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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Frankybadboy on March 30, 2010, 06:12:38 pm

Title: people like him give us a bad name
Post by: Frankybadboy on March 30, 2010, 06:12:38 pm
window cleaner jailed for nicking of custys :o >:(

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Jailed-Window-cleaner-stole-elderly-Bristol-customers/article-1955704-detail/article.html
Title: Re: people like him give us a bad name
Post by: Sir Squeaky on March 30, 2010, 06:50:52 pm
Wow, he did really well didn't he? ;D

Only joking. I notice he's from Locking Road, that's the really scabby part of Weston. Not that surprised to hear that.
Title: Re: people like him give us a bad name
Post by: paul rulton on March 30, 2010, 06:53:22 pm
bang out of order doin that.... esp 2the oldys  >:(  needs is hands cutting off  ;D
Title: Re: people like him give us a bad name
Post by: Sir Squeaky on March 30, 2010, 06:53:57 pm
bang out of order doin that.... esp 2the oldys  >:(  needs is hands cutting off  ;D
Where's Sharia Law when you need it? ;D
Title: Re: people like him give us a bad name
Post by: Dale Smith on March 30, 2010, 06:54:10 pm
I actually met this guy!
He seemed very nice, and had the kit & everything.

In the Swindon area he would canvass & get people to sign up for a year of cleaning, then ask them to pay upfront.... and they did!!
He would turn up for 1 or 2 cleans, then went missing. While he was there he would also check out their sheds & if any house doors/windows were open he was in like lightening.

His canvassing technique must have been superb though....
Title: Re: people like him give us a bad name
Post by: Frankybadboy on March 30, 2010, 06:54:53 pm
friend of ours have moved from w-s-m cause the influx of drugs etc has got out of hand.

lovely road locking road. :Pwhen you driving away from it :P
Title: Re: people like him give us a bad name
Post by: Window Washers on March 30, 2010, 06:58:11 pm
I actually met this guy!
He seemed very nice, and had the kit & everything.

In the Swindon area he would canvass & get people to sign up for a year of cleaning, then ask them to pay upfront.... and they did!!
He would turn up for 1 or 2 cleans, then went missing. While he was there he would also check out their sheds & if any house doors/windows were open he was in like lightening.

His canvassing technique must have been superb though....
Do you have his number  ::)
Title: Re: people like him give us a bad name
Post by: Frankybadboy on March 30, 2010, 07:00:26 pm
I actually met this guy!
He seemed very nice, and had the kit & everything.

In the Swindon area he would canvass & get people to sign up for a year of cleaning, then ask them to pay upfront.... and they did!!
He would turn up for 1 or 2 cleans, then went missing. While he was there he would also check out their sheds & if any house doors/windows were open he was in like lightening.

His canvassing technique must have been superb though....
Do you have his number  ::)
no 14089 cell 56
Title: Re: people like him give us a bad name
Post by: Sir Squeaky on March 30, 2010, 07:02:46 pm

His canvassing technique must have been superb though....
Yeah, credit where credit's due. ;D
Title: Re: people like him give us a bad name
Post by: Sir Squeaky on March 30, 2010, 07:04:27 pm
friend of ours have moved from w-s-m cause the influx of drugs etc has got out of hand.

lovely road locking road. :Pwhen you driving away from it :P
The main road is alright, there's some really nice houses, it's the estates attached to it.
Title: Re: people like him give us a bad name
Post by: Dale Smith on March 30, 2010, 07:04:46 pm
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no 14089 cell 56
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At a prison near you..... HMP Bristol I expect.... ;D
Title: Re: people like him give us a bad name
Post by: Frankybadboy on March 30, 2010, 09:58:33 pm
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no 14089 cell 56
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At a prison near you..... HMP Bristol I expect.... ;D
not near me mate.closer to gold than me. :P
Title: Re: people like him give us a bad name
Post by: JamesTurnbull on March 31, 2010, 09:08:00 am
so do you think he will be selling his round ?? ;D
Title: Re: people like him give us a bad name
Post by: paul rulton on March 31, 2010, 09:14:34 am
so do you think he will be selling his round ?? ;D
ur 2 late m8.... its been nicked  ::)  :P
Title: Re: people like him give us a bad name
Post by: R W C™ on March 31, 2010, 09:21:50 am
Wont be too hard for him to come out in 2 1/2 years time and start again in another area, I know im going to get it in the neck but hes one of the reasons a license is a good idea.

