In my business as a window cleaner to the "stars" I often find myself working for extremely wealthy people! You may wonder what it's like.

Questions You May Have About The Very Wealthy!

Are they less generous?
Are they suspicious of you while you're working?

Let's Find Out!

I have often thought about and discussed these questions with my employees. In general, our consensus is that when it comes to tipping or offering you something to drink while you're there for the day working the wealthy are less likely to offer either. Maybe that's why they're wealthy!

Let's not generalize too much! The first home that I entered yesterday is owned by a fabulously wealthy family and they are extremely open and generous. As soon as we arrived to wash their windows (we do them once a month) the lady of the house offered us a coffee, prepared it and brought it to us on a serving tray. Keep in mind that they have a cook, a personal trainer and a maid on staff! She then proceeded to pay me in cash for the job and also gave us each $20.00 as a tip! We are always treated with dignity and appreciation....what a great family!

Here Are Some Photos From Our First Job Yesterday!

This shot is taken from their living room window. Their apartment is the entire floor of a very elegant building!

Looking to the left you see the Lakeside promenade of Lugano leading to the gorgeous Parco Ciani

If you had this view wouldn't you have your windows cleaned every month?

Here you can get an idea of the size of the apartment. I took this from 3/4 of the way back. Every room has a balcony.

What Is My Worst Story Of Stinginess And Paranoia? The Dark Side!

I used to do the windows every month for an equally wealthy family just north of Lugano. The lady of the house wanted the windows done every month but she bartered and bartered to get the price down as low as she could. I actually gave in way too much and ended up doing the job for years at a price below market value.

Each time I went there she would lock the door as soon as I entered. She would then follow me around the house the whole time that I was working. If I went out to the truck to get something she'd lock the door behind me and wait there until I got back (60 seconds). I'd then have to ring the doorbell and she'd open it. Would you want to live like that? Me neither! I put up with it because I was just starting out here in Switzerland and I had a family to feed!

Why Did I Quit Working For Her?

The last time that I did the job she took me downstairs to where they had an indoor pool and she showed me that the glass doors of the shower area had hard water stains on them and she wanted to know if I could get them off.

I used my potions, lotions, scrapers and elbow grease and with about an hour of work I brought the doors back to perfection! I knew that she was cheap so I only added $20.00 to the bill and she still flipped out on me. "I asked you to do me a favor" she said. I insisted that she pay but she wouldn't budge and so I told her "fine, it's free, but I won't ever come back." Can you believe that she kept calling me for about a year asking me to continue the service?

What Are Your Experiences?

Do you find the wealthy to be less generous? If yes why do you think that it is so?
Are the wealthy generally more suspicious? If yes why would that be?
Will you change when Steemit makes you wealthy?
Is it foolish, even dangerous to generalize?

I hope that you enjoyed this article about what it's like to work for wealthy people.

Until next time,

@kus-knee (The Old Dog)

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