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bad trippy

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Ever had this satisfaction?
« on: February 13, 2009, 09:06:24 pm »
Your out collecting on a summers eve,sun shinning brightly, you go to collect from a custy and they complain one of their windows is still dirty, you know the dirt or mark is on the inside so you insist on getting your kit out of the van there and then and proceed to clean the window in question, the dirt is removed the windows looks clean and the custy has a face redder than a man utd home shirt, you walk away with a grin as wide as the English channel?
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Tosh

Re: Ever had this satisfaction?
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2009, 09:37:24 pm »
A few years ago I had a 'not this time, mate' from a cold customer who walked off without an explanation why so I removed them from my list.

Six months later he approached me with a big smile, which was strange, he never usually smiled at me, and asked when I would be cleaning his windows.  I told him I couldn't do them now, but I would the next time I was around; I just thought I'd mess him around for a bit of fun.

The following month he saw me again and asked if I would be cleaning his windows and I saw he had a 'for sale' sign outside his house; so realised why he was so desperate to get them cleaned.

I said, 'Not this time, mate', and walked off.

That was nice!

DaveG

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Re: Ever had this satisfaction?
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2009, 09:43:49 pm »
brilliant Tosh ;D
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WISEOWL

  • Posts: 143
Re: Ever had this satisfaction?
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2009, 09:47:10 pm »
I love the excuse;

'...my husband will be cleaning them'

Only for them to be either filthy 3 months later or for them to come crawling back.

I admit to turning one customer down, she was a great customer and always chatted about her repressed life and boring husband but asked if I would do them (I had converted to WFP by then) and I said sorry, new system and busier workload. Can't be messed around.

They went away reeling as they had been ripped off by a local builder who only fitted 3/4 of new windows and never turned up to fit the rest.

Re: Ever had this satisfaction?
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2009, 10:13:08 pm »
I love the excuse;

'...my husband will be cleaning them'

Only for them to be either filthy 3 months later or for them to come crawling back.

I admit to turning one customer down, she was a great customer and always chatted about her repressed life and boring husband but asked if I would do them (I had converted to WFP by then) and I said sorry, new system and busier workload. Can't be messed around.

They went away reeling as they had been ripped off by a local builder who only fitted 3/4 of new windows and never turned up to fit the rest.
you lost out there, you could of charged for the whole house and only had to clean 3/4 of them lol

CLEANGLASSUK

  • Posts: 738
Re: Ever had this satisfaction?
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2009, 10:23:45 pm »
I grab hold of the customer and rub there face on the window in question to prove that its the inside that is dirty, the customer never moans again job done.  ;D

CLEANGLASSUK

  • Posts: 738
Re: Ever had this satisfaction?
« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2009, 10:34:15 pm »
I grab hold of the customer and rub there face on the window in question to prove that its the inside that is dirty, the customer never moans again job done.  ;D
to be hoped Ricky Hatton never complains  ;D ;D ;D
the customer was in a wheelchair so no chance of me getting a beating  ;D

seandyer2003

Re: Ever had this satisfaction?
« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2009, 11:41:35 am »
I grab hold of the customer and rub there face on the window in question to prove that its the inside that is dirty, the customer never moans again job done.  ;D
to be hoped Ricky Hatton never complains  ;D ;D ;D
the customer was in a wheelchair so no chance of me getting a beating  ;D

haha, dont let them play that old disability card eh :)

Pureandclean

  • Posts: 355
Re: Ever had this satisfaction?
« Reply #8 on: February 14, 2009, 01:50:39 pm »
A lady customer some years ago claimed I had scratched her window. So I asked if I could take a look from the inside, and sure enugh the scratch was on the inside, her face wa a picture as was her husband's.
Another lady rang up and complained that I had left her windows dirty and she was not paying, so I went to check and the back patio window was a right mess, dirty water had run all over the door and thee was no way I had left it like that, I looked around and saw an old bucket ith the remnants of this dirty water still in it. I told her someone must have thrown dirty water over the door, but she laimed noone had been in.
I had seen some young lad in the house on the day, bu she swore blind noone was in.

I re-cleaned this door for her and she paid me, but tried it on again some months later, claiming I hadn't done them at all, I told her that her sons wer in on the day and they would confirm I had done them, and she insisted there was no way that her sons were in, and that I had not done them. I said that's funny 'cs not only were they in, but they paid e as well.

I decided to drop her, but left it for a few month's before I informed her.

I pu up with quite a lot but this lady was basically calling me a liar

jonisondell

Re: Ever had this satisfaction?
« Reply #9 on: February 14, 2009, 02:13:49 pm »
pure poetry tosh........... revenge is sweet..........best post ive seen yet

Chameleon

Re: Ever had this satisfaction?
« Reply #10 on: February 14, 2009, 03:02:58 pm »
A few years ago I had a 'not this time, mate' from a cold customer who walked off without an explanation why so I removed them from my list.

Six months later he approached me with a big smile, which was strange, he never usually smiled at me, and asked when I would be cleaning his windows.  I told him I couldn't do them now, but I would the next time I was around; I just thought I'd mess him around for a bit of fun.

The following month he saw me again and asked if I would be cleaning his windows and I saw he had a 'for sale' sign outside his house; so realised why he was so desperate to get them cleaned.

I said, 'Not this time, mate', and walked off.

That was nice!
Revenge is a sweet dish, best served cold! ;D ;D ;D