Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Paul-kent on March 28, 2020, 11:09:32 am
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I looking at going ltd as i can see the self-employed getting shafted tax wise
Also i'm going to push cash less payments due to the next year of social distancing rules
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make sure I have everyone mobile number not just a few
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I think most will be rushing out to build a man cave should this ever happen again.
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I think I might juggle some of my work around to make it more compact as I will be way behind so that would be a good opportunity to do this
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It'll be interesting to see what the world's like when it settles down.
Me, I think it'll be the end of the supermarkets, so I might target smaller shops.
It's the supermarkets that are most responsible for the spread of the virus. They've signed their own death warrants by being so big and selling essential stuff.
If we all stayed home and boycotted the supermarkets then it'd stop them spreading the virus. We'd be cutting off the cause of the problem.
Hope that every Lidl helps.
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It'll be interesting to see what the world's like when it settles down.
Me, I think it'll be the end of the supermarkets, so I might target smaller shops.
It's the supermarkets that are most responsible for the spread of the virus. They've signed their own death warrants by being so big and selling essential stuff.
If we all stayed home and boycotted the supermarkets then it'd stop them spreading the virus. We'd be cutting off the cause of the problem.
Hope that every Lidl helps.
I think readily available international travel has caused the spread of this virus.
Branson is in a pickle and it's Virgin on the ridiculous.
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make sure I have everyone mobile number not just a few
Snap
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no changes for me really.....
1.most customers pay online as it is
2.i dont clean inside windows
3.i usually wear nitrile gloves and wash my hands frequently while working anyway
4.most of my work is domestic with a small percentage commercial(not lost a single job yet)
5.i have the majority of my customers contact numbers(requirement for online payment)
i will start accepting offers of tea and coffee again after all this goes away but not probably for the next year or so and ill stop spraying miltons sterilising fluid on my customers door handles/latches! ;D
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I’m going to have a big push on domestics. I’d ideally like a 50/50 split domestic commercial. I had planned a 30k leaflet drop for this spring and have the leaflets ready to go but it will have to wait now.
I did get 2000 out in February and picked up 5 regulars and a couple of nice one offs so was quite excited about getting the rest of them out.
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I’m going to have a big push on domestics. I’d ideally like a 50/50 split domestic commercial. I had planned a 30k leaflet drop for this spring and have the leaflets ready to go but it will have to wait now.
I did get 2000 out in February and picked up 5 regulars and a couple of nice one offs so was quite excited about getting the rest of them out.
Like a few individuals on here, why don’t you just become a complete dick head and steal some work from the window cleaners who have spent years building a business and have decided not to work?
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It'll be interesting to see what the world's like when it settles down.
Me, I think it'll be the end of the supermarkets, so I might target smaller shops.
It's the supermarkets that are most responsible for the spread of the virus. They've signed their own death warrants by being so big and selling essential stuff.
If we all stayed home and boycotted the supermarkets then it'd stop them spreading the virus. We'd be cutting off the cause of the problem.
Hope that every Lidl helps.
I think readily available international travel has caused the spread of this virus.
Branson is in a pickle and it's Virgin on the ridiculous.
Very intuitive.
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It'll be interesting to see what the world's like when it settles down.
Me, I think it'll be the end of the supermarkets, so I might target smaller shops.
It's the supermarkets that are most responsible for the spread of the virus. They've signed their own death warrants by being so big and selling essential stuff.
If we all stayed home and boycotted the supermarkets then it'd stop them spreading the virus. We'd be cutting off the cause of the problem.
Hope that every Lidl helps.
They sell bats ?
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I’m going to have a big push on domestics. I’d ideally like a 50/50 split domestic commercial. I had planned a 30k leaflet drop for this spring and have the leaflets ready to go but it will have to wait now.
I did get 2000 out in February and picked up 5 regulars and a couple of nice one offs so was quite excited about getting the rest of them out.
Like a few individuals on here, why don’t you just become a complete dick head and steal some work from the window cleaners who have spent years building a business and have decided not to work?
That's what I thought.
If we all showed more solidarity, folk wouldn't be as worried about going out to work and the others wouldn't be as worried about losing customers.
And in a show of solidarity, I'm going to rip up my book with the names of flouters in.
I remember them all anyway (http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1585408876_grin[1].gif).
