the one above the porch altogeather.
The he knocks, customer comes out and pays him. Seems happy :o and hands him what looks like several coins. Loads up and is gone
This business never ceases to amaze me. What some people get away with
Vince dont put up with it.....
a battered old vauxhall,b&q ladders and scrim.... :o :o
Surely this is a genuine case for you to report him to the authorities.....did you get his number plate.... ;D ;D
Next time..............................
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I have seen a few real dingbats over the years but this man takes the cake. Working in a road I do regularly an old Vauxhall Astra comes down the road with a set of old B&Q ladders on the top. He stops and eyeballs me then drives on and parks round the corner although there was parking in the road.
Then he comes back carrying the ladder, head down and no eye contact. He went to the house opposite stood the ladder against the house and pulls a dirty old grey cloth from his back pocket and proceed to rag all the windows. Just the middle, never touches the corners at all. Where he does do its the briefest wipe imaginable and its on to the next. He missed the one above the porch altogeather.
The he knocks, customer comes out and pays him. Seems happy :o and hands him what looks like several coins. Loads up and is gone
This business never ceases to amaze me. What some people get away with
It'd be interesting to know how long he's been doing her windows and what she thinks of the job he does for the money he charges
Well she seemed very cheery and appeared to know him well enough
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it wasnt me !
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We have a local guy ( Flick) He's 5' 70 yrs old and apparently worth a few quid( Uncle died & left him a mill ) he's out every day Monday - Saturday.
He gets the name Flicker, as he can't reach top of windows and flicks his scrim / cloth at the window £2 a pop!
Rob
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it wasnt me !
No Lloyd I know that, neither was it any of your blokes. It was in Blythwood Road and it was an old guy. The used to be another old boy who worked round there who I haven't seen for a while and I wondered if he had taken over some of his customers.