Window Washers At Traffic Lights
Hi all,
I've been pretty much against these guys all my life, but I'm starting to soften in my old age (well, 34). They're much more common around Auckland - especially South Auckland where I work - than in the UK, where I really only used to encounter them once or twice a year in rainy Manchester. The fact that these guys don't pay tax, etc, used to really annoy me, but I'm starting to come around to the viewpoint that at least they're getting off their butts and doing some work. So, for the people who do tip them, what's the going rate these days? |
Re: Window Washers At Traffic Lights
Originally Posted by bigjohnny7
(Post 10551695)
Hi all,
I've been pretty much against these guys all my life, but I'm starting to soften in my old age (well, 34). They're much more common around Auckland - especially South Auckland where I work - than in the UK, where I really only used to encounter them once or twice a year in rainy Manchester. The fact that these guys don't pay tax, etc, used to really annoy me, but I'm starting to come around to the viewpoint that at least they're getting off their butts and doing some work. So, for the people who do tip them, what's the going rate these days? |
Re: Window Washers At Traffic Lights
Originally Posted by Genesis
(Post 10551758)
They area scourge. They scratch your panels and I am perfectly capable of cleaning my windows with the little stick on my steering column. They get gobby if you don't tip them and I never asked for their service. I dislike they ardently.
I also dislike them. ;) |
Re: Window Washers At Traffic Lights
Originally Posted by bigjohnny7
(Post 10551695)
Hi all,
I've been pretty much against these guys all my life, but I'm starting to soften in my old age (well, 34). They're much more common around Auckland - especially South Auckland where I work - than in the UK, where I really only used to encounter them once or twice a year in rainy Manchester. The fact that these guys don't pay tax, etc, used to really annoy me, but I'm starting to come around to the viewpoint that at least they're getting off their butts and doing some work. So, for the people who do tip them, what's the going rate these days? |
Re: Window Washers At Traffic Lights
Never had any problems with them in Hamilton, they all seem happy and cheery ... I always wave them away .. sometimes they clean my screen anyway and walk away looking for another customer.
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Re: Window Washers At Traffic Lights
There's often one / some at the Tristram Avenue intersection at Wairau Road playing chicken with the traffic.
I find that a polite 'no thank you' normally sends them packing to the next victim. If not, my plan B would be to run them over!! :lol: |
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Doesn't bother me either. I get the occasional freebie, which is nice. I pay when I think the windscreen needs it, not if I don't. As for tax...there are people earning a lot more than them avoiding paying much more tax.
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An unneeded distraction at a busy intersection.
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I've never come across one in my 6 years here. I just know that I'm not going to be able to move for them now :rofl:
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