[Justen Uff]

Customer said yesterday "would you pleeeze go back to the old way I can't bear the waste of water when they're trying so hard to get us to save it".

Yer thats right!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/interactive-graphics/9252772/Leaks-outpace-savings-from-hosepipe-bans.html

[Tom White]

Yeh, and I bet she goes back to hand washing her clothes and hand washing her dirty dishes and bathing once-a-week.

[Steve Sed]

Offer to lend her a ladder to do it herself.

[Ian101]

just gob on her windows and use an old beer towel ... job sorted ... just rememberto do portholes though for that authentic ambiance 

[Ste M]

I was thinking of customers replies to this the other day and what I'd say, there was recently a study in a paper about how much water is used to wash a car by bucket and buy hosepipe, the results where the bucket was at least 50% more. Before I had triggers I'd use around 30 ltrs for a average house, now with triggers I use around 10ltrs. To wash a car was closer to 60ltrs I think, ask her if she showers every day? If yes then she will probably use more than you do just to do that if you use triggers. Also bullpoo her that you have a massive harvest set up at home so every single bit of rain means your ibcs are full so you don't use much out of the tap at all.

[G Griffin]

ask her if she showers every day?

Yeah, that'll go down well  .

[Pureclean Essex Services]

Yeh, and I bet she goes back to hand washing her clothes and hand washing her dirty dishes and bathing once-a-week.

This would be a great reply,I'd love to see the look on their face   .

Brian.

[Splash 4 Cash]

I made a card, telling my customer at the start of the hose ban that we as window cleaners do not have to comply with hose ban, but that I would start to recycle rain water as a help to save water.This card was put in with there bill at the end of March.

[rosskesava]

What about flushing the loo?

Or how about pre packed convenience foods from a supermarket. A pre packed portion for one person uses on average 6.5 litres of water to produce and an oven ready chicken, 16 litres.

How about all those soft drinks people buy?

Society and business wastes incredible amounts of water but provided people don't see it being done, then it don't matter.

[Justen Uff]

I made a card, telling my customer at the start of the hose ban that we as window cleaners do not have to comply with hose ban, but that I would start to recycle rain water as a help to save water.This card was put in with there bill at the end of March.

Well you had a profound effect on the weather.  What wos your costomers response?

[ben M]

Customer said yesterday "would you pleeeze go back to the old way I can't bear the waste of water when they're trying so hard to get us to save it".

Yer thats right!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/interactive-graphics/9252772/Leaks-outpace-savings-from-hosepipe-bans.html

what did you reply?

[Justen Uff]

Customer said yesterday "would you pleeeze go back to the old way I can't bear the waste of water when they're trying so hard to get us to save it".

Yer thats right!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/interactive-graphics/9252772/Leaks-outpace-savings-from-hosepipe-bans.html

what did you reply?

Well, I replied, "Whichever way you want comes at a cost.  It's your choice, you are paying."  Thats what I said.  And I did it trad.... mainly with a slightly damp scrim   hardly no water at all!
Am I bad?

[AuRavelling79]

> Am I bad?


No you are sad. 

[Londoner]

The Water Companies cleverly turned this around into a "save the planet" issue and people are stupid enough to fall for it. There is no National shortage of water.

They are privately owned companies, service providers. If they have not invested enough of their vast profits on pipelines and reservoirs to cope with demand thats not our fault. Yet we are the ones who could still lose our livings. Not them, they still charge us for the water, even if they don't provide it.

I worked in the water industry years ago, the lack of new investment is appaling. Its a massive con and the old grannies are falling for it.

[Paul Coleman]

There is every chance that I would have agreed with her that using water to clean her windows was wasteful.
However, that is where any similarity with the original poster would have ended  .

I wonder how much she would pay someone for sustaining a broken bone on her property.

[Perfect Windows]

Customer gave me the perfect answer yesterday.  He asked how much water we used to to his windows.  When I told him about 30 litres, he pointed out that that's less than three buckets.

Vin

[Window Washers]

Yeh, and I bet she goes back to hand washing her clothes and hand washing her dirty dishes and bathing once-a-week.

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