To object to being paid like this

[carparker]

I need a sense check really, I'm so annoyed and I'm not sure why. I'm a cleaner, work in people's homes, they usually pay me cash. Most leave it out for me and I take it when I'm done,

This one client though, I have to find him and ask for the money every time, I say ok I'm finished, he says oh are you, then I say yes can I have my money please, then he gets out his wallet and takes it out note by note, so one fiver, holds it out till I take it, rinse and repeat. Always £5 or £10 short so he says oh I'll transfer the rest. 24 hours later I text to ask, he pays a few hours after.

It's driving me nuts, how hard is it to just have £30 ready? Why does he do it? I need the work so i don't want to complain but I'm living on my nerves waiting for the last £5 or whatever, and the note by note thing is just weird. Should I say something or am I being a princess?

Maybe he just wants a chat?

This is horrible and creepy behaviour. Where I live (north Surrey) it’s so hard to find a reliable and trustworthy cleaner with availability that we would never do soemthing like this to put them off, even if we wanted to.

Grit your teeth as long as you can but do see if you can diversify your client base and ditch this asshole for people who will give you the respect you deserve.

It’s an important job looking after someone’s home and you should be valued for it!

find another client and then let him go. It’s really disrespectful behaviour, you shouldn’t have to chase him for payment. He’s not doing you a favour.

Put the price up by £5 and tell him you need payment in cash once you're done. Ask him to confirm he will have full payment for you - I hope he says he will.

If he doesn't have it again, you can remind him he said he'd have the payment in full and give him his final notice because this is a pattern and you don't have time to keep chasing him for payment.

Alternatively, ask him to pay you into an new bank account you set up specifically for this. He can then do the transfer in front of you for the full amount. Still increase his cost, though.

He’s a dick trying to belittle you. Look to find another household to replace him then drop him, there’s always loads of people wanting good cleaners I’m sure you can find someone else

This is perfect

A bit off topic but, I need to find a cleaner for a couple of hours each week. How do I go about finding one? Unless @carparker lives in south west Scotland?

Sounds like a good outcome OP - well done.

It's disrespectful to not have all the money to hand, and does appear to be a power play - unpleasant. But if it's now bank transfer, hopefully that will remove the situation and the that's the end of it.

Can you just invoice him and tell
him to transfer money instead ? That way you don’t have to deal with him face to face

Sorry I just realised you updated . Just checking n case you need it , I use revolut for payments and transfers , its very easy to set up and doesn’t have overdraws and you can withdraw money or pay with the card etc . Good luck

Find another client, then leave.

Use monzo for payments. Tell him you don't accept cash anymore and give him monzo details. Also, don't bin him off, he's an easy clean.

Just updating, he transferred the money (all of it) no problem just after I left, didn't speak to him while I was there. Hopefully that'll be the new system, I can't say I'll miss talking to him.

Well done.

great result op

👍

So to update again, after a few ok weeks he randomly cancelled me this week, said he'd decided he couldn't afford it and would clean for himself now. Fair enough. Got to find a new client now aaargh!

Good luck!

It's possible he enjoyed the game and therefore cancelled. No great loss. I hope you find someone brilliant.