[Moderator David@stives]

http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/southwalesnews/Burglary-bid-drug-addict-claimed-window-cleaner/article-1408438-detail/article.html

[Niall McAllister]

that's bad crack, but i wonder what help the guy will actually get now he's caught. or will he be back to it when he gets out.

[cozy]

The problem is, with headlines like that, is it causes ppl to put WC's in the same batch as drugtaking criminals. The fact that he claimed on the spur of the moment to be a window cleaner, and that gets into the headline. So if ppl only flip through the story  they will have the impression of druggies and criminals being on the same level with us.

What I'm trying to say is, if you tip little bits of black paint into a pot of white paint, it will still stay gray, no matter how much you try to extract it.

It's the same over here though. We had a Rehab center to clean in a tourist area near us. A letter was put out to all guests saying words to the effect of "Dear sir/madam, we have a company in the center who will be cleaning the windows, please ensure that all valuable items are safely locked away etc".

Didn't really bother me, as I thought that the letter wasn't anything unusual. One of the guys working with me didn't see it like that at all and went to the center manager and complained. In the end the area manager came over and apoliogised. So it's not just a UK thing, looks like WC's have a bad image all over the place.Like I said, headlines like that don't help really.

[leapstallbuildings]

The problem is, with headlines like that, is it causes ppl to put WC's in the same batch as drugtaking criminals. The fact that he claimed on the spur of the moment to be a window cleaner, and that gets into the headline. So if ppl only flip through the story  they will have the impression of druggies and criminals being on the same level with us.

What I'm trying to say is, if you tip little bits of black paint into a pot of white paint, it will still stay gray, no matter how much you try to extract it.

It's the same over here though. We had a Rehab center to clean in a tourist area near us. A letter was put out to all guests saying words to the effect of "Dear sir/madam, we have a company in the center who will be cleaning the windows, please ensure that all valuable items are safely locked away etc".

Didn't really bother me, as I thought that the letter wasn't anything unusual. One of the guys working with me didn't see it like that at all and went to the center manager and complained. In the end the area manager came over and apoliogised. So it's not just a UK thing, looks like WC's have a bad image all over the place.Like I said, headlines like that don't help really.

Funnily enough, I have been in such a situation with gewneral cleaning in an office.  Sometimes there would be a few banknotes under the keyboard.  Twice I had to ask them not to leave money out because, if some went missing, I felt that I would be the easy target.  I would have regarded such a note as a protection for me than as a negative inference.  Just wondering if it was clumsily worded or if it was to avoid problems if something did actually go missing.

[cozy]

Clumsy wording I think, it's just an image that seems to follow cleaning firms around. Like I said, press like that doesn't help.

[creggan]

happened to me last year.was just cleaning 4 houses in a cul de sac when police arrived and arrested me in republic of ireland.being from n ireland i only had such i.d. held me for 2hrs as a suspect until i could my partner to come to station and explain.she is from town that it happened in.