Don The Window Cleaner

I didn’t realize it for a long time, but a very high percentage of my customers are Jewish. This is just a guess because I do not actually keep data like that, but when you see enough Mezzuzahs on doorposts, you begin to detect a pattern. This becomes especially obvious in the Spring, when people are preparing for Passover. Observant Jews intensify the house cleaning before this and a few other holidays. Therefore, it might be a good idea to drop off some cards at the local synagogue. I have never done this, but the local congregations have helped spread my name around without having to do that.

I also want to add here that there is something else I have noticed about my Jewish customers. In general, they are my best customers. They get done more often, are nicer to me, and are more generous. This is not to say that there are not obsessively clean, kind and generous people among other demographic groups. I work for Catholics, Presbyterians, Wiccans, Pagans, atheists, and plain vanilla heathens who are kind, reasonable people who are also not cheap skates. It’s just that the concentration of Jews in my customer files is hard to ignore. And that means it would be foolish to ignore them.

I just got an email from a customer who let me know she needs done before Rosh Hashanah, and that is two weeks away. For your perusal, here is a calendar of Jewish holidays for the year.

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