Window Cleaners Terminology

[Deleted member 7446]

Good evening all, hope you are all keeping well.

Here's a Terminology breakdown which may be of use to new starters in the industry trying to understand some of the abbreviations used within the trade.

If you have anymore please quote below 

Custy - Customer 

Conny - Conservatory 

WFP - Water fed pole 

Trad - Traditional window cleaner or cleaning

RO - Reverse osmosis 

DI / Vessel  - Deionisation Vessel 

BOAB - Bucket on a belt 

Windy - Window Cleaner 

 

[Pjj]

Good evening all, hope you are all keeping well.

Here's a Terminology breakdown which may be of use to new starters in the industry trying to understand some of the abbreviations used within the trade.

If you have anymore please quote below 

Custy - Customer 

Conny - Conservatory 

WFP - Water fed pole 

Trad - Traditional window cleaner or cleaning

RO - Reverse osmosis 

DI / Vessel  - Deionisation Vessel 

BOAB - Bucket on a belt 

Windy - Window Cleaner 

Gfs == gutters ,facias, soffits 

Ime sure there must be more but cannot think at the moment ??

 

[Deleted member 7446]

Gfs == gutters ,facias, soffits 

Ime sure there must be more but cannot think at the moment ??

I'm struggling to think full stop. Couldn't sleep last night. Dam PTSD keep me up. Long day 

 

[Dave B]

Stick waggler - wfp window cleaner.

Ar$ehole tax - money added on a quote if the potential customer comes across as a bellend.

 

[Deleted member 7446]

Stick waggler - wfp window cleaner.

Ar$ehole tax - money added on a quote if the potential customer comes across as a bellend.

You watch tradman too much. Stick waggler 

I do love the term ar5ehole tax thats wicked 

 

[Dave B]

You watch tradman too much. Stick waggler 

I do love the term ar5ehole tax thats wicked 

It was smurf who came up with ar$ehole tax..good though.

 

[Deleted member 7446]

It was smurf who came up with ar$ehole tax..good though.

It's the best I've heard in year, flipping love it. 

It's almost as funny as your average Facebook Post from Karen, how much to clean my windows? She only wants the cheapest standard haha 

 

[Dave B]

It's the best I've heard in year, flipping love it. 

It's almost as funny as your average Facebook Post from Karen, how much to clean my windows? She only wants the cheapest standard haha 

I do regularly add it to some quotes.

Depends on the vibe I get from them.

 

[Deleted member 7446]

I do regularly add it to some quotes.

Depends on the vibe I get from them.

I will most definitely have that as a preset in my invoice software 

 

[Part Timer]

On one of the sites I work on the old Caretaker was very influential where contracts went so when you had to quote he use to say when you quote don't forget to put the fat on. The Carrtaker was called Frank and the fat was Frank's added tax ?

 

[mike007]

On one of the sites I work on the old Caretaker was very influential where contracts went so when you had to quote he use to say when you quote don't forget to put the fat on. The Carrtaker was called Frank and the fat was Frank's added tax ?

Insight into real world business practice. Been going on since year dot. I think of it as a thankyou payment for the work.

 

[Iron Giant]

Gfs == gutters ,facias, soffits 

Ime sure there must be more but cannot think at the moment ??

I call them f.s.g 

 

[Attila]

Good evening all, hope you are all keeping well.

Here's a Terminology breakdown which may be of use to new starters in the industry trying to understand some of the abbreviations used within the trade.

This is useful. I actually ended up on here after accumulating the basics elsewhere so that I can decode the hieroglyphs at higher levels. My head circumference has definitely grown by an inch at least in the past month or so.

So I speak some windy I guess ??

Conny and custy are my favourites by the way.

 

[Davy G]

I call them f.s.g 

Gfs for me as that's the order I do them, working from the top down. But I don't think we'll fall out over it. ?

 

[Patrick Flaherty]

PITA = Pain in the **** ( some customers)

 

[Iron Giant]

Gfs for me as that's the order I do them, working from the top down. But I don't think we'll fall out over it. ?

I thought Gfs was short for Girlfriends ?

 

[Davy G]

I thought Gfs was short for Girlfriends ?

Oh yeah! No wonder I never had much luck. ?

 

[steve garwood]

Don’t forget ‘CILF’

Custy I’d like to ....

pub time ?

 

[mike007]

I thought Gfs was short for Girlfriends ?

So did I, especially when windies say they are doing four Gfs this week!!!