Chris
Title: Re: people like him give us a bad name
Post by: Paul Coleman on March 31, 2010, 09:24:10 am
I actually met this guy!
He seemed very nice, and had the kit & everything.

In the Swindon area he would canvass & get people to sign up for a year of cleaning, then ask them to pay upfront.... and they did!!
He would turn up for 1 or 2 cleans, then went missing. While he was there he would also check out their sheds & if any house doors/windows were open he was in like lightening.

His canvassing technique must have been superb though....

The really daft thing is that he could have probably made more money, with less risk, if he had been a totally straight window cleaner.
Title: Re: people like him give us a bad name
Post by: Sir Squeaky on March 31, 2010, 09:26:33 am
Wont be too hard for him to come out in 2 1/2 years time and start again in another area, I know im going to get it in the neck but hes one of the reasons a license is a good idea.

Chris
That isn't going to make any difference is it?
How hard is it to get a license, then go on the rob? ???
Title: Re: people like him give us a bad name
Post by: Paul Coleman on March 31, 2010, 09:29:30 am
Wont be too hard for him to come out in 2 1/2 years time and start again in another area, I know im going to get it in the neck but hes one of the reasons a license is a good idea.

Chris

Not going to get it in the neck from me but I question whether licensing would stop someone like that anyway.  Even if it was policed, the only known offence when he failed to produce it would have been not having a licence.  If customers never ask to see it, it wouldn't make any difference IMO.  He could just as easily have said he was a gutter cleaner/painter/gardner/tree surgeon or probably any number of other jobs.
Title: Re: people like him give us a bad name
Post by: paul rulton on March 31, 2010, 09:29:56 am
Wont be too hard for him to come out in 2 1/2 years time and start again in another area, I know im going to get it in the neck but hes one of the reasons a license is a good idea.

Chris
i didnt like the idea of the licence  :( But lookin at it like that it is a good idea  ;D
as long as it aint gonna cost the earth or it means that some fat prat sittin at his desk trys 2
tell me how 2do my job.
so im with u Chris  :-\  ;D
Title: Re: people like him give us a bad name
Post by: R W C™ on March 31, 2010, 09:36:08 am
Wont be too hard for him to come out in 2 1/2 years time and start again in another area, I know im going to get it in the neck but hes one of the reasons a license is a good idea.

Chris
That isn't going to make any difference is it?
How hard is it to get a license, then go on the rob? ???

Yer I agree on the basis of if you havent already done a crime you could do it once youve got the licence, but this person in question wouldnt get a license, I got a CRB check and so many of my customers trust me on there property due to this,
Title: Re: people like him give us a bad name
Post by: Tom White on March 31, 2010, 09:41:15 am
Wont be too hard for him to come out in 2 1/2 years time and start again in another area, I know im going to get it in the neck but hes one of the reasons a license is a good idea.

Chris
That isn't going to make any difference is it?
How hard is it to get a license, then go on the rob? ???

Yer I agree on the basis of if you havent already done a crime you could do it once youve got the licence, but this person in question wouldnt get a license, I got a CRB check and so many of my customers trust me on there property due to this,

A compulsory CRB check sounds good to me; and it's not beyond the realms of imagination.  A friend of mine was in the army, committed fraud, left the army and became a driving instructor.  Eventually after a three year investigation he was jailed for two years and now he can't be a driving instructor anymore because of his criminal record.

I'm sure if they can do this for driving instructors, they could do it for us?

But don't CRB checks take time to process - some months maybe?  That would really affect the guys who employ.
Title: Re: people like him give us a bad name
Post by: R W C™ on March 31, 2010, 09:44:57 am
As far as im aware, if it was bought into w/c I recon if you where to employe someone they wouldnt be allowed on a site where there are vunuarable adults/ children or do any internal windows on propertys on there own until there crb check had come through, when I worked in care I wasnt allowed to work on my own until it came through.
Title: Re: people like him give us a bad name
Post by: AuRavelling79 on March 31, 2010, 09:51:26 am
Better get down WsM canvassing Franky!