Hangin' With a High-Rise Window Washer

Okay, on to the important questions. Have you ever seen anything you weren't supposed to see through the windows?

[Laughs.] Ah, no, not really. Sometimes at the hotels they don't pull the blinds and [laughs again] I think some people, they don't seem to care if you see them.

Do people inside the office ever wave or try to make you laugh?

Sometimes people make signs saying, "Thank you, guys" or "Good job." It makes us feel good and that we're doing the job right. Then, sometimes they tell us we missed a spot, and they point to it.

A number of times I've walked under buildings where window washers are working and I've had water splashed on me. Do you guys ever try and spray people below just for fun?

No! No, no. You know, it's probably just the wind. We have a lot of respect for our work and for people down below.

Do you have a special solution for washing windows, or is it just soap and water?

For inside windows, it is mostly just water and regular soap [Joy]. When we do the exterior, we use more ammonia to cut the dirt. And we use [surgical] towels to wipe the windows and get dirt off the edges.