I know what you mean about dripping with sweat! For me, it's the worst when vacuuming. I tend to wear knee-length skirts instead of pants. It's partly personal preference, but it also keeps me cooler than jeans.
We clean houses in tank tops or t-shirts under our uniforms on hot days, not instead of uniforms, when sweating, cleaning in tank tops wouldn't be a good idea. We wear identification badges, background check and have a supervisor on ever job. Look professional, look your best! And always provide high quality services.
yes, we have a uniform for our people as it looks more professional. But then I think it depends on what sort of cleaning you do. For res I just wore jeans and a top.
I have to say, I like the scrubs idea. They are thin, easy to move in and don't leave lint behind - plus they have pockets. I have worn the thick cotton/polyester dickies work pants - the ones that mechanics, and repairmen wear. They are fine in winter but are too hot for summer work. I usually wear thin worn out jean for bottoms in the summer along with a uniform top with my name badge on it. I just can't bear the polyester blend work pants in the summer. You need to be able to move comfortably while cleaning. I don't know how people can have their shirt tucked in while cleaning.
The cleaning company I was with let us wear pants we were comfortable in and the company polo shirt. Pants were usually jeans or khakis. But whatever you decide to wear, make sure to remember you will probably be working with bleach! I learned that the hard way...:sad:
Yea bleach is a problem..as we all soon find out. Scrubs are working out well though although yes mostly used in the medical field ..we can all agree we are caring for houses..(as well as people..!) ( an apron works well over the scrubs with company logo on it). :yes:
I just wear my normal clothes, but I always wear a clean apron. I used to wait tables in a restaurant that only required us to wear an apron as our uniform. It was great because wearing my own clothes was comfortable, but the aprons made all of the servers easily identifiable to the customers, gave us a place to carry our stuff, and helped keep our clothes clean underneath. I think wearing an apron looks more professional than just wearing plain clothes. I want to be treated like a professional, but I also enjoy establishing a somewhat personal relationship with my customers. The apron sort of goes along with that I suppose. Plus, it gives me a place to stash all of my stuff. I keep my wood cleaner and all surface/glass spray in pockets at the front when I do all the dusting, along with several types of cloths stashed into the apron strings around my waist. I also keep that stuff there when I vacuum, so if I noticed I missed something while dusting, the tools are right there. Also keep my long dusting wand stashed in the apron strings. You can get an apron with your logo on it at care press for around $20.
- What I meant by "as our uniform" in that sentence was that the apron was our uniform, as opposed to wearing a logo tee shirt along with specific pants and shoes like some other places I've worked.
Your cheeky.
Oh and in that last sentence in the above post, I should have written "Cafe Press". Cafe Press will print anything you want on a large selection of items from coffee mugs to aprons.
there are a lot of ways to look professional and a lot of it is with the body you're stuffing in the clothes. depending on the job and weather what i wear changes. the only central theme is with an identifiable shirt with my business logo
When we built our business originally we wore what ever we had on. Then we had t-shirts with the logo made. I'm having some new shirts made next week and I'm going to have some fun with them. Not sure if you've ever seen that cartoon that says: DOGGY HELL and has a picture of the devil with a vacuum cleaner with dogs barking at the vacuum. Even when we had over 200 customers, none of them cared if we came in clothes or naked as long as we cleaned well.
I think what matters more is what vehicle you pull up in. When I had my Mercury Mountaineer we had more people say no than when we pull up in the work vans. I quickly stopped going on bids in a nice vehicle. The other day my work van broke down so I had to drive the brand new van and all the customers commented on was how pretty the new van is. The next time my old van breaks down I'm renting another OLD van to drive for work.
Our uniform consists of polo shirts with our company logo and for the pants we use dickies brand. We have a washer and dryer at work so employees can launder their uniforms or leave them and we will launder them. We work in influential neighborhoods so its a must to wear something that sets us apart from the rest.
wear softy cotton clothes,i think it will comfortable to you.
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