Cleaning In The Rain..

[harunh]

Was cleaning a house in the rain yesterday... its a married couples house... and their both decent people...

and while i was cleaning a women was going in the house saying why u cleaning in the rain for ? i go what do u mean lol she goes it gets dirty anyway i go to her na it doesnt it doesnt make a difference so i go to her i tell all my customers that if their not happy and their not clean phone me within 24 hours and ill redo them for free /emoticons/smile.png

I go anyway do u live here ? she goes its my daughters house.... she goes to me people never used to clean in the rain i go yeah but that was back then when people had ladders... its different now... etc

So she went in ... and her daughter was cooking in the kitcken and i could tell that her mam was fuming at me to her daughter .... lol

so when i collected the money her daughter goes to me i wudnt like them cleaned in the rain next time plz i go 2 her it doesnt make a difference then she goes to me ..... i know but still... i was like erm if they dirty just ring me within 24 hours and ill redo them for free /emoticons/smile.png

she goes but u shudnt clean in the rain /emoticons/wacko.png

i was like okay lol see u next month anyway /emoticons/smile.png and thats it

im gonna clean them in the rain again i dont care /emoticons/smile.png if she complains again im gonna say to her again i told u once it doesnt make a difference love.... if your not happy then ill take u of my books.. and u can find another cleaner who works all year round /emoticons/smile.png

if she agrees then fair enuff /emoticons/tongue.png if she doesnt then bonus to me lol /emoticons/smile.png

 

[rcproperty]

good customer skills there! lol

 

[Border]

Our guys get that a lot, which can be pretty annoying, but you just need to take it on the chin. People are strange, and it you can accomodate you just get on with other work. About 75% of our work is commercial, and a good proportion is insides, so we usually re-schedule work on rainy days to avoid residential stuff. Don't know what the problem is personally, as it's bound to rain at some point after cleaning them, but there's no accounting for what some people think

 

[Neil]

H you crack me up on here /emoticons/smile.png

 

[harunh]

H you crack me up on here /emoticons/smile.png

Lol dont think ur the only 1 /emoticons/tongue.png

 

[harunh]

Wat pis**s me off is she wudnt of said nothing if her mam never filled her head with a load of shyt lol

 

[iluvwindows]

H you are a mad man :wacko:

 

[harunh]

i can beee lool

 

[laddergarder]

I think you had the right approach, with offering a reclean. But the one thing you didn't say which could have helped is.

"We can't accommodate that I am afraid If all our customers asked us not clean their windows every time there was a little rain, we would not make money, and would not be able to offer our service at all, to anyone. I can promise you it will not make your windows dirty, and if it does, I will give you your money back. But if you insist that you only want your windows cleaned when its dry, I am afraid we would have to cancel your service, as we would never get to you."

Just be straight with her. I might not seem like it would be that big a deal now, but wait until you're fully booked, and have a bad winter. This kind of thing, would just be a cherry on the cake, that will have you loose it with a customer. So set a good requisite now. That way you won't have more problems, down the line. I know you don't want to lose any customers, but if you're confident in your delivery, 90% of the time you won't. Instead you'll have a good customer that won't mess you about again.

I had two last month, there that came out and asked us not to clean their windows. Both due to weather. I told them the above, as well as explained that we have an intermittent use of service policy. Where customers are charged a £5 call out, if they don't give us 48 hours notice, and customers who regularly, cancel us, after driving out to them, will have there services suspended. Both customers allowed us to clean them, and went back inside.

I think when you just tell them, look I am really sorry but, customers doing that costs us allot of money, and wastes our time. They are automatically put on the spot, and you get a change of attitude right away. The thing is, it is completely ridiculous. I think people just don't contemplate, what they are actually expecting of you. How they expect you to make money, when they mess you about is unfathomable.

Create package, that works, that makes you money, then stick to it. Don't compromise with the odd customer. Because it will reverberate through all your customers like a cancer. Sit down and run the figures, don't just assume, you can make it work. Then when customers, ask for this sort of thing, you can give a full explanation of costs, and why you won't continue to offer your service with that prerequisite.

 

[harunh]

yeah thats how i think ladder.... but when the customer comes out i just forget to say it all... i just tell them what i can and what i can think of /emoticons/tongue.png lol

 

[Posh]

Lol

 

[Matty H]

yeah thats how i think ladder.... but when the customer comes out i just forget to say it all... i just tell them what i can and what i can think of /emoticons/tongue.png lol

Bonkers /emoticons/smile.png

 

[Gmeister]

Its more hassle then what it's worth.

 

[rcproperty]

Its more hassle then what it's worth.

i agree, go out there once to clean it, and if they are not happy then to go out there again free to put it right, waste of time and money, might as well of not cleaned it and moved it to the next day!

 

[laddergarder]

Your missing the point, I have never had to go back to a customer, because they were not cleaned properly due to the weather. The point is it doesn't affect the cleaning, and they will never call. Each to their own, but I wouldn't entertain customers who only want there windows done when its dry.

It can be hard enough to make a living, without entertaining old wife's tales /emoticons/wink.png

 

[Gmeister]

Sorry, about that comment, true or not, I do try and get out there and clean them.

Just had enough from people, customers, and people I know, or even people I meet, telling me its wrong to clean windows when its wet, like I wouldnt clean my car in the rain(I dont)

I just want to make a living like everyone else, but like you say its a old wifes tale, that everyone believes in lol. stupied, the person who came up with it needs a slap! /emoticons/tongue.png

 

[CNS-southwest]

I clean my car in the rain lol

 

[harunh]

Your missing the point, I have never had to go back to a customer, because they were not cleaned properly due to the weather. The point is it doesn't affect the cleaning, and they will never call. Each to their own, but I wouldn't entertain customers who only want there windows done when its dry.

It can be hard enough to make a living, without entertaining old wife's tales /emoticons/wink.png

True , i totally think the same

 

[CNS-southwest]

I was check out my dads windows today (I cleaned them last week) and we had some really shite wind n rain since then......glass is spotless!!!!

 

[Matty H]

I clean my car in the rain lol

I clean my car in the snow lol /emoticons/biggrin.png

 

[CNS-southwest]

I clean my car in the snow lol /emoticons/biggrin.png

I did that to a hire car we had last winter, neighbors went ape **** about it icing over.