So You Want To Be A Window Washer?

[Markel]

Maybe not, after watching this:
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/vide...028/index.html

[Jenny]

Oh ****ing ****. That is scary!!

[DarkFury]

Those guys got an E ticket ride on that one.

[Markel]

I imagine a few people in the offices got a bit of a surprise, too!

[RIVERWIDOW]

I hope they got a nice little Christmas bonus!! Or at the very least, hazardous duty pay.

[Markel]

I hope they got a nice little Christmas bonus!! Or at the very least, hazardous duty pay.

For the very least, I'd say some clean underwear.

[DaFunkyUnit]

the best part was at the end, when they were interviewing the two guys.


haha, .... <sigh> ...raiders fans....

[attgig]

wow, that's sick....

but yeah, from what i hear, they do get paid very well for what they do.

[Merlin]

Those must have been some ridiculous winds.

[cheapie]

wow, that's sick....

but yeah, from what i hear, they do get paid very well for what they do.

nope. not really. a good friend owns a window washing company in denver and i'm amazed that people can live on nearly minimum wage. of course, a ton of them are illegals.

my duddy used to have a firm no-illegal hiring policy but i think he's relaxed it recently since he couldn't compete with the other firms because of it.

[Freelance Superhero]

wheeeeeeeeee!! better than any roller coaster they'll ever go on...

i think i saw that on the news here too.

[Markel]

Here in Chicago, I've seen window washers that don't use a platform. They have a little seat (like a hard swing seat) susepeded on a line, and a second safety line. They dangle down, swing to the left and right to get to more windows, then lower themsleves down to the next floor. I've seen them doing this on 25 story buildings.

[cadetevon]

Dude, you need to blog on this as well as post it here. BTW, I snagged it and added it to my blog.

[esme]

"YEAH MAN!"

i saw this on the news ....i think the guys (window washwers) were planning to sue .....eh

"YEAH MAN!"

[Mommypooh]

wow that would be scary for both the window washers and the people inside the building.

[attgig]

Here in Chicago, I've seen window washers that don't use a platform. They have a little seat (like a hard swing seat) susepeded on a line, and a second safety line. They dangle down, swing to the left and right to get to more windows, then lower themsleves down to the next floor. I've seen them doing this on 25 story buildings.

yeah, that's what they do here.

nope. not really. a good friend owns a window washing company in denver and i'm amazed that people can live on nearly minimum wage. of course, a ton of them are illegals.

my duddy used to have a firm no-illegal hiring policy but i think he's relaxed it recently since he couldn't compete with the other firms because of it.

reallly..
I was talking to a dude in the elevator, who's a window washer (on his way up to wash the building's windows), and he's non-illegal, unionized, and says he gets well compensated.

[cheapie]

then it may be another segment of the market. he deals mainly with new construction cleaning.

[dougadam]

I am a window washer. I am considering wearing a parachute

[kgsilvas]

wow, that's sick.... but yeah, from what i hear, they do get paid very well for what they do.

These guys were getting $13.50 per hour. Not a huge sum, especially for that kind of risk. After the "incident" their employer offered to give them a raise to $14.50, but only if they signed away their right to sue him. Both of them quit instead.

I was shocked to hear that their wild ride lasted over 20 minutes.

the best part was at the end, when they were interviewing the two guys. haha, .... <sigh> ...raiders fans....

The two "Raider" guys they interviewed in that link were NOT the window washers, they were linen delivery guys that were watching it with the camera crew. At the original link, there is a subsequent story with the actual window washers entitled "Window Washers Relive Wild Ride".