[Londoner]

I have seen a few real dingbats over the years but this man takes the cake. Working in a road I do regularly an old Vauxhall Astra comes down the road with a set of old B&Q ladders on the top. He stops and eyeballs me then drives on and parks round the corner although there was parking in the road.

Then he comes back carrying the ladder, head down and no eye contact. He went to the house opposite stood the ladder against the house and pulls a dirty old grey cloth from his back pocket and proceed to rag all the windows. Just the middle, never touches the corners at all. Where he does do its the briefest wipe imaginable and its on to the next. He missed the one above the porch altogeather.

The he knocks, customer comes out and pays him. Seems happy  and hands him what looks like  several coins. Loads up and is gone

This business never ceases to amaze me. What some people get away with

[stuart mc]

I don't work in pinner

[matthewprice]

we had a lot of houses that had small panes and we scrimed them and as long as they got done regular you could just dry scrim them ,very hard work if you do that all day

[Ste M]

similar one round my way, he uses windowlene though and then just rags it off, its funny to watch actually as he is spraying the stuff but it goes everywhere haha

[stuart mc]

seriously why do you care? just look after your own customers, and I have scrimmed many a window with no complaints, as for the window above the porch I am sure he has explained it can't been done trad and charges accordingly

[Sean Dyer]

And we thought a few spots in the bright sun were bad

What must these windows come up like

[Sean Dyer]

seriously why do you care? just look after your own customers, and I have scrimmed many a window with no complaints, as for the window above the porch I am sure he has explained it can't been done trad and charges accordingly

So it was you 

 

[stuart mc]

seriously why do you care? just look after your own customers, and I have scrimmed many a window with no complaints, as for the window above the porch I am sure he has explained it can't been done trad and charges accordingly

So it was you 

 

no, but scrimming is a normal technique if you know how to do it, I am wfp but can do it any way I please really

[bobby p]

last week, i was behind a guy at the lights , with a homemade pointer ladder on his car roof. it was an Abru Starmaster ,about 3metre long  , where the top 3 rungs were missing and the ends bent together and then the tip was neatened up by binding the tip in what looked like insulation tape. 

 
 

[stuart mc]

last week, i was behind a guy at the lights , with a homemade pointer ladder on his car roof. it was an Abru Starmaster ,about 3metre long  , where the top 3 rungs were missing and the ends bent together and then the tip was neatened up by binding the tip in what looked like insulation tape. 

 
 

you have to admire his ingenuity though, that is class, least he is earning and making a living

[bobby p]

last week, i was behind a guy at the lights , with a homemade pointer ladder on his car roof. it was an Abru Starmaster ,about 3metre long  , where the top 3 rungs were missing and the ends bent together and then the tip was neatened up by binding the tip in what looked like insulation tape.  

 
  

  you have to admire his ingenuity though, that is class, least he is earning and making a living

Agree, hes quite a sour personality and works alone surprise surprise . will get a photo of the Starmaster Suicide Pointer if i get a chance one day !

[Tomboler]

I have seen a few real dingbats over the years but this man takes the cake. Working in a road I do regularly an old Vauxhall Astra comes down the road with a set of old B&Q ladders on the top. He stops and eyeballs me then drives on and parks round the corner although there was parking in the road.

Then he comes back carrying the ladder, head down and no eye contact. He went to the house opposite stood the ladder against the house and pulls a dirty old grey cloth from his back pocket and proceed to rag all the windows. Just the middle, never touches the corners at all. Where he does do its the briefest wipe imaginable and its on to the next. He missed the one above the porch altogeather.

The he knocks, customer comes out and pays him. Seems happy  and hands him what looks like  several coins. Loads up and is gone

This business never ceases to amaze me. What some people get away with

It'd be interesting to know how long he's been doing her windows and what she thinks of the job he does for the money he charges

[G Griffin]

I have seen a few real dingbats over the years but this man takes the cake. Working in a road I do regularly an old Vauxhall Astra comes down the road with a set of old B&Q ladders on the top. He stops and eyeballs me then drives on and parks round the corner although there was parking in the road.

Then he comes back carrying the ladder, head down and no eye contact. He went to the house opposite stood the ladder against the house and pulls a dirty old grey cloth from his back pocket and proceed to rag all the windows. Just the middle, never touches the corners at all. Where he does do its the briefest wipe imaginable and its on to the next. He missed the one above the porch altogeather.

