We never display the "plumbers crack" that's for sure!

That' being said I also wont hire you if you're a fat slob.

Are you saying you would hire a skinny slob?

Doug

I would prefer a professional who wore a uniform and was relatively clean coming into my home.

I know uniforms are not for everybody but it definitely says something about the way you are going to approach the job. At least my first impression that is what I would think.

I do realize that it has nothing to do with their ability to clean but first impression means everything.

  I'd think a clean pair of normal jeans a clean buttondown shirt with company and employee name on it would be plenty.  People in full uniforms in my house tend to make me nervous.  I don't think "professional" so much as "official" and officials in the house is an idea that doesn't seem to jive.  I want to be comfortable with the person in the house, not feeling like they are looking for an opporunity to find something to call the police about. 

lol doug,  if a cleaner came to my house dressed in a $1000 suit and displayed the same smugness and sarcasm as you did above there, I'd have him out on his ear.  I imagine your the type of cleaner that smiles to the customers face then when your driving away from the job later you have all kinds of nasty comments to make about them and their home.  Yep, that is definitely not what I want in my home or around my family.

  I was just giving my opinion of what my own reaction as a customer is when people show up at my door to do work.  No need to get all worked up strokin that little banjo. 

If I had a cleaner show up with white cargo pants and white running shoes it would blow my mind. What is even better is if he were to wear an enviro identification badge and booties. Which many big companies are now getting into.

I would be so impressed, it is that easy to impress people. You should see how bad most of my customers present them selfs. Some even look infectious.

Try to remember we are in the cleaning business!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

I like a uniform.....but what ever you wear...look clean....hair cut...shave...smell nice....van must be clean...inside and out...tools must be clean...that means no hair balls under wand...

If it's a customer that I've done a few times...I might wear jeans...but if it's someone I never met...I want my uniform....just the way you look could possibly get you a re service

""Well Mr. TomR maybe you should take the pepsi challange and have two people show up to someone's home one with in jeans and a tshirt and the other in a uniform""

I said a clean pair of jeans and a clean button down shirt.  There is a difference between a button down shirt and a tshirt, unless your tshirts happen to have biuttons in them.  Anyways, my point is just that appearence is only one part (not even the most important one) of the overall service to be balanced in proportion with the rest.  I'll be sure to put that in my handbook, thanks, I'll send you a copy when its all done. 

Now that you all look Fabulous in your Jeans or Uniforms.

Lets get that equipment cleaned up before you inter the business or home.

Have you heard the one about the guy on his hands and knees removing spots only to notice his blue jeans bleeding onto the carpet?

Did not bother me as I sold him the solution to get him off the hook. But, It did bother Mrs. Housewife.

What happens next time a blue jeans cleaner comes to her house???

Went out one night to help a customer clean a white carpet. House was for sale and had been sitting with no electricity or heat for months. The carpet needed to be cleaned before a move-in the next day.

We worked with cold water and in the dark with the machine plugged into a neighbours home. My customer who was in his sock feet bled dye all over the carpeting which was VERY noticeable the next day.

Never did get paid.

Boxers or briefs?

Tom most pant manufactures pre wash their material before manufacturing there product.

Jean manufactures unless stated on the label pre wash have top dye on them to make them look more attractive.

I'm not sure if this is true but it sounds good and makes sense.  

work naked...you'll only bleed if you get cut.....

I think thats a good idea...naked carpet cleaners...It would go over big in the states...not here in the gta

  I was thinkin that too.  Hire some girls, train them to clean carpets...you know alot of strip clubs don't even pay the strippers, the strippers get paid in tips.  In fact, sometimes the strippers have to pay the club.  So you just pay em regular carpet cleaner wage, they keep the tips, and you make a fortune.  A dollar a square foot with a $250. minimum. 

Better yet, pay $50 a house + $50 for her protection (portable bouncer).

What about blue uniforms shirt and trousers with the name and the company pockets i don t have a problem people don t care as long as they get the service they want i really dont think it matters who wears what.