What about this one
http://www.weeklygripe.co.uk/quickgripes.asp?mgID=165Window cleaners taking us to the cleaners
We used to have a nice little man come around on his bicycle with his ladders, and he charged £3 to clean the windows. Anyway, I heard that he ended up in prison for stealing from a customer.
I wasn't bothered too much about him going, but then new window cleaner came on the scene. He has a big transit van with a system to clean the windows using pure de-ionised water. He wanted to charge me £18 to clean the windows on our house ! Can you believe that?!
He says it's illegal to use ladders, but my aerial erector chap uses ladders. I've read about other window cleaners earning up to £1000 a day using this system.
Further Information: Many window cleaning businesses are claiming that laws are about to come into force due to European Directive 2001/45/EC that will make ladders illegal for window cleaners, forcing a change to WFP systems. However, the government denies this stipulation, as ladder use for window cleaning is "low risk and short duration" - source Wikipedia.