Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: big J on May 23, 2009, 06:49:18 am
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do you think a uniform creates the right image or do custies see them as OTT on domestic work
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Yes.... wear nice tidy clothes...with a t-shirt with with your logo,name.....it's about image...
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99% will be out so makes little difference really. But if it makes you feel good then go for it.
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I picked up an old customer of mine a while ago, well it was someone elses that i used to work with and i got on well with the custie so brought me back.
He told me that 2 lads that used to work for me turned up and canvased the street in and i quote "a clapped out old red car with some ladders strapped to top"
You will be surprised what people notice and talk about.
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I remember one guy working with a clapped out old red van with a tank on top :o
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Nothing wrong with looking smart for work...and a uniform of sorts takes out the thinking involved each day...
When we say uniform, it's not really all that much is it....overalls, sweatshirts, polo shirts and a jacket...black/brown boots.
As for logo's and these items...I do not bother but thats my choice...people know I'm a window cleaner as I am normally cleaning windows when they see me;D...again it's all about choice.
Cheers
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You have to wear clothes, so why not wear ones that make you look more pro? There really isn't a negative side to wearing a uniform,.. you look smarter & more professional,.. you're also advertising your service wherever you go, so why not?!
My uniform tops have the Guild crest on them, my company name, my name, and printed across the back is my phone number. I've had a couple of ppl call and tell me they saw me working and took the number down of the back of my shirt!
:)
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Nothing wrong with uniforms as they do make you look more pro.
I don't wear one simply because I don't want to look pro.
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Professional.....yes.
It also helps with identification.
People see your name around, ie on van or shirt so identification becomes easier.
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Jeans and logo'd polo shirt works for me and doesn't make me feel like a monkey. Changing trousers to something else is just silly.
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A unifrom is a good idea even if its just an embroidered polo shirt, its not really about the customers you have, its about potential customers. Businesses with a good image are far more successful than ones with a poor image.
Matt
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I know which one Id rather clean my windows ;D ;D
(http://www.drummonduniform.com/user/cimage/work-uniform.JPG)
(http://www.plunderguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/keeley-hazell-ripped-shirt.jpg)
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;D ;D well i certainly have the moobs for her outfit ;D ;D
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its over the top just be tidy
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i dont wear a uniform i go in fancy dress. is there such thing as a wc uniform NO. what next a sign saying look at me iam a window cleaner.
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Yes Matt, he is rather smart but personally I would definitely go for the girl. :)
I know which one Id rather clean my windows ;D ;D
(http://www.drummonduniform.com/user/cimage/work-uniform.JPG)
(http://www.plunderguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/keeley-hazell-ripped-shirt.jpg)
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Im liking the option 2 but when I just tryied it on the knickers cut me up, and the top it dont look right with hair sticking out, so back to my normal uniform tomorrow ;D
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I've thought long and hard about a uniform and in the winter I wear a black jacket (in the summer a light sand-brown safari jacket) with breast pockets and gold and red insignia on the collar and lapels with gold epaulettes on the shoulders. I did think about a tie but thought that being in a nominally christian country I went for a small cross made of iron instead.
Then I thought about a logo and went for a black cross on a white circle on a red armband but thought that the cross was a bit reminiscent of the iron cross I was already wearing and so I extended the arms of the cross at right-angles.
I wanted plenty of pockets so went for black jodhpurs tapering into long black leather boots.
I wear a black belt with a holster on one side for money and scrim, but this is hidden by a 9mm luger automatic pistol which seems to put off would be muggers. (I know the Walther and Mauser jam less often but this is really for deterrent purposes only)
Gloves are light grey suede leather which are also useful for slapping the cheek of other window cleaners when I challenge them to to a duel. The ceremonial sword I leave in the half-track errr... van as it kept getting tangled in my hose.
Finally, for sun protection I wear a peaked cap (like blakey in On the Buses but with a bit of white rope at the front with a silver deaths head in the middle) and my monocle is photochromatic as I don't want to hurt my eyes.
Hope this helps ...
