Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: d s windowcleaning on April 25, 2008, 07:46:46 pm
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i clean a pub where every time i go inside for payment i get the remark hes only a window cleaner , i sn****r and smirk to myself thinking if only you knew what its all about then perhaps you wouldnt coment and make snide remarks , how do you put up with snide comments .
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Put roof racks on your Porsche :) :) :)
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Nobody has ever said that to me, and if they did they wouldn't do it again I can guarantee!!!!! >:(
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who says it bar staff?customer?landlord?
sorry but i would give em some back,and if its the person paying tell em to stick it >:(
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You will never ever stop some people thinking like that. Even if you put a roof rack on your Porche.
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Good let em think you're just the window cleaner...it is something they have to carry around...
Dave.
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who says it bar staff?customer?landlord?
sorry but i would give em some back,and if its the person paying tell em to stick it >:(
its customers mate that make the remarks , i just let it go over my head and laugh to myself .
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Don't think you're being black has much to with it Dave they'd say it anyway. The problem these days is that everyone in the bar stands up and says "so I am I!"
When we get the new mag going there will be a problem page for this type of thing.
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ask them how much then earn a day. then when they say about £40 - £50. laugh and walk off
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One of my son-in-laws who is a manager of a large building suppliers, was against the fact that his wife wanted to take over her dads w/c business, no matter what she said to him she couldn't convince him it was good pay.
Over the past couple of months she comes out with me as and when she can.
The son-in-law is now doing everything he can to help her in taking over the business? Why? Because she earns more in a day than he doe's.
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if only they knew eh!
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Sounds harmless. people just say things. Hairdressers say "day off today?" you explain work for yourself etc, three months later back in the chair "day off today then" after about ten years you learn to just say yes as they don't listen to the answer anyway.
Group at the bar, you approach and get paid "It's only the window cleaner." Same thing.
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A roof rack on a porche............isn't that called a balcony ;D
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here's a good one...
Didn't want to go vat registered but had to when we started to do £63,000
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their ignorance is "my bliss" it used to really get to me...but these days i dont care....as long as i have my self esteem and confidence that i am doing ok in life..... im happy :)
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The way I see it is, if everyone thought we were 'just window cleaners' then they are not likely to start up, so, more work for us.
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You will never ever stop some people thinking like that. Even if you put a roof rack on your Porche.
PORSCHE
Dont you ever look at the back of your car ?
Or does it say FERRARI
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You have choices:
ignore the comment
dump the customer
or agree and shrug it off
defend your self-esteem and awakening their minds with how much you earn and cause jealousy to creep in.
Personally I let it go in one ear and straight out the other as my job is more recession proof than theirs
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if only the tax man would say "just a window cleaner" :-[
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be cool dude t least they noticed you the last laugh is on them
we know what sort of work you do we know how hard you work we know what shhhit you put up with we know what you earn we know what kind of man you are we are you .................as you are us your familly and friends respect you we respect you this is what matters not some second rate numptys who are so lazy to get off thir fat arses and p thir lifes away day in day out you my friend are the one who meets new and intereresting people all day every day makeing contacts and ejoy your work wyith the warm glow that everything you own is yours brought by you through your own labours and not provided for by a boss or the state you are independent and a truely free soul beholed to none master of your own future so there oh...........and always leave the engine riunning
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Eleanor Roosevelt (wife of the American president) probably said it better than anyone else I can think of.
"Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth."
No one is "only" a window cleaner. Anyone who thinks it, much less says it out loud for other to hear, says much about themselves and NOTHING about you or any other window cleaners.
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It only matters what you think. No-one else.
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when I get that sort of comment all that goes through my head is that theyll stay in their little job and leave me alone to earn what I earn
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Id have glassed him and then bent down and whispered in his ear 'Pardon, did you say something?'
;D
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I think anyone who cleans for a living is looked down on , after all if you are removing dirt you must be a commoner ! We all know the bennefits of this trade ,and if people look down on you does it harm your bank balance ? Dave you are a top bloke and from talking to you and seeing your posts you have my respect mate ;D
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if only they knew eh!
exactly my thought.........
