Im aiming for 18th May IF there is a continued decline in deaths and published cases & government relax measures at the next announcment in 2.5weeks time.
ive also cleaned a few of my very elderly customers windows for free,no charge whatsoever.......i had a woman take a photo of my van the other day and thought she might want a window cleaner,no call yet though......maybe shes reporting me to the "authorities"...?
I'm getting more and more residential customers asking if I'm working, telling them 2nd week in May, 1st week is commercial, and they're all happy to wait. This will be first clean since end of Feb for my residential customers.
I think everyone's windows will be more than ready for cleaning right now, but we all do what we feel we need to and what is the right thing for each of us individually, I have spoken to a a good number of people even a nurse this morning who said what I was doing was totally fine with social distancing and she was aware of the steps I was taking spraying gate latches and so on, my custys know I ain't daft and I am been cautious and considerate in my working practices
Thats a very good point. Not intending to sound insensitive, but a lot of those dying would have died in the next year maybe, and those who it may be their last year or two, are they expected to spend maybe their last year of life alone??? unable to make peace with their nearest and dearest??? A lot of them were lonely anyway, and this will be the cr@ppy icing on the cake.
Why would you clean pensioners windows fretof charge. There income hasn’t dropped at all . In fact they have been the most generous lately . Cos there not going out and spending owt.
I had someone do that the other week, I had my back to her and she shouted up to say she was taking a photo of my van and was going to ring me for a quote still no phone call from anyone, but people usually contact me via fb and i have turned down quite a few jobs lately and passed them on to a mate.
That's really sad, Ash. I don't know what to suggest. I'm hoping to go back to work next week or soon after. I'm finding it difficult being at home for the past month.
Not a good start back mate tbf and after finding one of my customers sprawled out a few months ago i knkw how you feel.
By the sounds of it the old boy has had a stroke or heart attack and not the dreaded virus. Yesterday afternoon an ambulance pulled up 2 doors up from me and my neighbour of 25 years was took into hospital. He had stents put in about 10 years ago and had had a bad turn. These things happen and whilst not nice to witness but unfortunately is life.
What happened hear isn’t your fault it’s just one of those things I have been back now three weeks and done a few hundred customers and not had a single complaint every customer has been over the moon to see me , just keep going , obviously if there are ones in the garden or no parking available just leave them but Ime sure 99% will be happy you are there , if ones see me coming up the path I just ask are you ok with me doing the windows just to be polite , I doubt you will have a problem .i would just carry on as normal by doing the work that’s due ,
