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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Dick on June 15, 2014, 07:53:40 pm

Title: Now be honest.
Post by: Dick on June 15, 2014, 07:53:40 pm
You're in a bit of a hurry to complete some jobs due to wet weather and a customer says before you do next doors, 'oh they're away next door, wont be back for another week'. Now do you very carefully do all the windows you normally do or just knowing there's no one in to check do you miss say the odd window and put a windows cleaned note through the door.
Honest answers.
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Post by: duncan h on June 15, 2014, 07:57:03 pm
clean it. For what it takes, its not worth missing.
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Post by: matthewprice on June 15, 2014, 07:57:19 pm
Always same standard good chance someone is watching,or come back early ect
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Post by: SB Cleaning on June 15, 2014, 07:58:09 pm
I would do the whole house as normal....you never know who's watching  ;)

We never miss windows always a propper job.
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Post by: keyser soze on June 15, 2014, 09:01:04 pm
not worth skipping windows. tbh
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Post by: Soupy on June 15, 2014, 09:02:59 pm
Never miss windows.
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Post by: Ste b on June 15, 2014, 09:04:42 pm
Id be charging for the full house so id clean the full house



Have you been caught out dick ?
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Post by: PoleKing on June 15, 2014, 09:06:23 pm
clean it. For what it takes, its not worth missing.

+1
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Post by: Chris Buchan on June 15, 2014, 09:17:26 pm
as above
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Post by: Simon Mess on June 15, 2014, 09:28:10 pm
clean it. For what it takes, its not worth missing.

Ditto
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Post by: AuRavelling79 on June 15, 2014, 09:30:44 pm
You're in a bit of a hurry to complete some jobs due to wet weather and a customer says before you do next doors, 'oh they're away next door, wont be back for another week'. Now do you very carefully do all the windows you normally do or just knowing there's no one in to check do you miss say the odd window and put a windows cleaned note through the door.
Honest answers.

Are you trad. Dick?
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Post by: koopmaster on June 15, 2014, 09:37:00 pm
i never miss a window
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Post by: Richard Neal on June 15, 2014, 09:53:09 pm
Always do a full clean, always tell anyone that works with to work as if you're being watched :) CCTV everywhere these days.
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Post by: J.D on June 15, 2014, 10:30:34 pm
Never leave windows out, that's a low punch in my book!
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Post by: martin hulstone on June 15, 2014, 10:36:41 pm
I once worked for a fella who told us that if no one was in that cleaning frosted glass was a prerogative!
Suppose in days of trad it was one less climb.
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Post by: SeanK on June 15, 2014, 10:45:54 pm
Picked up a  few customers from shiners who thought they could get away with
leaving out frosted windows.
So I wouldn't risk missing them when cleaning a property.
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Post by: Ian101 on June 15, 2014, 11:03:39 pm
so next time you come around both of em cancel or give you a hard time for missing windows and 1st neighbour seeing you miss windows.

however if they had nice knomes I would nick em  ;D
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Post by: Johnny B on June 15, 2014, 11:23:44 pm
I am never in a hurry. I would clean them as thoroughly as if my every move were being watched.
 
John
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Post by: rosskesava on June 16, 2014, 12:17:01 am
I picked up a new job 3 weeks ago which was a very large shop.

The previous window cleaner didn't know the owner was parked across the road in his car making a phone call.

He watched the windie walk up to the shop front and pour some water along the ground in front of each window to make it look like he'd done the windows. 30 minutes later the windie is back asking to get paid. That window cleaner had been doing that shop's windows for 13 years.

Apart from the principle that if you're paid to do a job then just do it, I wouldn't want to live on that mental knifes edge of cheating customers.
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Post by: Clever Forum Name on June 16, 2014, 07:07:33 am
Do it all the time as my horse doesn't like to be left for long periods of time.
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Post by: bobplum on June 16, 2014, 07:15:44 am
clean it. For what it takes, its not worth missing.

+1
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Post by: dazmond on June 16, 2014, 07:44:19 am
i uses to bump frosted glass windows when i was trad occasionally even if they were in(no customers ever noticed!). ;D

there again i never cleaned frames either! ;)

i wouldnt do it now as im wfp and charge more for my work.also i have a whole different attitude to everything.i also work in the rain and hardly ever get behind with work. :)
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Post by: AuRavelling79 on June 16, 2014, 07:49:28 am
i uses to bump frosted glass windows when i was trad occasionally even if they were in(no customers ever noticed!). ;D

there again i never cleaned frames either! ;)

i wouldnt do it now as im wfp and charge more for my work.also i have a whole different attitude to everything.i also work in the rain and hardly ever get behind with work. :)

A reformed character! That's the spirit Daz!  ;D
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Post by: gary999 on June 16, 2014, 08:22:19 am
i uses to bump frosted glass windows when i was trad occasionally even if they were in(no customers ever noticed!). ;D

there again i never cleaned frames either! ;)

i wouldnt do it now as im wfp and charge more for my work.also i have a whole different attitude to everything.i also work in the rain and hardly ever get behind with work. :)

Yessssss! dazmond we know you work in the rain ;D
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Post by: Ian101 on June 16, 2014, 08:28:04 am
i uses to bump frosted glass windows when i was trad occasionally even if they were in(no customers ever noticed!). ;D

there again i never cleaned frames either! ;)

i wouldnt do it now as im wfp and charge more for my work.also i have a whole different attitude to everything.i also work in the rain and hardly ever get behind with work. :)

Yessssss! dazmond we know you work in the rain ;D

Dazmond works in t' rain that much his extreme 25 is now an extreme 21  ;D
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Post by: dazmond on June 16, 2014, 08:31:39 am
i uses to bump frosted glass windows when i was trad occasionally even if they were in(no customers ever noticed!). ;D

there again i never cleaned frames either! ;)

i wouldnt do it now as im wfp and charge more for my work.also i have a whole different attitude to everything.i also work in the rain and hardly ever get behind with work. :)

Yessssss! dazmond we know you work in the rain ;D
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Dazmond works in t' rain that much his extreme 25 is now an extreme 21  ;D
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nice dry working week this week ian!!for a change!! ;D ;)
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Post by: Window Lickers on June 16, 2014, 08:32:21 am
Sorry. Who was that? One of you guys works in the rain?
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Post by: Ian101 on June 16, 2014, 08:38:03 am
i uses to bump frosted glass windows when i was trad occasionally even if they were in(no customers ever noticed!). ;D

there again i never cleaned frames either! ;)

i wouldnt do it now as im wfp and charge more for my work.also i have a whole different attitude to everything.i also work in the rain and hardly ever get behind with work. :)

Yessssss! dazmond we know you work in the rain ;D
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Dazmond works in t' rain that much his extreme 25 is now an extreme 21  ;D
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nice dry working week this week ian!!for a change!! ;D ;)

too hot for me ......... yes im moaning about good weather  :o :o :o
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Post by: cat9921 on June 16, 2014, 05:10:35 pm
I like to miss as meny windows as possible, in fact all I do now is just put tickits through peoples doors, I have not cleaned a window in years  ;D
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Post by: Richard Neal on June 16, 2014, 05:57:56 pm
I like to miss as meny windows as possible, in fact all I do now is just put tickits through peoples doors, I have not cleaned a window in years  ;D


+1  :D
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Post by: robbo333 on June 16, 2014, 07:26:03 pm
I've worked with you Richie and you do a top job and your custys love you.
Hope it's going well mate.
Cheers
Pete