Windowcleaners

maxwell silver · 05-03-2007, 20:22

Do they hibernate over the winter months?Because i have'nt seen one round our way since last Octoberish.

Margaret Pilkington · 05-03-2007, 20:24

I don't think they hibernate........there is one who does the windows where I live and we see him every two weeks...rain, hail or snow.

grego · 05-03-2007, 20:48

Mine comes once a month!

mrskitty · 05-03-2007, 20:50

yeah our windowcleaners seem to take a winter holiday too

grego · 05-03-2007, 21:05

Sorry should have said that he's still been cleaning them over winter.

Gayle · 05-03-2007, 22:10

I find it impossible to find a window cleaner round here - it drives me crazy.

WillowTheWhisp · 05-03-2007, 22:28

Our comes regularly hail rain snow or blow.

grego · 05-03-2007, 22:29

Ours never uses water! Whats that about?

mrskitty · 05-03-2007, 22:31

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Originally Posted by grego

Sorry should have said that he's still been cleaning them over winter.

LOL yea you shoulda...made me laugh tho!

glasgow guy · 05-03-2007, 23:10

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Originally Posted by maxwell silver

Do they hibernate over the winter months?Because i have'nt seen one round our way since last Octoberish.

maybe he jacked it as it can be a 'pane' of a job and to be honest 'folk can see you coming'...

coat on and leaving already..

cherokee · 06-03-2007, 01:19

my mate asked her local window cleaner if he would take her house on as she had just moved in and he told her he was far too busy......huh when did that happen then....they would go bloody mad if they saw someone else on their patch....

steeljack · 06-03-2007, 01:39

Maxwell Silver , you beat me to it , Only today I was thinking about posting a thing in the nostalgia thread, asking how many folks still have a window cleaner or is it a job that has gone the way of mopping and stoning the front step.
My Grandma allways used to leave his money on the upstairs outside windowsill to make sure he had been ,her thinking was if he climbed the ladder for his money he would do the windows while he was up the ladder

spud · 06-03-2007, 18:49

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Originally Posted by Gayle

I find it impossible to find a window cleaner round here - it drives me crazy.

Have you seen one, or know of anyone in the area in the last few months?

If not then the 'goodwill' that he had has gone, you could therefore employ anyone that was prepared to, to do them.

Basiclally it's just like having your milkman not deliver for a while, you'd go and ask another one. It is is or can be a very territorial business depending on where you live, i will say however the WC who turned around and said no as he was too busy is inviting anyone onto his patch with statements like that! I KNOW, IT'S WHAT I DOO FOR A JOB!!

grego · 06-03-2007, 20:20

Where's your patch then Spud?

shillelagh · 06-03-2007, 20:37

Mine comes from burnley. The one who used to do them didnt come round for about 6 months and i saw this one doing the pubs and asked him to do mine. About 3 month after he started doing them the old window cleaner came round and i told him i had a new window cleaner but the best one was he said he had been round that i hadnt just seen him and when he came to get paid that no one was in the house - big mistake - mum never went out unless it was a hospital appointment or we'd made arrangements for respite. She'd never seen him. Really lit into him then. He didnt even say sorry for it either just stalked off and aint seen that one since.