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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: sunshine windows on December 03, 2012, 09:35:50 pm

Title: Good job i'm not a crook
Post by: sunshine windows on December 03, 2012, 09:35:50 pm
Had an elderly customer who has MS (i think) pay me today with a blank signed cheque.

Even though i know she can trust me, i was still quite shocked, as i wouldn't ever dream of doing this with anybody (not even the Missus)  :o
Title: Re: Good job i'm not a crook
Post by: elite mike on December 03, 2012, 09:44:49 pm
had it quite a few times over the years , always nice to know they trust you  8)
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Post by: keyser soze on December 03, 2012, 09:48:51 pm
ive had one . bit shocked also ,
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Post by: Blue Frog Systems on December 03, 2012, 09:53:29 pm
My ex wife used to take cheques out of my cheque book and sign them. To be fair her version of my signature looked alot better than my own ;D
Title: Re: Good job i'm not a crook
Post by: Spruce on December 03, 2012, 09:59:33 pm
Had an elderly customer who has MS (i think) pay me today with a blank signed cheque.

Even though i know she can trust me, i was still quite shocked, as i wouldn't ever dream of doing this with anybody (not even the Missus)  :o

I have an MS sufferer and she just signs a cheque and I fill it out for her. Done it for years.
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Post by: richywilts on December 03, 2012, 11:11:01 pm
ive had customers rip cheque out the cheque book and send it with the one behind also, i have gone out my way rang them knocked there and eventually had to write a letter with cheque included (obviously after brownie points!!) sent it back did i ever get a thanks did i hell wish i had wrote it out for ten grand nice bigish house up by bob plums house too
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Post by: richard jagger on December 04, 2012, 04:51:30 am
I picket up a wallet with 800 quid and all cards outside a customers car. Did not even get a thanks ??? ??? ???
Title: Re: Good job i'm not a crook
Post by: DaveG on December 04, 2012, 07:28:28 am
I picket up a wallet with 800 quid and all cards outside a customers car. Did not even get a thanks ??? ??? ???

You told me it had a grand in it........
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Post by: John pearce on December 04, 2012, 08:47:12 am
I have old customers that hold their purse out and let me take the money, 

Years ago i had a call that was £3.00..... nocked door for money and he gave me £30.00,  must have thought they were £1 notes,   even though it was £ coins, he was starting to dementai,  good job im honest, i new a windy back then who would have thought it was his birthday  .j.
Title: Re: Good job i'm not a crook
Post by: Spruce on December 04, 2012, 08:53:24 am
I picket up a wallet with 800 quid and all cards outside a customers car. Did not even get a thanks ??? ??? ???

And if you put them up a £1 they would cancel lol. I would have kept the Wallet and said this clean is free.....and the next......and the next and laughed my way down the pub. ;) :p

If this happened to you, what would go initially go through your mind? I've often thought how I would react as an incident like this in a flash removes all of life's veneer.
I think I would be embarrassed initially over a stupid mistake.

I know for a fact that I wouldn't have touched the contents, but what is going through his mind? Has he taken anything? Its rude to check infront of the 'good Samaritian' to make sure its all there. Panic would probably set in - the need to get away somewhere behind the door to check to make sure the money is all there in privacy. What happens if some is missing?
Worst of all, what happens if he accuses you of taking some when you didn't?



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Post by: p1w1 on December 04, 2012, 08:54:03 am
I have old customers that hold their purse out and let me take the money, 

Years ago i had a call that was £3.00..... nocked door for money and he gave me £30.00,  must have thought they were £1 notes,   even though it was £ coins, he was starting to dementai,  good job im honest, i new a windy back then who would have thought it was his birthday  .j.
i had similar once for a £7 house and she gave me £70 i reckon she thought they were pound notes too..
Title: Re: Good job i'm not a crook
Post by: G Griffin on December 04, 2012, 09:40:46 am
I picket up a wallet with 800 quid and all cards outside a customers car. Did not even get a thanks ??? ??? ???

How did you know there was £800 in it?
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Post by: scud on December 04, 2012, 06:08:22 pm
  I have an elderly customer who is now blind, she opens the door and sends me upstairs to get my £10 from her bedside cabinet, there must be £2k in there now.