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make sure I have everyone mobile number not just a few
Me too + cashless payments by bacs or other.
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It'll be interesting to see what the world's like when it settles down.
Me, I think it'll be the end of the supermarkets, so I might target smaller shops.
It's the supermarkets that are most responsible for the spread of the virus. They've signed their own death warrants by being so big and selling essential stuff.
If we all stayed home and boycotted the supermarkets then it'd stop them spreading the virus. We'd be cutting off the cause of the problem.
Hope that every Lidl helps.
They sell bats ?
I heard Tesco do.
So I went, I was queueing outside and I get talking to the bloke 2m behind me. Becoming impatient, I said I only want a tennis bat to swat flies with and he replies "it's a racket".
I came home because I'm not paying an inflated price for a tennis bat just because people are panic buying them.
I bought The Sun on the way home and I'm using that instead.
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It'll be interesting to see what the world's like when it settles down.
Me, I think it'll be the end of the supermarkets, so I might target smaller shops.
It's the supermarkets that are most responsible for the spread of the virus. They've signed their own death warrants by being so big and selling essential stuff.
If we all stayed home and boycotted the supermarkets then it'd stop them spreading the virus. We'd be cutting off the cause of the problem.
Hope that every Lidl helps.
They sell bats ?
I heard Tesco do.
So I went, I was queueing outside and I get talking to the bloke 2m behind me. Becoming impatient, I said I only want a tennis bat to swat flies with and he replies "it's a racket".
I came home because I'm not paying an inflated price for a tennis bat just because people are panic buying them.
I bought The Sun on the way home and I'm using that instead.
Overall i think you have a good plan. Instead of 400 people an hour going into large supermarkets we can all go in our local butcher/spar shop etc.... That might be a plan ;D ;D
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I'm going to re build my round and try to franchise.
Decided this before the lockdown after speaking to a few helpfull chaps off this forum.
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It'll be interesting to see what the world's like when it settles down.
Me, I think it'll be the end of the supermarkets, so I might target smaller shops.
It's the supermarkets that are most responsible for the spread of the virus. They've signed their own death warrants by being so big and selling essential stuff.
If we all stayed home and boycotted the supermarkets then it'd stop them spreading the virus. We'd be cutting off the cause of the problem.
Hope that every Lidl helps.
They sell bats ?
I heard Tesco do.
So I went, I was queueing outside and I get talking to the bloke 2m behind me. Becoming impatient, I said I only want a tennis bat to swat flies with and he replies "it's a racket".
I came home because I'm not paying an inflated price for a tennis bat just because people are panic buying them.
I bought The Sun on the way home and I'm using that instead.
Overall i think you have a good plan. Instead of 400 people an hour going into large supermarkets we can all go in our local butcher/spar shop etc.... That might be a plan ;D ;D
It's what's going in and out of the shop that's the problem. And it's not bats.
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They could open a supermarket just for windowcleaners as they are mostly immune or very low risk.
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They could open a supermarket just for windowcleaners as they are mostly immune or very low risk.
The cafes inside would all have to close though.
Common sense exercising window cleaners are refusing tea and coffee.
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Probably have to phone the night before but it could be done.
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Probably have to phone the night before but it could be done.
(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1585415646_grin[1].gif)
Yeah, phone ahead and see if the supermarket needs any groceries bringing.
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As said, make sure I have every customers mobile number
Stay as I am 100% domestic
Keep a buffer of extra work
Which I have but was considering ditching some later this year 🙆🏻♂️
Thinking seriously of getting a sky vac atom
Another avenue for me
I don’t work in the rain, only drizzle
So thinking I could earn some more on shall I shan’t I window cleaning days
Gutter clearing instead
Kaizen my business more an examine every aspect to make any tiny improvement
Wether it’s just tidying van, making sure I have spares
Taking more chances
i.e take up a hobby even if I class it to be risky
Like boxing training again or judo
Not worry so much
And stock pile a suitcase 🧳 in the loft wit toilet rolls, pasta, canned food, paracetamol, hand sanitizer
🔒🏃🦠
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To hopefully realise what matters the most and not to quickly forget and get caught up in the rat race of life once again
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I will be Stockpiling toilet rolls sick of wiping my arse on leaves.