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Id have glassed him and then bent down and whispered in his ear 'Pardon, did you say something?'
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tempting at times but to stop yourself looking a hypocrite or yellow you would need to do that to everyone who comments. It's alright being a fighter when it suits, but once you start it becomes a 24/7 state of mind. And there are so many more enjoyable things to do in life, than spending time looking over the shoulder.
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People keep laughing at me when i work out, I don't know why ???
;) ;)Sorry couldn't resist using this pic again! ;) ;)
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Id have glassed him and then bent down and whispered in his ear 'Pardon, did you say something?'
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tempting at times but to stop yourself looking a hypocrite or yellow you would need to do that to everyone who comments. It's alright being a fighter when it suits, but once you start it becomes a 24/7 state of mind. And there are so many more enjoyable things to do in life, than spending time looking over the shoulder.
Something tells me you are speaking from experience .
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Id have glassed him and then bent down and whispered in his ear 'Pardon, did you say something?'
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tempting at times but to stop yourself looking a hypocrite or yellow you would need to do that to everyone who comments. It's alright being a fighter when it suits, but once you start it becomes a 24/7 state of mind. And there are so many more enjoyable things to do in life, than spending time looking over the shoulder.
Something tells me you are speaking from experience .
Not really jonah. I've never got off on ruining someones day. Fortunately, i've always been around people who knew better. I realised pretty quickly that it only takes a moment to shatter illusions.
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Id have glassed him and then bent down and whispered in his ear 'Pardon, did you say something?'
;D
tempting at times but to stop yourself looking a hypocrite or yellow you would need to do that to everyone who comments. It's alright being a fighter when it suits, but once you start it becomes a 24/7 state of mind. And there are so many more enjoyable things to do in life, than spending time looking over the shoulder.
Something tells me you are speaking from experience .
Not really jonah. I've never got off on ruining someones day. Fortunately, i've always been around people who knew better. I realised pretty quickly that it only takes a moment to shatter illusions.
Really good posts , keep them coming ;D
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I just laugh it off. They are obviously ignorant.
Had one once, a shop we clean I walked in to collect payment, a 'lady' customer made a comment along the lines of 'where's your rags and newspaper ha ha ha'
I replied 'I left the in my holiday home, ha ha ha'
Smiled smugly, then hopped back into the RS6 - the look on her face (I'm not rich by the way, but do ok).
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The way I see it is, if everyone thought we were 'just window cleaners' then they are not likely to start up, so, more work for us.
Exactly right. In my mind, its good if people think "only a window cleaner". If people only knew about this business, everyone would do it.
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Id have glassed him and then bent down and whispered in his ear 'Pardon, did you say something?'
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glassed him! thats awfully hard of you big brave man you! bet you beat up women too?! >:( >:( >:(
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have you ever been glassed? If so you wouldn't ever do it to anyone else.
I have, it ain't nice.
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my little sister got glassed. cowards method of fighting. if you cant back your self to take some one toe to toe then dont bother!! if you glassed some one in 1960's london you would be killed by the firms. but now a days its wimps first reserve. ''look at me i'm a tough guy, rather than risk them hitting me back i'll slice them open and render them useless so ive got time to mouth off''
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i clean a pub where every time i go inside for payment i get the remark hes only a window cleaner , i sblack person and smirk to myself thinking if only you knew what its all about then perhaps you wouldnt coment and make snide remarks , how do you put up with snide comments .
What I've done in the past is to ensure that at some future point, I engage them in conversation about something really intelligent. Most of us have our pet subjects that we know enough about to pull it off. I a decent time interval is allowed to elapse, they will not link their disparaging remarks to the intelligent conversation. It can show by example that it is possible to do a menial job but be a reasonably intelligent person. You can educate them and they won't even know that you have done it.
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Id have glassed him and then bent down and whispered in his ear 'Pardon, did you say something?'
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glassed him! thats awfully hard of you big brave man you! bet you beat up women too?! >:( >:( >:(
Oh dear, jokes !! remember them?
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People keep laughing at me when i work out, I don't know why ???
