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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: m.b.s. on July 12, 2008, 09:14:45 pm

Title: what are the definitions
Post by: m.b.s. on July 12, 2008, 09:14:45 pm: some of you on hear say either you are a pro window cleaner or just doing it as a job
so can you all tell me what pro means to you
and what just doing it as a job means to you
i hope i am a pro
i do my job to the best of my abillity
as safley as posible
polite to customers
were a uniform
etc etc
what are peoples thoughts on these two comments
no bickering now please ;)
Title: Re: what are the definitions
Post by: Gerry Styles on July 12, 2008, 09:34:41 pm: I would say that a pro is someone that recognises that window cleaning is his profession. I believie that it is a craft and not just a job.
Title: Re: what are the definitions
Post by: Neil271052 on July 13, 2008, 07:49:17 am: The idea is moot really.

Once you get paid to do something you are a professional, unpaid an amateur.

In some cases an amateur may be better than a professional.

I know amateur woodworkers that do stuff that professional chippies couldn't dream of.

How much quality you put into your paid work is down to the individual.
Title: Re: what are the definitions
Post by: MJH on July 13, 2008, 07:52:13 am: Quote from: m.b.s. on July 12, 2008, 09:14:45 pm
some of you on hear say either you are a pro window cleaner or just doing it as a job
so can you all tell me what pro means to you
and what just doing it as a job means to you
i hope i am a pro
i do my job to the best of my abillity
as safley as posible
polite to customers
were a uniform
etc etc
what are peoples thoughts on these two comments
no bickering now please ;)

If anyone asks me what my job is, i say i have a cleaning buisness, but i am a professional window cleaner!!
Title: Re: what are the definitions
Post by: cvdewsbury on July 13, 2008, 10:04:01 am: If anyone asks me what my job is, i say i have a cleaning buisness, but i am a professional window cleaner!!
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The best way to get respect from people when asked what I do, I politey reply back..I AM A MAN OF THE CLOTH MY DEAR!
Title: Re: what are the definitions
Post by: Neil271052 on July 13, 2008, 10:42:01 am: Quote from: cvdewsbury on July 13, 2008, 10:04:01 am

If anyone asks me what my job is, i say i have a cleaning buisness, but i am a professional window cleaner!!
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The best way to get respect from people when asked what I do, I politey reply back..I AM A MAN OF THE CLOTH MY DEAR!

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
Title: Re: what are the definitions
Post by: magic1 on July 15, 2008, 07:13:58 am: If you’re offering window cleaning and do frames (some don’t), gutter fascia boards etc, cladding, conservatory roofs. Get my drift. I myself do all that so on my leaflets and cards have exterior cleaning specialist. Thats what we are and do.
Title: Re: what are the definitions
Post by: mr merson on July 15, 2008, 07:19:00 am: I class myself myself as a master illuminatory techinician !
Title: Re: what are the definitions
Post by: magic1 on July 15, 2008, 07:21:27 am: Vision Technician - I help folk see more clearly ;D ;D
Title: Re: what are the definitions
Post by: windowwashers on July 15, 2008, 06:35:35 pm: Quote from: magic1 on July 15, 2008, 07:21:27 am
Vision Technician - I help folk see more clearly ;D ;D
The full title is Vision enhancement Technician ;D