Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: d s windowcleaning on November 02, 2007, 09:56:55 pm
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seems to be getting close to that time of the year when a little tip is nice . but can you be honest and vote . i myself have felt ped of with the custy after cleaning for them for a long time niot to get that little tip at exmas but i now i just get on with it if they tip they tip if not move on to the next . unfourtunatly this year i wont get 1 .
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This may upset the apple cart but I don't expect Xmas tips. It's totally archaich. My customers pay me well for my services throughout the year. I do the reverse and give them all a very nice Xmas card thanking them for their loyalty and business. I get the inside printed up with a message from me and sign each one personally.
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I don't expect tips either. Inevitably I get them though. I get nowhere near as many as I did some years back but that's probably because I don't collect on the doorstep these days. Also, I try to run it more as a business than the "friendly neighbourhood window cleaner" mode so it may be people just responding to my change of tack.
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if you expect it does not happen, just carry on with the job and try not to let it annoy you. I did let it annoy me for many years. I now just class it as just another season/month, only thing that changes in the run up is I only book in well paid jobs or they wait till after this period/month
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If i get tips it's a result.
I can get a coffee off virtually any of my custys all year, that means alot more than a fiver at xmas. ;D
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If i get tips it's a result.
I can get a coffee off virtually any of my custys all year, that means alot more than a fiver at xmas. ;D
coffee bugger that, would cost me well over a fiver to drink it :P
My Christmas tip would be dont drink a coffee or tea, carry on you earn more ;D
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If i get tips it's a result.
I can get a coffee off virtually any of my custys all year, that means alot more than a fiver at xmas. ;D
coffee bugger that, would cost me well over a fiver to drink it :P
My Christmas tip would be dont drink a coffee or tea, carry on you earn more ;D
Dude, i ment a drink all year round but i do like my tips.
If i don't get a tip it's not the end of the world, i could not earn what i do for the hours i do, i enjoy my work so you cant put a price on that. ;)
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Another winter tip lads..........Don't be like me and have half a dozen mugs of tea before ya set off. You may get away with that in the summer but by christ it can backfire ;D But does it ever stop me doin it the next day?????????? Nope ::)
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If i get tips it's a result.
I can get a coffee off virtually any of my custys all year, that means alot more than a fiver at xmas. ;D
coffee bugger that, would cost me well over a fiver to drink it :P
My Christmas tip would be dont drink a coffee or tea, carry on you earn more ;D
Dude, i ment a drink all year round but i do like my tips.
If i don't get a tip it's not the end of the world, i could not earn what i do for the hours i do, i enjoy my work so you cant put a price on that. ;)
everyone likes tips, it is a show of respect for the work done, i just used to wind myself up about it as i bend over backwards to do a top job every time. Now I do not excpect anything, if i get its a bonus, thats experience for you
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i dont expect tips,just as well cos misers round here in gloucester dont like parting with their money,its hard enough to get a fair price for doing a clean never mind a tip >:(
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Another winter tip lads..........Don't be like me and have half a dozen mugs of tea before ya set off. You may get away with that in the summer but by christ it can backfire ;D But does it ever stop me doin it the next day?????????? Nope ::)
As you advance in years (as I have done) you will find that the above happens even if you only have a single cup in the mornings. My remedy? I have an empty "GG3" bottle in the van. ;D
Unfortunately I tend to forget to empty it regularly, after a few days it honks a bit ::)
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As we have changed most of our customers to paying online or by cheque, I expect the tips will go down, saying that we still got over £600 last year, plus a few bottles
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Another winter tip lads..........Don't be like me and have half a dozen mugs of tea before ya set off. You may get away with that in the summer but by christ it can backfire ;D But does it ever stop me doin it the next day?????????? Nope ::)
As you advance in years (as I have done) you will find that the above happens even if you only have a single cup in the mornings. My remedy? I have an empty "GG3" bottle in the van. ;D
Unfortunately I tend to forget to empty it regularly, after a few days it honks a bit ::)
Wow. I bet that gets the windows nice and clean :)
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If i get tips it's a result.
I can get a coffee off virtually any of my custys all year, that means alot more than a fiver at xmas. ;D
That's the spirit. :)
From what I read on here most WC's earn far more than their customers and still expect a christmas tip? :o
Different in the old days when WC'ers could earn very little.
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I dont expect a tip. Some do and some dont. I expect nothing and then what you do get is unexpected.
I am giving out proper xmas cards to all my customers this year and I am also having some gifts made too.
As far a I am concerned irts all part of the image and you have to give something in return (sometimes)
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I don't expect tips, but if I get them I will be grateful. I like to think I do a good job, and a show of appreciation, even a comment like ýou do a good job'is appreciated very much and can make the difference between a good day and a great day!
Sounds soppy, I know, but every little show of gratitude is welcomed.