Window washer 'can't find another job'

An Auckland window washer claims he can't find another job. Photo / Thinkstock

Window washer Luke, 29, cleans car windscreens because he can't find another job to feed his three children.

He has worked the intersection of Great South Rd and Cavendish Dr "most days" for eight years, but said he did not see someone splash dirty water on a spotlessly clean hearse this week.

"I have a family to feed," he said. "They say there are a lot of jobs out there but it's not true. If this person wants us to get off the lights, maybe they should offer us a job."

He said he had a girl aged 6, a boy aged 4 and a 10-month-old baby daughter.

He was not on a benefit. "To get on a benefit you have to apply for about 20 jobs. They make it so difficult," he said. "How am I going to feed my kids in the meantime?"

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He previously worked at the Sleepyhead bed factory and later started a landscaping business, but it "went bust".

He denied washing cars without drivers' permission.

"If you go up to wash a window and the person says no, you know you're not going to get paid so why wash the window?"

He said the income was not great, and he would take any job paying at least $23 an hour, but it was enough to put food on the table.

"I like it here because you're your own boss and you work your own hours."