;) ;)Sorry couldn't resist using this pic again! ;) ;)
is that really you :D :D
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Dave, How long does the job take to do and how much do you get for it?.....
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Dave, How long does the job take to do and how much do you get for it?.....
takes around 40 minutes and i charge £25 for this .
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Not bad for a bloke whos Just a window cleaner.....
Is what I would say.... 8) 8) 8) ;D ;D ;D
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nothing wrong with the quiet humble man in the corner. I used to have to justify myself but now my lifestyle does the talking for me (and i don't mean that in a flash way, just that its comfortable)...but i only own a wc business ;) let em think what they want, people never know other peoples circumstances, they only know what they think they know!! ;)
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smile take his money, thank him and wish him a good day.
You will never change an ignorant person! Fact. Don't get dragged in to insults unless its just a good bit of banter. When you have too much work put his price up double if he accepts you have a result if not walk away.
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have you ever been glassed? If so you wouldn't ever do it to anyone else.
I have, it ain't nice.
I have been glassed and stabbed in a riot and fought for my life, seriously, (lucky for me I know martial arts (Judo & Kung Fu), as it's what saved my life). Never ever want to do that again. Still have flashbacks sometimes, wouldn't wish it on anyone, ever.
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smile take his money, thank him and wish him a good day.
You will never change an ignorant person! Fact. Don't get dragged in to insults unless its just a good bit of banter. When you have too much work put his price up double if he accepts you have a result if not walk away.
You could say your Mrs thought i was only a window cleaner until the other night when i had her lol. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :o :o :o :o
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have you ever been glassed? If so you wouldn't ever do it to anyone else.
I have, it ain't nice.
I have been glassed and stabbed in a riot and fought for my life, seriously, (lucky for me I know martial arts (Judo & Kung Fu), as it's what saved my life). Never ever want to do that again. Still have flashbacks sometimes, wouldn't wish it on anyone, ever.
oi uncle albert! during the war.....
just kidding. i bet you i had the ring finger on my right hand bitten off in a riot. was beaten round the back of the head with a 2'' thick metal bar and left for dead. i dont know martal art i'm just a good old fasioned hard c**t!
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Less of the Uncle Albert, I'm 42. Don't know any war stories either, but have an unusual request I had to do whilst in the army. I had to seal a dead person in a tin coffin whilst 4 officers witnessed it for the customs paperwork to send the coffin back to England. Also had to scrape human flesh off a land rover that had just run someone over so that I could straighten out the front end.
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you really shouldnt talk of what you did or didnt do on tour. ever heard the saying what goes on tour stays on tour? that is where it comes from tour of duty not rugby tours.lol if my wife knew half the stuff i got up to she wouldnt be able to sleep next to me at night but a good squad never tells!!
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you really shouldnt talk of what you did or didnt do on tour. ever heard the saying what goes on tour stays on tour? that is where it comes from tour of duty not rugby tours.lol if my wife knew half the stuff i got up to she wouldnt be able to sleep next to me at night but a good squad never tells!!
I'm not a squaddie anymore. I have freedom of speech in civvie street. Thank ****
I'm an individual now, not a number.
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I really don't give a toss what people think of me for being a window cleaner. I used to get so much cr4p off the passengers when driving a taxi that I am immune now. You have to bite your lip because if they make a complaint the authorities always take their side.
There are millionaires driving taxis in London yet the way you are spoken to is awful. Mostly by nobodies who are trying to look flash in front of the girlfriend or the neighbours.
I had a customer a while back who was inside talking loudly on the phone with the front door open. When I had finished I rang the doorbell and the person on the other end of the phone obviously heard it and said "is that your doorbell" or whatever.
"Oh its only the window cleaner" she said and then kept me waiting on the doorstep for ages while she talked and talked. It wasn't like it was an important call or anything. Dropped her soon after that.
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I would certainly not advise glassind anyone or use of violence as running a w/c business from the jail is not easy.
if i had been in your shoes i would have probably ignored the comment and then spent the rest of the day thinking up quick witted replies that i had been to slow to think of at the time.
seriously though if customers speak to you like that drop them if its general public just laugh .
i wouldnt start boasting about what i earn in front of customers .
Gordon