[afssm123]

Hi. Why do some people look down at me and my new profession?

I never looked down at my window cleaner when i wasn't one

[martinsadie]

i dont think they do,you are just paranoid 

[tomy jackson]

perhaps you are a small persun  

[mci services]

they look up at me on my ladder

[martinsadie]

they look up at me on my ladder

i was on my ladder the other day and a roofer was looking down on me from his bigger ladder 

[Jonathan Spencer]

i dont think they do,you are just paranoid 

Are you talking about me?

[david watts]

half of me thinks they do the other half thinks not

[the bfg]

have you put your prices up ? 

[Spencer Priory]

Not a problem here.

You Brit's have issues with jobs.

It Stems from your old Class System.

[the bfg]

Not a problem here.

You Brit's have issues with jobs.

It Stems from your old Class System.

ha ha  you sure  got our number 

[gary999]

let them who cares...the more who look down on it
hopefully the less will want to join in

more money for me

[Londoner]

As long as you are earning a living the rest of them can go whistle. Why should you care?

[P @ F]

I myself love it , if i feel i have been looked down upon then i go back to said customer in either of the 2 vans or my motor which is way newer than theirs to collect !
Its a shame i fell out with my ex boss as i could have borrowed his modena 360 for the night , now that would have been a big F.U.

Rich

[Dave Willis]

Get it all the time. "Here comes that windowcleaner who used to be a printer! A PRINTER! number one on a large format five colour machine, now look at you CLEANING WINDOWS! - I can't believe it, a printer used to be someone you looked up to"..........


For some reason he's my least favourite customer!  :

[dazmond]

the only time anyone looks down at me is when custys look at me from a bedroom window half scared or annoyed that ive got my "rubbish brush on a stick" with me ready to make a mess of their windows for money!! :

[Walter Pole]

It's a manual work thing.

Over the last 30 years there has been more and more encouragement to 'gain' as many qualifications as possible and get a 'proper' job in an office....manual work has therefore been regarded by many as the work choice of people not 'clever' enough to get one of the aforementioned office jobs.

There's a guy in America I was reading about who was a successful accademic working in a University who has given it up to mend motorcycles.  He is happier, wealthier and more balanced because of it.  He has written a book discussing this very topic.

[dazmond]

i agree walter!the qualifications you need today for even the most basic of jobs is absurd!!take window cleaning for example!!NVQ anyone??

i really dont worry about what other people think as ive been the outsider/underdog/ poorly educated all my life!

[clean]

Just tell them they could`nt afford you   

[♠Winp®oClean♠]

If it happens, It doesn't bother me at all, I'm happy in what I do & that's what matters.

Many of my customers are seriousley wealthy, I find these have a good attitude & it wouldn't bother them how much you earned. However, I do feel there are many customers who might change their attitude if they did know just how much I earned, in many cases, more than them for less hours.

I make an effort to be & look professional, it's very important to me. I've been on many commercial job where there have been muliple trades on-site & I have looked the smartest & most professional by far!!

I prefer my customers, both domestic & commercial to know as little as possible about the economics of my work.

[geefree]

It does not bother me anymore whilst i am working,

what i dont like is meeting people on holiday, and after a few drinks they say,

"so what do you do then"?....

I tell them , and straight away i feel unconfortable, and i can tell they are thinking oh dear me ! !