Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Carpet Dawg on December 17, 2011, 06:52:09 pm
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no chance luv! :D
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"yes.... let me get my dairy...... so thats all booked for monday.....
..... the 22nd of March" :D :D
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Exactly! ;D Talk about last minute! Some people....
Had 5 other calls today wanting it done before xmas! Managed to persuade 4 of them to get it done early Jan.
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Just a bit earlier 3 bed semi Tues morning empty.
Unfortunately no.
Working 2 evenings next week and a rug has just come in.
John
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Yeah its times like these that i wished i employed an illegal immigrant or two.
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I'm offering 7am appointments!!
but get ready for the liars to start to ringing ...." its only Small"....." its not too dirty"...." it won't take you long" ( how do they know how long it will take me???)
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Just a bit earlier 3 bed semi Tues morning empty.
Unfortunately no.
Working 2 evenings next week and a rug has just come in.
John
How do you go on cleaning carpets in the evening at this time of year?
I find it a nightmare cleaning in artificial light and have turned away 3 0r 4 jobs this week where theyve asked me to do evenings as I cant do day time.
Is there a knack to cleaning in artificial light.We had a new carpet put down 6 weeks ago and when we put the big light on at night it looks dirty.
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Had one last night 9.15pm wanted it done today first thing no chance "ok I'll have it first thing Momday" Sorry fully booked
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Some people think we sit at home all day waiting for thier phone call! :-\
Wayne, i find that artificial light is better on some carpets.
I didn't get back till 6pm tonight, same again tomorrow :(
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"yes.... let me get my dairy...... so thats all booked for monday.....
Mike, do you milk coos asa sideline ;D
..... the 22nd of March" :D :D
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I’m working tomorrow morning yes Sunday, phone call today about 1600 and I jumped (jobs worth about £200 but the extras £10k)
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I had one this morning for a small bedroom needing today or tomorrow I would try my best to fit in easy jobs like this but 2 problems, 1. it's too far out of the way 2. he didn't want to pay my price!
Shaun
BTW quoted a customer for a 2 seater sofa with no seat or back cushions to be cleaned she had CD round £220.00 :o, shame I just couldn't fit the requirements of want she wanted time wise.
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I had 1 just off the phone 3+2+1 suite, 2 medium bedrooms, well you can fit 2 double beds in them, hall, stairs and a rug, can you come tomorrow morning ;D ;D
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I had a lady say yesterday that she wanted her 3 piece suite cleaned, as we discussed several weeks ago. She wants it done before Christmas... :o
I booked her in and said "Okay, so that'll be £150 on the day plus I'll do your carpet for free!"
She gasped "150 quid? You said it would cost about £30!"
"No" I said "I said it would be about £30 per seat!"
"Oh Christ, I can't afford that!"
"Do you really believe I'd do all that work for £30?"
"Well actually... No, I thought it was too good to be true!!!"
She said she'll save up and have it done in Spring... I won't hold my breath...! ;D
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Colin where's you xmas spirit....... ;D ;D
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he drunk it last night
big bottle rum
;D ;D ;D
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Hi
I dont know if its just me but i can turn my phone off.
Why your answering in the evening & on sundays is beyond me!
Dave
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Hi
I dont know if its just me but i can turn my phone off.
Why your answering in the evening & on sundays is beyond me!
Dave
The lady approached me on the street... Maybe you would suggest I wore a balaclava so she didn't recognise me... She probably thought I should have been wearing a robber's mask.... ;D
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Hi
Sorry Colin didnt realise you wore a mask ;D
Dave
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Hi
I dont know if its just me but i can turn my phone off.
Why your answering in the evening & on sundays is beyond me!
Dave
No it's not just you. Family & friends have been prompted to just keep talking if the answer machine comes on as we monitor if it's worth picking up or not.
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Hi
If you have 2 lines, one work one personal this wouldn't happen!
Dave
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I only advertise my landline numbers, but they are diverted to my mobile.
I used to take it off divert evenings/weekends but always went out the next day forgettign to put the divert back on :(
So I always have calls to my mobile 24/7, but I have to say I very rarely get any at unsociable times. I've just done a job for one customer who kept screwing around with their dates and would only ever p[hone me after 8pm or on a Sunday.
I finally managed to get rid of a weird guy last year who I mistakenly did a charitable favour for, which was a small job for virtually nothing. He kept calling me back to come and clean up his tea stains expecting a favour all the time, but always rang at 10 or 11 at night, or Sundays. I kid you not, I have about 7 numbers for him saved on my phone, he tried using different numbers to ring from to outwit me but he always got the voicemail!!
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I got a call from a regular owner of a B&B which I've had around 6-8 jobs per year from....................It was 12 mid day Friday and they needed an emergency clean as the cottage had a lot of work done during the week and they had someone coming in on Saturday morning. Could I possibly fit in two bedrooms and a staircase / tiny landing.
As I had nothing else planned for the afternoon I found it easy to say yes and was back home within an hour and a half. It's the business I've done for many years and if the phone stopped ringing I would certainly miss the money.
So many were expressing concern over the past couple of months about how quiet things were and hoping the run up to Christmas would give a much needed boost . Surely not the same people taking long holidays and complaining about paid work ! :o :o
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The best one I ever got was Xmas day at about 3pm "Mr Gunn I've knocked a glass of red wine over can you come and clean it up?" of course it'll be £150 call out then £50 an hour "but you normally don't charge me that me its not normally xmas day when you ring
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I had a call at half past 10 on Christmas night last year. My drunk customer told me she had a red wine emergency and wanted me to come and clean it up immediately.
Needless to say she is no longer a customer.