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Dave Willis

First one in ten years!
« on: April 04, 2017, 11:23:48 pm »
Cleaned the front of a large house this morning Merc on the drive. Woman in dressing gown sticks her head out of the front door, "what's the weather forecast today?" Rain Probably, I replied, always rains when I come round  :D

"Well the last time you cleaned them it rained, so in future I don't want them cleaned if rain is forecast I'm not wasting my money again!"

duncan h

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Re: First one in ten years!
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2017, 11:26:27 pm »
Tell her you will come back when its a heat wave. NOT

Smurf

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Re: First one in ten years!
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2017, 11:49:48 pm »
Cleaned the front of a large house this morning Merc on the drive. Woman in dressing gown sticks her head out of the front door, "what's the weather forecast today?" Rain Probably, I replied, always rains when I come round  :D

"Well the last time you cleaned them it rained, so in future I don't want them cleaned if rain is forecast I'm not wasting my money again!"

Classic tight arse nutter. lol

G Griffin

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Re: First one in ten years!
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2017, 11:59:09 pm »
I bet she didn't put the Merc in the garage though.
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the king

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Re: First one in ten years!
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2017, 05:39:11 am »
hubby probly not giving her any or its time of the month  ;D

AuRavelling79

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Re: First one in ten years!
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2017, 07:39:15 am »
And your response was ...
 
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Re: First one in ten years!
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2017, 09:10:13 am »
Cleaned the front of a large house this morning Merc on the drive. Woman in dressing gown sticks her head out of the front door, "what's the weather forecast today?" Rain Probably, I replied, always rains when I come round  :D

"Well the last time you cleaned them it rained, so in future I don't want them cleaned if rain is forecast I'm not wasting my money again!"

a few months ago i had this £40 8 weekly job to clean,anyway drove up there she  turns me away because it was forecast rain later that day(a stand alone too!)i did a malc gold flounce and vowed never to go back and told her that.

anyway a few weeks later her husband phoned me and apologised profusely for her wifes "outburst" and said she d been under a lot of "stress" lately and asked me to put them back on my books.good as gold since! ;) :)
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Marc Stock

Re: First one in ten years!
« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2017, 09:24:34 am »
Cleaned the front of a large house this morning Merc on the drive. Woman in dressing gown sticks her head out of the front door, "what's the weather forecast today?" Rain Probably, I replied, always rains when I come round  :D

"Well the last time you cleaned them it rained, so in future I don't want them cleaned if rain is forecast I'm not wasting my money again!"

You should of said... " too right love" from now on when it rains I'm not wasting my money on council tax, or rent/mortgage either...sound like a good idea to save money to me.

NWH

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Re: First one in ten years!
« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2017, 10:35:27 am »
I wouldn't go back this is not one of those new loads of work I'm getting customers is it Dave lol 😂

KS Cleaning

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Re: First one in ten years!
« Reply #9 on: April 05, 2017, 03:59:42 pm »
Cleaned the front of a large house this morning Merc on the drive. Woman in dressing gown sticks her head out of the front door, "what's the weather forecast today?" Rain Probably, I replied, always rains when I come round  :D

"Well the last time you cleaned them it rained, so in future I don't want them cleaned if rain is forecast I'm not wasting my money again!"

a few months ago i had this £40 8 weekly job to clean,anyway drove up there she  turns me away because it was forecast rain later that day(a stand alone too!)i did a malc gold flounce and vowed never to go back and told her that.

anyway a few weeks later her husband phoned me and apologised profusely for her wifes "outburst" and said she d been under a lot of "stress" lately and asked me to put them back on my books.good as gold since! ;) :)
Good as gold since?? it's an 8 weekly and she just turned you away a few months ago!

Tony dunmall

Re: First one in ten years!
« Reply #10 on: April 05, 2017, 04:09:39 pm »
There's always a couple in your rounds, I know the two or three now

How many though start as they mean to go on, I tell every one I work rain or shine even in the cold?  I all ways add if there's a problem directly after rain it will be put right free of charge in over 20 years never been called back

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Re: First one in ten years!
« Reply #11 on: April 05, 2017, 04:13:33 pm »
There's always a couple in your rounds, I know the two or three now

How many though start as they mean to go on, I tell every one I work rain or shine even in the cold?  I all ways add if there's a problem directly after rain it will be put right free of charge in over 20 years never been called back

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Dave Willis

Re: First one in ten years!
« Reply #12 on: April 05, 2017, 05:17:31 pm »
The plan is ........ I'm going to skip it every time and just do the neighbours eventually she'll crack.

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Re: First one in ten years!
« Reply #13 on: April 05, 2017, 05:23:47 pm »
Cleaned the front of a large house this morning Merc on the drive. Woman in dressing gown sticks her head out of the front door, "what's the weather forecast today?" Rain Probably, I replied, always rains when I come round  :D
Don't sack her. Just turn up, don't clean and charge her for your weather forecast.
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Re: First one in ten years!
« Reply #14 on: April 05, 2017, 05:24:58 pm »
There's always a couple in your rounds, I know the two or three now

How many though start as they mean to go on, I tell every one I work rain or shine even in the cold?  I all ways add if there's a problem directly after rain it will be put right free of charge in over 20 years never been called back

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+1  i always educate my customers, new or old. Once they know how it works, they accept it. They may be sceptical but they give it a go. Ive lost one customer, or should i say, i fired them as a client. Went to do windows and it was a slight trickle of rain and got told not to do them. I reminded them how i invested in this equipment as it allows for working in rain as i previously explained to them. They didnt want to know and so i politely asked them to find another window cleaner who would be prepared to loose a days income because it rains.
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Re: First one in ten years!
« Reply #15 on: April 05, 2017, 05:29:24 pm »
Cleaned the front of a large house this morning Merc on the drive. Woman in dressing gown sticks her head out of the front door, "what's the weather forecast today?" Rain Probably, I replied, always rains when I come round  :D
Don't sack her. Just turn up, don't clean and charge her for your weather forecast.

Haha, im sure we all have different tails to tell. This comment reminds me of a customer who refused to pay because he felt i hadnt cleaned the windows because the frames were dirty. This is when i was trad cleaning. I explained i cleaned windows, to clean frames it costs more but i would be happy to do so. He reluctantly paid me. The next time windows were due i just cleaned the frames and not the windows. I had no problem with them paying. Time after i left a note explaining what i did time before and it was time they hired another cleaner. Lol
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Re: First one in ten years!
« Reply #16 on: April 05, 2017, 09:31:20 pm »
I would purposely dumped them as they are a pain in the ass and it will save you wasting anymore of your time on them. I ditched one last month as it was her third strike and even left her a politely note to inform her thanks but bye bye  :)