[johnny_h]

i do 2 homes for a charity one for disabled people and the other for vulnerable teenagers to get it i have had to do a health and safety report ect prove i have public liability and accept payments direct into a business a/c and there is no way they will accept ladders on site so its all wfp , last week the old window cleaner turned up with his ladders waved hello and tried to start doing them !! where do these guys get the brass neck from? though he would do them again as he was in the area  glad to say he got laughed off of site

[[GQC] Tim]

We need a ladder ban, that would eliminate almost all of these jokers.         

[Paul Coleman]

i do 2 homes for a charity one for disabled people and the other for vulnerable teenagers to get it i have had to do a health and safety report ect prove i have public liability and accept payments direct into a business a/c and there is no way they will accept ladders on site so its all wfp , last week the old window cleaner turned up with his ladders waved hello and tried to start doing them !! where do these guys get the brass neck from? though he would do them again as he was in the area  glad to say he got laughed off of site

If he had always worked that way and had an informal arrangement with them, it is likely that he didn't know any better.  Glad to hear that the customer has moved with the times and with technology.  Just a pity they didn't use some technology to contact the old W/C and tell him that he was no longer required.

[Londoner]

Whats more annoying is when this happens at a domestic house where you have been cleaning for some time.
I have had it happen quite a few times, often the old cleaner just resumes cleaning and then knocks for his money.

I have even had a new bloke turn up at my customers and say he has taken over from the "other" window cleaner. The customer thought he meant me but in reality this new window cleaner had got hold of the book of an old window cleaner who had disappeared over a year ago.

[Central Window Cleaners]

I get this alot as I cover quite a large area.

We have had someone go round saying they have taken over our round.

We have had a guy we bought some work off start to try cleaning them again a year later.

I have had a guy try to collect our money after we have cleaned it.

To many people out there that want the money but don't want to put in the hard graft to earn it.

[EVER CLEAN]

We need a ladder ban, that would eliminate almost all of these jokers.         

the only people who say we need a ladder ban, are jokers like you who are either too scared to go up them, and cant clean a window in the traditional way!

its muppets like you, walking round with your wfp thinking you know it all about the game, when the truth is you havnt got a clue how to clean windows properly
  ive probably forgot more about window cleaning than you will ever know

[stig]

We need a ladder ban, that would eliminate almost all of these jokers.         

the only people who say we need a ladder ban, are jokers like you who are either too scared to go up them, and cant clean a window in the traditional way!

its muppets like you, walking round with your wfp thinking you know it all about the game, when the truth is you havnt got a clue how to clean windows properly
  ive probably forgot more about window cleaning than you will ever know

you tell um mate...........nicely put...ha ha ha....

[EVER CLEAN]

I JUST DID
these muppets really wind me up, of course reach & wash has its advantages, but what do you do if you need to get over a garage and youve got no ladder ? cos you cant climb up your reach n wash pole can ya!
it was a stupid comment by someone who feels threatened by knowledge of true window cleaners

[Franky2020]

Agree with you Everclean, one thing which winds me up about some wfp users is that they spin the story to potential customers that ladders have been banned. I have no problem about how windows are cleaned and can see a benefit of wfp,but wish they would get new customers by ethical methods rather than scare stories. Im not saying that all wfp users are doing this of course.

[EVER CLEAN]

yeah ive heard a few spin that line, but the customer usually susses them out when the water sprays through an open window, or they cant do the rear of the house because theres a garage in the way.... lol
and its EVERCLEAN not evergreen

[Mike_G]

Well said Ever Clean I could not agree more.

[L.J.Thorpe]

clean 99% wfp
still use ladders tho
access
gutter clearing
could not be without em

[AuRavelling79]

The original poster jumped through all the necessary hoops to get the business legitimately.

Why would the customer ask for quotations if they were happy with the previous w/cs service?

If the old window cleaner (whether wfp or not, that is immaterial) can't do the job to a good standard, or disappears for months then his turning up unannounced is an unprofessional thing to do.

And just as some custy's won't have wfp, more and more (especially businesses) won't have ladders - but that isn't the issue here is it?

[jaykie]

I JUST DID
these muppets really wind me up, of course reach & wash has its advantages, but what do you do if you need to get over a garage and youve got no ladder ? cos you cant climb up your reach n wash pole can ya!
it was a stupid comment by someone who feels threatened by knowledge of true window cleaners

Get a key off the custy

[[GQC] Tim]

We need a ladder ban, that would eliminate almost all of these jokers.         

the only people who say we need a ladder ban, are jokers like you who are either too scared to go up them, and cant clean a window in the traditional way!

its muppets like you, walking round with your wfp thinking you know it all about the game, when the truth is you havnt got a clue how to clean windows properly
ive probably forgot more about window cleaning than you will ever know

lol it was just a joke, people here are really showing their true colours by posts like that.

And there is an awful lots of accusations and assumptions in that.

Too scared? No
Can't clean a window trad? Prob better then you.
Don't have a clue of how to clean windows properly? I'm not even going to answer that.

I JUST DID
these muppets really wind me up, of course reach & wash has its advantages, but what do you do if you need to get over a garage and youve got no ladder ? cos you cant climb up your reach n wash pole can ya!
it was a stupid comment by someone who feels threatened by knowledge of true window cleaners

Threatened by knowledge of true window cleaners, LMAO, so all of the sudden I have never touched a squeegee before, and never used to be a transnational window cleaner.

yeah ive heard a few spin that line, but the customer usually susses them out when the water sprays through an open window, or they cant do the rear of the house because theres a garage in the way.... lol
and its EVERCLEAN not evergreen

And what's that all about, you must be the most ignorant window cleaner on the planet if you would spray through an open window hahahaha, if I need to get over a garage, I call up the night before, or a key, or combination padlock. Or simply just get the ladder of the van D'OH!

You'll get there in the end, and see how stupid those posts were. Seriously, where do people get these silly things from.


Really shows you what they're made of. I can't do anything but just laugh at these posts, I never even said that traditional tools or ladders don't have their place. Just jokingly said ladders should be banned.

tsk tsk