I used to be a train driver on the railways and I got more serious insults then about the job I did than I do now. I remember one City type came up to my cab at London Victoria and hurled a torrent of abuse for a good 10 minutes at me, most of which was about how could any human being do such a low down job, and then promptly got on the train I would be driving at speeds of upto 90mph with maybe 800 people on board.
It's just how people are and their predudices and their ignorance. It's not just window cleaning, it's most trades or proffessions.
Personally, I don't care one hoot what people think of me or if they look down on me or not. I am happy doing what I do and to me, that is all that maters.
My local is a rough and ready pub. Down there I sometimes see our postman, 2 of our dustmen, the local roadsweeper and others who live round here who do manual jobs and I prefer their company to that that of my brother in law who is a bank manager of some poxy little tarted up shop front somewhere in the City. He cannot have a conversation or a drink without worrying about his status.
I can. So can the people I meet in the local.
Give me window cleaning anyday.