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Title: Things you never refuse
Post by: keith rockman on March 14, 2009, 08:14:03 pm
Hi guys.  :)
This is my first post so i thought i would ask something a bit more lighthearted than the norm.
On my very first morning window cleaning way back in 1976 aged 16 an old granny asked me if i would i like a cuppa, i said i would have to ask my boss who was at next doors, he came round and said listen lad there are 3 things you never refuse when cleaning windows, money & a cuppa, i said whats the third thing, he said i'm not telling you but if you are asked you will know what it is because you wont say no, over 30 years later and i still dont know the third thing, any idea's guys.
By the way my girlfreind doesn't use this site so all answers are safe.  ;D
Title: Re: Things you never refuse
Post by: gerard mcmanus on March 14, 2009, 08:19:33 pm
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By the way my girlfreind doesn't use this site so all answers are safe.

I think you just answered your own question  ;)
Title: Re: Things you never refuse
Post by: jouk45 on March 14, 2009, 08:37:47 pm
sex, the dirty old man meant lol  ;D
Title: Re: Things you never refuse
Post by: Clive McDonald on March 14, 2009, 08:50:46 pm
Hi Kieth

Joe figured it out.

But i was wondering would your answer still be yes, yes, and yes, now. You have to take into account when next you will be able to pee for instance, and many of us do not take cash anyway because it simplifies things when employing and is clearer for the tax man;  as for the third a more professional approach would be to return when you have finished your round for the day (But before her old man gets home of course.).

what became of your mentor by the way, did he retire rich, or just shagged out?
Title: Re: Things you never refuse
Post by: andyatkinson on March 14, 2009, 08:55:55 pm
if you do go inside for the naughtys make sure you wear shoe covers
Title: Re: Things you never refuse
Post by: martinsadie on March 14, 2009, 10:17:20 pm
if you do go inside for the naughtys make sure you wear shoe covers
;D ;D
Title: Re: Things you never refuse
Post by: bwoofie on March 14, 2009, 10:26:05 pm
46 years old an you havnt worked it out? oh come on, probably why you only got a girlfriend and not a wife.
Title: Re: Things you never refuse
Post by: martinsadie on March 14, 2009, 10:28:55 pm
46 years old an you havnt worked it out? oh come on, probably why you only got a girlfriend and not a wife.
;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Things you never refuse
Post by: john tomkins on March 14, 2009, 11:15:25 pm
if you do go inside for the naughtys make sure you wear shoe covers

Much cheaper than condoms too, pity they slip off all too easy ;D
Title: Re: Things you never refuse
Post by: windowswashed on March 14, 2009, 11:19:11 pm
if you do go inside for the naughtys make sure you wear shoe covers

Much cheaper than condoms too, pity they slip off all too easy ;D

John, are you talking from experience. I take it you've got kids
Title: Re: Things you never refuse
Post by: tomy jackson on March 15, 2009, 07:14:25 am
well the anser is yes no yes plez . but one dus wonder if you that dum  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Things you never refuse
Post by: keith rockman on March 15, 2009, 07:59:04 am
Cheers guys.  :)
Looks like number 3 is the obvious answer then but over the years i have been offered some strange things, the strangest being a caravan.
The guy who offered it to me asked would i take it in return for a years free clean, it was a bit clapped out so i said no.
bwoofie, i had a wife for many a year until getting divorced in 98.
slumpbuster, my old mentor gave up window cleaning after a couple of years and went into the building trade so i bought his round off him with a loan off my dad and i have never looked back since. 
Have you guys been offered any strange things over the years, either in payment for your services or as a freebie.

Title: Re: Things you never refuse
Post by: stig on March 15, 2009, 08:02:13 am
would the third one be  chocky biks...............cus i get them offered on a plate every day................. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Things you never refuse
Post by: Londoner on March 15, 2009, 09:27:35 am
Years ago there was always a lot of the third thing on offer. That was in the days when most wives stayed at home all day.
My mate Steve was always disappearing, so much so we used to call him Lord Lucan.

I think these days I would prefer the chocky bix.
Title: Re: Things you never refuse
Post by: dai on March 15, 2009, 09:30:29 am
The third thing is clean water, we never refused an offer for clean water, but that was before we used squeegees.
Title: Re: Things you never refuse
Post by: elite mike on March 15, 2009, 09:33:52 am
as for the third thing ,ide  rather have a steak and kidney pie these days ;)
Title: Re: Things you never refuse
Post by: Dean Taberner on March 15, 2009, 09:48:24 am
Ive been offered a haircut by a customer,

The job is a £15 house so i politely refused.

Dean
Title: Re: Things you never refuse
Post by: simon knight on March 15, 2009, 12:39:22 pm

"I'm not around for the next clean....here's the money up front"
Title: Re: Things you never refuse
Post by: andyatkinson on March 15, 2009, 02:11:18 pm
do you think your boss did go into the building trade or do you think herpes actually got the better of him in the end???? ;D
Title: Re: Things you never refuse
Post by: martinsadie on March 15, 2009, 02:17:15 pm
do you think your boss did go into the building trade or do you think herpes actually got the better of him in the end???? ;D
;D ;D
Title: Re: Things you never refuse
Post by: keith rockman on March 15, 2009, 07:16:28 pm
He was a bit of a ladies man, i can remember a few times he would send me to the shop for a can of pop or a bar of chocolate and he would say take your time lad, a bit like your older  brother giving you some money to go to the pictures when your parents were out for the night, heh heh.