Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: suds window service on October 27, 2007, 04:21:19 pm
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just thought i would pop out and do some flyer's this morning,went well picked up 2 new customers,then disaster on the final stretch posting at the last few houses,stuck hand through letter box.......ouch dog bites hand big time blood all over me flyers,spend rest of the morning in casualty. gutted! :'( weeks worth of antibiotics tetenus jab........went back to see home owner,she tells me the bog was in the front room all morning...must have been the letter box( WHAT)....anyway to add insult to injury she tells me i,am to expensive for her ...lol
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she tells me the bog was in the front room all morning...
You wanna be careful dog-bites can really screw up your typing ;D
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nar only tpye with eon nifgre ayn yaw :)
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suck, or rather that bites, sorry ::) i had one of my customers dogs bite me, bit of a iffy dog, normally make sure all cloth's tucked away so he dont grab em, but i just play ball with him and fuss him, calm him down, but this time went for my leg, left huge bruise, but just a little scratch. but what do you do??
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this happen to me years ago and now I don't push my fingers right throw the letter box, you might be able to claim on there house hold insurance however I would put it down as experience and learn from it
Andy
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hurts like does,nt it...i think i was in shock for about half an hour.......stinging like mad now....cuts big enough for about 4 stiches but they dont stich bites so left with open wound...which is nice
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suck, or rather that bites, sorry ::) i had one of my customers dogs bite me, bit of a iffy dog, normally make sure all cloth's tucked away so he dont grab em, but i just play ball with him and fuss him, calm him down, but this time went for my leg, left huge bruise, but just a little scratch. but what do you do??
tell the customer to keep the dog away, if a dog bites me it is asking for me to do it back (picture the customers face you have the dog by its cheeks biting its ear, when they comment just say I am showing the dog what its like, would you like me to bite you next?
jokes aside when leafleting never put your had in a letter box (as you found out) push the flyer through, if cleaning windows with a dog tell the customer to lock it away, if not do the front only and charge them for the lot. we should all be able to work safe.
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Rule number 1, dont put fingers through the letter box. ;)
Claim on their insurance, LOL, here we go. ::)
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When a dog lives in a house you can usually see scratches on the door at that certain level and dirty marks where it has brushed against the door frame.
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rattle the letterbox first! wait for barking, growling or that rush of air as it comes hurtling down the hallway!!! won't work every time as some of the little darlings are clever! ;D
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Go back to her, say you understand it can't be the dog because it was in the livingroom.
Tell her that she must have a faulty letterbox, and its her responsblility, to ensure that nobody can be hurt on her property.
Explain that you have been advised not to work for 6 weeks, and because of this you will be losing £1000 per week in lost income.
Then ask for her insurance details, so you can make a claim for lost income plus pain and suffering.
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few years ago done house. custie out .nasty dog inside .he would not let me put ticket in letter box.so brainbox thought open letterbox with squeegee n throw ticket through door .dog only lunges at door grabs end of blade .n pulls it through letter box .lucky i had spare one in car
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use a clipboard or a5 sized peice of cardboard, fold the flyer over the front from the middle, push through letter box.
doesnt screw up the flyer, especially for those letter boxes with brushes inside, its quicker & doesnt bite your fingers off.
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Walked into a garden one day and the customer was with the dog in the garden, she said it was okay as the dog was blind. Still found the back of my leg though, >:( Christ i was raging >:(i thought the customer was going to cancel the next time i went round only to find out the dog died a few days later, ;D never laughed as much in my life. :D Still do her windows 6 years on. Now i carry dog treats in my pocket works a treat. :)