sarahsthreads
06-16-2009, 12:39 PM
Dear Window Cleaners,
If you are going to comment on a customer's home, as in the fact that it's cluttered and that the windows are filthy and that there are lots of toys everywhere, let me make a suggestion:
Make sure there is not a baby monitor turned on in your vicinity!
And for the record? We do have lots of dolls and ponies (and yes, naked Barbies, which you apparently found hilarious) because we have two little girls who love dolls and ponies (and naked Barbies). We both work, opposite schedules, to support our family and pay for things like window cleaners - so it's good if most days the kids are wearing clean clothes and there aren't dirty dishes in the sink. The toys? We do a big pickup right before vacuuming, and call that good enough. Five minutes later it looks like another toy bomb went off...and you know what? We don't actually care. To be perfectly honest, we *did* clean up before you came. You should see what the house normally looks like.
The windows are pretty much on the bottom of our giant "if we ever have extra time" list. The kids are at the top, so you can imagine how often the windows are given any attention. Which reminds me, I wouldn't have called you if my windows hadn't been filthy. If they were clean, why on earth would I pay you to clean them for me?
Sincerely,
An Annoyed (but happily gazing out of her sparkling windows) Customer.
If you are going to comment on a customer's home, as in the fact that it's cluttered and that the windows are filthy and that there are lots of toys everywhere, let me make a suggestion:
Make sure there is not a baby monitor turned on in your vicinity!
And for the record? We do have lots of dolls and ponies (and yes, naked Barbies, which you apparently found hilarious) because we have two little girls who love dolls and ponies (and naked Barbies). We both work, opposite schedules, to support our family and pay for things like window cleaners - so it's good if most days the kids are wearing clean clothes and there aren't dirty dishes in the sink. The toys? We do a big pickup right before vacuuming, and call that good enough. Five minutes later it looks like another toy bomb went off...and you know what? We don't actually care. To be perfectly honest, we *did* clean up before you came. You should see what the house normally looks like.
The windows are pretty much on the bottom of our giant "if we ever have extra time" list. The kids are at the top, so you can imagine how often the windows are given any attention. Which reminds me, I wouldn't have called you if my windows hadn't been filthy. If they were clean, why on earth would I pay you to clean them for me?
Sincerely,
An Annoyed (but happily gazing out of her sparkling windows) Customer.