Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Small but perfectley formed on March 13, 2011, 06:55:15 am
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Do most window cleaners drink is it the job or that if you have a drink problem it is a job that you can function in.
ie days off, early finish etc
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Good observation jason. I think the word 'most' is questionable, but we get your drift.
When i first started a customer mentioned that his old wc had cans of special brew in his car.
"Drinking at eleven, not a good sign."
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Hi,
For 20 years I have wondered why people drink ???
I Say to my Son, yes go to the pub but have a soft drink as when you drink it is not your true self that materialises.
I find that I dont need drink to get relaxed or brave.
Kevin WINDOLENE
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Dont drink to relax or get brave just to get ped :P :o
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I don't drink much, I spill most of it.............
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Window cleaning can be very distressing. And at times it can lead to drinking.
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So can life, window-cleaning is no more stressful than any other job.
Looking for excuses Dean? ;)
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Do most window cleaners drink is it the job or that if you have a drink problem it is a job that you can function in.
ie days off, early finish etc
Are you talking about yourself or some wc`ers you know?
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To be honest a lot of the old window cleaners were in the pub as soon as it opened. Part of the reason why the job still has an image problem.
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Window cleaning is a fantastic job to have if you've got a problem with alcohol. You can start late without any dire repercussions, due to hang-overs and finish early to start drinking. Hell, you can take whole days off to drink if you want.
And you haven't got a boss asking you awkward questions, trying to look you in the eyes and stuff.
I'm talking from experience here! ;D
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I drink far too much.... coffee that is. Cant remember the last time i had a drink
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i dont drink much myself once every few months for me i dnt really enjoy beer if i drink i have few ciders n then hit hard stuff usually for 3 days!!!!!!!!!
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I've seen a bloke taking a swig of special brew up a ladder lol
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never drink on the job as to speak just have one at home to relax
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We have a drink at 7 am, usually 4 cans of Fosters, then off to work, followed by a quart bottle of whiskey for 11ns,s, a quick hour back at work, then off to the pub for the rest of the day :D
We don't drink more than the rest of the window cleaners
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most windowcleaners are religious men , infact 90 % !! ,i( i wont say which religion the majority of them follow ) and we all know where they stand on alcohol and drug abuse ..
myself im not religious but am teetotal , so i guess im in the 10 %
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most windowcleaners are religious men , infact 90 % !! ,i( i wont say which religion the majority of them follow ) and we all know where they stand on alcohol and drug abuse ..
myself im not religious but am teetotal , so i guess im in the 10 %
There's quite a few of us here who don't drink any longer due to reasons other than religious! ;D
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most windowcleaners are religious men , infact 90 % !! ,i( i wont say which religion the majority of them follow ) and we all know where they stand on alcohol and drug abuse ..
myself im not religious but am teetotal , so i guess im in the 10 %
are you sure? Drugs maybe, but drink I no not.!
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most windowcleaners are religious men , infact 90 % !! ,i( i wont say which religion the majority of them follow ) and we all know where they stand on alcohol and drug abuse ..
myself im not religious but am teetotal , so i guess im in the 10 %
lots of religious people drink alcohol. and I doubt if it is high as 90% could be wrong though
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Did you enjoy your time in drink tosh?
I must say that you seem to be happy away from the booze which has got to be a good thing.
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I only enjoy a drink at football, it makes watching QPR with all your mates a good day out. Tea is my most favorite drink about 10/ 15 cups a day.
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i agree with tosh!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D
yes been there,done that many times!!nearly 5 years sober now and my business and life has never been in better shape!!
if you are a drinker it is a fantastic job although not so good if your drinking while up a ladder(or using a wfp!)and your customers might not like you coming round when your half p****d!!!
as for days off and lie ins.no problem!although you ll end up skint and ill!!
dazmond
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most windowcleaners are religious men , infact 90 % !! ,i( i wont say which religion the majority of them follow ) and we all know where they stand on alcohol and drug abuse ..
myself im not religious but am teetotal , so i guess im in the 10 %
they still drink though mate trust me ;)
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most windowcleaners are religious men , infact 90 % !! ,i( i wont say which religion the majority of them follow ) and we all know where they stand on alcohol and drug abuse ..
myself im not religious but am teetotal , so i guess im in the 10 %
they still drink though mate trust me ;)
I know they do! ;D ;)
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Did you enjoy your time in drink tosh?
I must say that you seem to be happy away from the booze which has got to be a good thing.
I don't think it was a case of 'enjoying' my last drink; I sort of drank because I felt I had to. It was more for relief from the internal pressure that built up when I wasn't drinking, more than anything else. I didn't drink for fun, I drank because it gave me a sense of ease and comfort, but in the end even that stopped working. Alcohol is a drug, and that's what happens I guess. And once I started drinking, I didn't drink in moderation. I drank till either my supply had ran out (I tried to control my drinking by not having too much in the house), or till I passed out, if I did have access to more than my 'ration'. My 'rock bottom' was more mental and physical (I was just truly sick and tired of feeling sick and tired) than material; though I had problems with relationships, earning a living, dealing with life in general, and I had regular thoughts and plans about suicide; and I had to drink every-sodding-day; like a treadmill I couldn't get off.
It does sometimes annoy me when people (like my Mother) still think I'm on some sort of knife-edge where they think at some stage I could possibly drink again (she knows alkies; my father was one) - and it's been nearly two years sober for me (it would've been longer, but I had to do some experimenting to see if I really was really an alkie, after a period of not drinking ;D).
But now, after being shown how, I don't miss drinking at all, no more than I miss say,... eating kippers. It's not a case of 'fighting' or 'will power' (though it took a bit of grit in the early days - but I had plenty of support from a brilliant bunch of people who'd been in the same situation as myself), and now I really just don't need to drink. And to be honest, I don't think life has ever been as easy as it is now.
Anyway, I hope I haven't been over melodramatic. I'm just tying to help anyone that may identify with me, that they may also have a problem with alcohol. If anyone does suspect they have a problem, there's plenty of help available, and many of us find that it can actually be a blessing in disguise. You can turn all the poo that comes with being a 'problem drinker' into some pretty good fertiliser for a happy life. That might sound weird, but it's true.
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if you ve been drinking for years tosh im sure itll take more than 2 years of continous sobriety to convince your mother that that this time will be different!! ;D ;D
i know of people going back drinking after 10 years of sobriety and dying within a year.hell there is a guy whos gone back after 45 years of being sober! :o :o
its a strange thing!sobriety is easy when things are running smoothly!some just dont have the strength when faced with lifes ups and downs.
loved ones dying whether they they are murdered and raped/car accidents etc or through cancer/natural causes,losing jobs and many more horrors that some people experience.
who of us could say we will never drink again?im planning not to by the way!
best wishes for a long sober happy life!! ;) ;D ;D ;D
dazmond
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You too, Daz, mate, and I'd better get my fat ass out to work.
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I enjoy a drink once or twice a week, Its very rare that there is any in the house and i dont really enjoy it at home compared to going out to the pub. me and the girlfriend have a bottle ot two of wine at weekends perhaps. Its the whole going out to the pub and socialising/people watching that i enjoy, i could not sit in an empty pub drinking. But the trouble is i cannot just have a couple, I end up having at least 6 pints and then end up rough the next day so don't work, so its costs a fortune to drink then even more in lost earnings.