[Gleaming windows]

Sometimes those custys have had 3 cleaners in 18 months becasue the custy is bad news.

[Martin ccs]

Sometimes those custys have had 3 cleaners in 18 months becasue the custy is bad news.

oh yes! i can def second that thought! if you dont make money on it - dump it!

[DREAM CLEAN]

Had a customer say " can I cancel the cleaning now , I think my wife fancies you"

bunny boiler husband

[dai]

I had one say "can you leave them if it's going to rain". I never did them  again.

[peter holley]

I build my round by leaflets and door knocking.....door knocking is by far the quickest way to grow...
however, custis gained from leaflets normally turn out to be good uns....

I normally find that when I go canvassing, 2 out of every 5 turn out to be a pain in the but , with all the reasons listed in this thread....Its very frustrating because we all spend so much time and effort in that first clean... ....it is strange though that we get that gut feeling, especially when they moan about the last cleaner....

I hate it when they say" youv PICKED a bad day to come".......aaaaaaaarrrrrrgggghhhhhh!

[JRDEasiReach]

went and done my posh lady yesterday (that had to be done on sat due to gate being locked etc) so i went and done it, tried then to get her on an 8 weekly and she said 'no im sorry i couldnt commit to that as i keep a very clean house'  i thought to myself 'thats a f***ing stupid thing to say' but actually said oh right thats grand then

[Moderator David@stives]

Can I have them half price this month because they are not that dirty.

[1wayno]

Can I have them half price this month because they are not that dirty.

haha cheeky gits arnt they some people! do they expect to pay double wen one month they dirtier than usual?? i dont think so...makes you wonder where people get the sence to say this kinda stuff lol

[Window Washers]

Have had a customer cancel because I was making her mud wet   : some people are just odd thats the second time shes canceled on me, first time was because the windows were to clean...I should have known she was a little odd

[Smudger]

We no longer need you brought a pole 'just like yours from ebay'  so hubby will do them with tap water.  :

and canvassing today,

me, good afternoon would you like a regular proffessional window cleaning service... ?

Old man,  Sorry boy ( me 44! ),    i know what  it's like to be out of work and desperate for money, but i don't really need a w/c...

  -  why should i be desperate for money ?


and also this...

Naaaa    mate i'm a windy cleaner meseelf......     Oh yeah i can see that - I've just written my name in the black filth on the window frames....



Darran

[Tosh]

Sorry, I'm cancelling because the insides are dirty and its a waste of time just to have the outsides cleaned.

  :

[martinsadie]

Sorry, I'm cancelling because the insides are dirty and its a waste of time just to have the outsides cleaned.

  :

cleaned a house on friday did the front bay first,then finished on the patio doors at the back,could see right through the hose and through the bay ,with the sun on it ,it looked shocking.and before any smart answers it was on the inside 

[LWC]

Had one last week "oh i thought you gave this up from september till march"

Been doing their windows about 2 years now...shakes head.

[Ta-ra]

- and of course that old chessnut - my son done them yesterday!

OMG, the times I have heard that one!  It's always the son!  Not grandad with time on his hands etc blah blah.  Always the 'son'.
 :

[davids3511]

'It's hardly worth doing them this time of year' from a regular who doesn't quite dare to ask me to leave them for the winter.

'Who are you, we wern't expecting work on the house today' from a lady I see every month for the last two years!! Christmas tip, pah she doesn't even remember who I am.

[daz1977]

me, good afternoon would you like a regular proffessional window cleaning service... ?

Old man,  Sorry boy ( me 44! ),    i know what  it's like to be out of work and desperate for money, but i don't really need a w/c...




lol,  even with a sign written van and uniform,  were still classed as doleys,

[Smudger]

DAZ

yep - same here!

and he was a self employed builder...

Darran

[Pole 2 Pole]

I had one say "can you leave them if it's going to rain". I never did them  again.

Oh i get them.now n then. Get dropped like a sack o spuds, especially when i have to go out my bloody way to do them. The last time that happened, i slammed the van door after the "rain's coming comment", started the ignition and whacked the gear stick into reverse, broke the gear linkage thingy.......cost me £200 to sort. I still bloody hate her lol

[daz1977]

what annoys me about being a wc is that you could be the biggest company in britian, and ur still just a wc,  when i use to be a plumber, and van was broke, i would do small jobs in my car, a micra at the time, and no one would say a think ,  but if your a wc, in a car, u must be doing it for beer monay to top up your dole (i got a van by the way)

[martinsadie]

first time its ever happened today woman says leave them its going to rain hard tonight,looked at forcast and its fine,thing is she needs a new cleaner now