i have ben washing windows for 20 yrs and today i have been assaulted by a customer.
as happens sometimes ,my son put the brush against the window and the window opened spraying some water into the flat .
this was followed by verbal abuse from the woman like i have never heard before.like a crazylunatic .the more i apologized the crazier she got .she was then joined by her boyfriend in a slightly less crazed manor .
they then say they want compensation .at this point i tell my son to pack up .as we are packing up all 3 approach me .the bigger of the men trys to grap me ,i turn and defend my self with the pole .
i then run off with all 3 after me ,telling they are going to kill me .
i call 999 whilst running ,(luckly im a runner so they had no chance of getting me) .
the police arive eventually .
this is a sheltered housing job and the managers are asking me if i want to have the people evicted .
im concerned as they have called my home with the same tone .
not sure what im going to do ,but can u believe this .
cleaning windows is dangerous.
I suppose someone will come along in a minute to say that using a ladder would have been safer.
Seriously though, that really isn't on.
They sound like really messed up people.
It's a pity that they know where you live as the decision would be a lot easier.
Money or not, I would definitely dump that job and have no more to do with it.
It's hard to know how far to take this as they know where you live. They sound like idiots who would have a go at you first and take the legal consequences after. That wouldn't be any help to you if you have been beaten or your property vandalised.
I honestly don't know what I would do but I wouldn't want them evicted because that way, at least I know where they live too. Although I imagine that you (or your errrmmm representatives) would not take unofficial action, they don't know that. Often, people who live by the sword assume that everyone else does too, because it's how they think (if you can call that thinking).
Letting some time elapse and picking them off one at a time (perhaps with a little help) does sound tempting. It's reasonable to assume that such people have made many enemies so won't link it to you. However, tempting though that is, I would be more likely to cancel the contract and take no action. I would only escalate it if any of them did.
It's a tough call though and certainly one to sleep on I think.