[Ian W]

Had a new customer stop me on my round the other day to ask about prices. Told her what I would charge and she rang me last night to say she would like me to do her windows and when could I start.
Told her I would start this Wednesday, to be told it wasn't too convenient. Wanting to keep it with the other houses in that road, I started to say that I could do it any time that day. Then she told me it was the day of her father's funeral...

[Feen]

tell her he won't mind

[ScrimShady]

not funny!!im burying my grandad on tuesday!!Have a heart eh??

[nat]

i had a customer of mine have a stroke this week, her daughter actually rang me to say she will send my paymnet in the post and sorry for it being late! crazy stuff, i told her not to worry about it, she should be worring about her mother not a messley amount of money for the window cleaner!

[Dean Aspects]

I was speaking to an elderly customer one day passing the time of day as you do then all casual drops into the conversation that he was waiting for the doctor to arrive 'not feeling well' i said his reply 'no my wife died earlier' 
What can you say!

Dean

[windowwashers]

not funny!!im burying my grandad on tuesday!!Have a heart eh??

sry to hear that, had to do the same on sept 11th for my Grandad 

[mark dew]

I got a "not this month" from an old couples son back in february and i asked him curtly why. It was an out the way job and i'd never seen him before. He told me his dad had died and his mother was sleeping. I felt a right git. His mother woke up though and asked me to clean them which i did. Took the money and left feeling sheepish.
I waived the next months cost though and asked her to make a donation with it. I was too flustered to do it the month before.

[Ian W]

Scrim Shady - Sorry about your Grandad. I wasn't trying to be funny, I felt pretty bad about the situation. No offence meant.

From the other stories, I don't think I am the first and I am sure I won't be the last to do something like this.

[oliver collins]

I was cleaning an elderly customers windows only to notice that she was laid on the floor in the living room she had suffered a stroke in the morning and had been laid there for some hours, luckly she had left her doors unlocked so i went in made sure she was comfortable as she could be given her condition called an ambulence and a neighbour who called the womans daughter  i was quite the hero for about five minitues 
Oliver Collins Rise & Shine Cleaning

[Ian W]

Well done Oliver. I have a few elderly customers on my round including a very frail lady. She is well looked after by her neighbours who are other customers of mine, but I keep an eye on her when I am there.

[Feen]

Scrim, Sorry if that upset you. Not meant to upset anyone. I've buried both parents, so I know what it's like. Personally, I think a little humour in death helps. Not for everyone, I know. Regards.

[Alex Gardiner]

It is happened to me several times that I have called to do job during a funeral. I just leave quietly, they never seem to mind too much!

[Ian W]

Alex, I have this image in my head now of me turning up to do the windows during the funeral wake. 

I am SO glad that she told me not to do them.

[Davew]

I got asked to price up a crematorium last week. I turned up just as a service was starting - got a couple of funny looks as I drove in past the hearse. Got round the back and parked up next to some open doors - turned out to be the oven. I'm really not sure I want the job and strangely all previous w/c's never came back. :