Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Geoff on September 17, 2013, 04:55:03 pm
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I suppose most of us here are self employed, so is that how you describe yourself to others who want to know what you do for a living?
Do you say that you own/manage a company maybe? "Hi, I'm John/Hector and I clean windows"?
Or are you happy to say that you are 'just' a windy'?
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Good lookin', funny, handsome, sexy, smart, fit, strong, a bit rough around the edges; like an uncut diamond - wise and possibly the next Amitabha Buddha of compassion and infinite light.
That's about it really.
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window cleaner
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When asked I always say I am a window cleaner. If someone turns their nose up at that, which they often do, I know that said person is not worth talking to.
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When asked I always say I am a window cleaner. If someone turns their nose up at that, which they often do, I know that said person is not worth talking to.
yup totally agree
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Window Cleaner.
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vision technician ;D
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WINDOW CLEANER
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I say it loud and proud.
Im a window cleaner.
The best job in the world for me.
I love it. 8)
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So no-one says, "I'm John Smith Window Cleaning co."?
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I tell them I'm a window cleaner, but not a crappy domestic window cleaner. I'm speshul and only clean huge buildings, and have my own forum for like minded successful window cleaners who hate talking about custies and how to handle Mrs Smiths cat poo in her garden when it gets on my gear etc.
I started with nothing, not like all the rest of the shower who clean domestic windows. I'm a high flying business man who models himself on Richard Branson. I've got three or four vans on the road, but can't remember exactly how many, because I'm far too busy giving advice to other stupid window cleaners who have only got one van etc.
Because I started with nothing, I'm a complete success story. I've got five vans on the road, and a HUGE load of poles with hundreds of different brushes to choose from.
I started with nothing and now I'm a success.
That's what I tell people when they ask what I do for a living. I also tell them I've got three or four vans on the road, and that I'm very successful.
8)
;D
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Run a cleaning ;D company
Coz I do alot more than just windows
I do the door aswell ;)
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Im the CEO of a successful company providing cleansing services to the private and commercial sectors.
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Wow! I'm impressed!
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Visual Panel Analyst 8)
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As per a few postings above - I say I'm a window cleaner.
I couldn't careless what anyone I meet and who asks that question thinks about me in terms of job status.
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I just say I run a small cleaning firm.
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So no-one says, "I'm John Smith Window Cleaning co."?
John Smith might do.
I know of a window cleaner called John Smith, too.
I just tell the truth and say 'window cleaner (muffled, obviously) and I do very well out of it'. Why lie? I only lie about how much I earn.
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So no-one says, "I'm John Smith Window Cleaning co."?
John Smith might do.
I know of a window cleaner called John Smith, too.
I just tell the truth and say 'window cleaner (muffled, obviously) and I do very well out of it'. Why lie? I only lie about how much I earn.
;D
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transparent wall engineer
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So no-one says, "I'm John Smith Window Cleaning co."?
John Smith might do.
I know of a window cleaner called John Smith, too.
I asked him, once, what name he used to book hotel rooms for dirty weekends. But I was wasting my time ::)roll.
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Glazier hygenist
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So no-one says, "I'm John Smith Window Cleaning co."?
John Smith might do.
I know of a window cleaner called John Smith, too.
I just tell the truth and say 'window cleaner (muffled, obviously) and I do very well out of it'. Why lie? I only lie about how much I earn.
ha ha brilliant :)
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I say I'm a striker for West Ham, only slightly less embarrassing than saying I'm a window cleaner
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I used to think windowcleaning was beneath me and was embarrassed to say I was a windowcleaner. My dad was a windowcleaner when I was at school and I used to get stick about it so perhaps that partly explains it. I am fairly comfortable with it now though.
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I say "I am a violet schizophrenic window cleaner. I am sure you want you windows cleaned and I know were you live" .Then I growl a bit. I never get any strange looks.
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Vision Technician ;D ;D
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i lie
I tell them im a ice cream man :)
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I'm a light spectrum analyst and restoration expert. :)
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Tell them I put indicators on submarines
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I say "I am a violet schizophrenic window cleaner. I am sure you want you windows cleaned and I know were you live" .Then I growl a bit. I never get any strange looks.
Bet you do if you describe yourself as "violet". I always imagined you to be pale orange with hints of taupe. The rest of it may be true... especially the growling :o ;D
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An ex window cleaner ;D
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I say "I am a violet schizophrenic window cleaner. I am sure you want you windows cleaned and I know were you live" .Then I growl a bit. I never get any strange looks.
Bet you do if you describe yourself as "violet". I always imagined you to be pale orange with hints of taupe. The rest of it may be true... especially the growling :o ;D
Must be poor circulation!
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dress it up however you want, but people are quick to see through any bull around what you call yourself.
If you try to make it sound better than it is, people will conclude you are slightly ashamed of what you do, which is worse than just saying "window cleaner" from the start.
If people turn their nose up, do a little dance.
It's only because most people think window cleaning is a lowly thing that they don't do it themselves...which means more money for us!
Yes I always rejoice when someone looks down their nose, it tells me my jobs safe. The day people start viewing window cleaning as some highly-paid, professional business, will be the day that it gets harder to find work.
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A bit of a prat.
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Re: How do others describe you?
A bit of a prat.
FTFY ;D