I will be doinbg some canvassing myself once I've caught up with my work backlog. I'm afraid that some of the custies have started messing about.
So the three C's now:-
Canvass
Cull
Clean
In the space of two days I had four send me away ( 1 x don't need doing, 1 x it's been raining, 2 x couldn't be arsed to unlock the back gate) and one cancel (at least she paid for the two cleans first
). The funny thing is that I sensed with all of them that there could be issues at some point. Maybe you just get a nose for it after a while. If I dump the four, the whole lot together (including the cancellation) would be a drop of £59 @ 6 weekly and £40 @ 12 weekly. That's about an average of £13 a week. Shouldn't take long to make that up. Two of them NEVER send payment and one waits it out for ages.
I know I should be moe used to it by now but it really can bug me getting sent away when I've made the effort to turn up. It's the thing I find most irritating. Two of the custies are cab drivers. I will try to behave like a pro and write to them when I cancel. I will liken being sent away to someone phoning for a cab and when they arrive at the pickup point they find that no-one is there.