The he knocks, customer comes out and pays him. Seems happy  and hands him what looks like  several coins. Loads up and is gone

This business never ceases to amaze me. What some people get away with

It'd be interesting to know how long he's been doing her windows and what she thinks of the job he does for the money he charges

Would it? 

[Tomboler]

I have seen a few real dingbats over the years but this man takes the cake. Working in a road I do regularly an old Vauxhall Astra comes down the road with a set of old B&Q ladders on the top. He stops and eyeballs me then drives on and parks round the corner although there was parking in the road.

Then he comes back carrying the ladder, head down and no eye contact. He went to the house opposite stood the ladder against the house and pulls a dirty old grey cloth from his back pocket and proceed to rag all the windows. Just the middle, never touches the corners at all. Where he does do its the briefest wipe imaginable and its on to the next. He missed the one above the porch altogeather.

The he knocks, customer comes out and pays him. Seems happy  and hands him what looks like  several coins. Loads up and is gone

This business never ceases to amaze me. What some people get away with

It'd be interesting to know how long he's been doing her windows and what she thinks of the job he does for the money he charges

Would it? 

only ever so very slightly

[M & C Window Cleaning]

I have seen a few real dingbats over the years but this man takes the cake. Working in a road I do regularly an old Vauxhall Astra comes down the road with a set of old B&Q ladders on the top. He stops and eyeballs me then drives on and parks round the corner although there was parking in the road.

Then he comes back carrying the ladder, head down and no eye contact. He went to the house opposite stood the ladder against the house and pulls a dirty old grey cloth from his back pocket and proceed to rag all the windows. Just the middle, never touches the corners at all. Where he does do its the briefest wipe imaginable and its on to the next. He missed the one above the porch altogeather.

The he knocks, customer comes out and pays him. Seems happy  and hands him what looks like  several coins. Loads up and is gone

This business never ceases to amaze me. What some people get away with

when I was a kid my mother had a window cleaner who was absolutely hopeless, much as the description of you give of this guy only he would even miss windows that were in easy reach even with a ladder. I remember being off school sick one day when he turned up. He smeared wet bird muck all over my bedroom window with a dry scrim and left the bathroom window altogether. Our windows were always smeary. I asked my mum why she kept him on and she said, "Because he's a nice old man. He's always smiling and he always has a little joke before he goes. I can't pack him up."

I suppose the windows may have been dirtier if he hadn't been 'cleaning' them at all.

[G Griffin]

I have seen a few real dingbats over the years but this man takes the cake. Working in a road I do regularly an old Vauxhall Astra comes down the road with a set of old B&Q ladders on the top. He stops and eyeballs me then drives on and parks round the corner although there was parking in the road.

Then he comes back carrying the ladder, head down and no eye contact. He went to the house opposite stood the ladder against the house and pulls a dirty old grey cloth from his back pocket and proceed to rag all the windows. Just the middle, never touches the corners at all. Where he does do its the briefest wipe imaginable and its on to the next. He missed the one above the porch altogeather.

The he knocks, customer comes out and pays him. Seems happy  and hands him what looks like  several coins. Loads up and is gone

This business never ceases to amaze me. What some people get away with

It'd be interesting to know how long he's been doing her windows and what she thinks of the job he does for the money he charges

Would it? 

only ever so very slightly

 
Now I'm interested to know  .

[daniel worgan]

I have seen a few real dingbats over the years but this man takes the cake. Working in a road I do regularly an old Vauxhall Astra comes down the road with a set of old B&Q ladders on the top. He stops and eyeballs me then drives on and parks round the corner although there was parking in the road.

Then he comes back carrying the ladder, head down and no eye contact. He went to the house opposite stood the ladder against the house and pulls a dirty old grey cloth from his back pocket and proceed to rag all the windows. Just the middle, never touches the corners at all. Where he does do its the briefest wipe imaginable and its on to the next. He missed the one above the porch altogeather.

The he knocks, customer comes out and pays him. Seems happy  and hands him what looks like  several coins. Loads up and is gone

This business never ceases to amaze me. What some people get away with

Vince dont put up with it.....
a battered old vauxhall,b&q ladders and scrim....
Surely this is a genuine case for you to report him to the authorities.....did you get his number plate....

[Steve Rothwell]

was probably a carpet cleaner during a quiet patch, wanting to earn a few quid more..

 

[gary999]

ahhh the superior trad method!

[rg1]

was probably a carpet cleaner during a quiet patch, wanting to earn a few quid more..

 

Or a fireman