;D
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my normal uniform tomorrow ;D
suspenders it is then! ;)
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I've thought long and hard about a uniform and in the winter I wear a black jacket (in the summer a light sand-brown safari jacket) with breast pockets and gold and red insignia on the collar and lapels with gold epaulettes on the shoulders. I did think about a tie but thought that being in a nominally christian country I went for a small cross made of iron instead.
Then I thought about a logo and went for a black cross on a white circle on a red armband but thought that the cross was a bit reminiscent of the iron cross I was already wearing and so I extended the arms of the cross at right-angles.
I wanted plenty of pockets so went for black jodhpurs tapering into long black leather boots.
I wear a black belt with a holster on one side for money and scrim, but this is hidden by a 9mm luger automatic pistol which seems to put off would be muggers. (I know the Walther and Mauser jam less often but this is really for deterrent purposes only)
Gloves are light grey suede leather which are also useful for slapping the cheek of other window cleaners when I challenge them to to a duel. The ceremonial sword I leave in the half-track errr... van as it kept getting tangled in my hose.
Finally, for sun protection I wear a peaked cap (like blakey in On the Buses but with a bit of white rope at the front with a silver deaths head in the middle) and my monocle is photochromatic as I don't want to hurt my eyes.
Hope this helps ...
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;D ;D
and because your a poor window cleaner your razor will only trim half your mustache?
;D
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I've thought long and hard about a uniform and in the winter I wear a black jacket (in the summer a light sand-brown safari jacket) with breast pockets and gold and red insignia on the collar and lapels with gold epaulettes on the shoulders. I did think about a tie but thought that being in a nominally christian country I went for a small cross made of iron instead.
Then I thought about a logo and went for a black cross on a white circle on a red armband but thought that the cross was a bit reminiscent of the iron cross I was already wearing and so I extended the arms of the cross at right-angles.
I wanted plenty of pockets so went for black jodhpurs tapering into long black leather boots.
I wear a black belt with a holster on one side for money and scrim, but this is hidden by a 9mm luger automatic pistol which seems to put off would be muggers. (I know the Walther and Mauser jam less often but this is really for deterrent purposes only)
Gloves are light grey suede leather which are also useful for slapping the cheek of other window cleaners when I challenge them to to a duel. The ceremonial sword I leave in the half-track errr... van as it kept getting tangled in my hose.
Finally, for sun protection I wear a peaked cap (like blakey in On the Buses but with a bit of white rope at the front with a silver deaths head in the middle) and my monocle is photochromatic as I don't want to hurt my eyes.
Hope this helps ...
;D
And your round is mainly Golders Green and Finchley?
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uniforms work for these guys:
http://www.meninkilts.net/new/index.html
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Sorry, I spent too much time in the BNP thread!
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Sorry, I spent too much time in the BNP thread!
;D
In that vein: You don't see too many black window cleaners do you!?
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;D ;D meninkilts love it ...bet the ladies of the house would be in to pay you ....I might switch to Trad just for PR purposes of course :P :P ;D
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I've thought long and hard about a uniform and in the winter I wear a black jacket (in the summer a light sand-brown safari jacket) with breast pockets and gold and red insignia on the collar and lapels with gold epaulettes on the shoulders. I did think about a tie but thought that being in a nominally christian country I went for a small cross made of iron instead.
Then I thought about a logo and went for a black cross on a white circle on a red armband but thought that the cross was a bit reminiscent of the iron cross I was already wearing and so I extended the arms of the cross at right-angles.
I wanted plenty of pockets so went for black jodhpurs tapering into long black leather boots.
I wear a black belt with a holster on one side for money and scrim, but this is hidden by a 9mm luger automatic pistol which seems to put off would be muggers. (I know the Walther and Mauser jam less often but this is really for deterrent purposes only)
Gloves are light grey suede leather which are also useful for slapping the cheek of other window cleaners when I challenge them to to a duel. The ceremonial sword I leave in the half-track errr... van as it kept getting tangled in my hose.
Finally, for sun protection I wear a peaked cap (like blakey in On the Buses but with a bit of white rope at the front with a silver deaths head in the middle) and my monocle is photochromatic as I don't want to hurt my eyes.
Hope this helps ...
;D
Loads of geezers like that around my areas
Classic Malc ;D