Hangin' With a High-Rise Window Washer

Do people ever tell you they would want your job?

Sometimes when we finish, people ask us how much we make. And I say, $15 or $16 an hour, and they say, "Wow, are you crazy? I wouldn't do that for a million dollars." Some people are afraid of heights. This job is not for everyone. Would you want to do this job?

No way. I don't even like standing on a stepladder. What about your children ? You have three. What do they think of your job?

My 9-year-old thinks it's fun. He wants to do it. At home he takes rope and says, "Papi, show me how to climb." But I don't want him to do this job. I want him to go to school and do something different.

What about your wife?

Every time I go to work she tells me, "Take care of yourself. Be careful." She wants me to do something else, but I feel comfortable with this job. I really know the job, and I know what I'm doing.

Okay, this is a related question. Who cleans the windows at your home?

My wife! [Laughs.] It's true. She's always cleaning. She tells me, "I don't know why you clean 100 windows a day and you can't clean ours." But she's just playing with me.