Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Window Washers on January 28, 2012, 10:47:39 am
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Just sat wondering what you peoples did before you window cleaning ?
I was in Marketing and Sales
What about you ?
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Shift supervisor, sheet metal press setter
Just over 20 yrs doing that
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Upholsterer - 20yrs stuck behind a bench in small factory
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Tree surgeon for 10 years
I still do abit off subby work but aim to have
Enough window work by summer never to put my climbing
Kit on again! as it such a dangerous job
It's a breeze on the glass 8)
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Van driver , 50 hours a week for £235 :o
Rich
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Astronaut.
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Astronaut.
that must have been an uplifting up
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Astronaut.
that must have been an uplifting up
I got a fear of heights so became a windie.
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Astronaut.
out of this world , 8)
sorry , had to say it before someone else did.
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I was a puppeteer.
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Builder
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I was a puppeteer.
now we know why you got your hand up someones a s s ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Before starting on my own, worked for 3 other window cleaning companys, before that was flipping burgers.... all whilst being a full time legend. ;D
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If I told you I'd have to kill you.
I can however tell you that Tosh was fluffer in porn productions. ;D
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Upvc window fitter
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I was a truck driver with a low loader working on the roads pulling all the road equipment around.got fed up with the long days and always being stuck on the m25 in traffic.
Money was better though lol
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undercover Tax Investigator 8)
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Male pole dancer
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bread sales assistant,trainee butcher,littlewoods packing,Wales Pwllheli - Holiday camp,morrisons,
hod carrier,building labourer,doorman,windowcleaning,started my own window cleaning round 28 years now.
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I owned a Coffee Bar for 26 years.
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Stripper in a gay bar.... actually I was a striker for West Ham, but am too embarrassed to mention it :o
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paper boy from 11
worked on the markets till i was 16 packing up & setting up and all day during holidays and weekends
double glazing canvasser
office furniture fitter
warehouse assistant in a cardboard box factory (lasted 3 hours & quit)
drugs warehouse operator - goods inwards (they didnt always make it in)
porter at psychiatric hospital
dealer
health care assistant at psychiatric hopital
healthcare assistant at secure unit
dogs body at engineering factory
office furniture fitter (self employed)
window cleaner
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Speech & Language therapist in the NHS
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Graphic designer was my last full time job.
I have also owned limos and wedding cars, bought and sold cars, been a famous DJ ;D, owned a crappy valeting thing.
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Did not have one as I was still in school
Started up the buissness at 16 2 weeks after I finished my gcses
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1st job after leaving school was working in brooke bond tea factory,
then a job doing the news paper runs in the morning to the shops,
owner driver of own van doing couier work,
hgv driver class 1
warehouse/forklift driver
then last job before was a night transport manager ;D
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I owned a Coffee Bar for 26 years.
Hard to give that up??
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I owned a Coffee Bar for 26 years.
Hard to give that up??
Nah it wa easy, it was a De-Cafe bar ;D
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I owned a Coffee Bar for 26 years.
Hard to give that up??
Nah it wa easy, it was a De-Cafe bar ;D
;D
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i did 12 years in the army, got out started window cleaning, sold my round, went truck driving, hated it!! now just starting back at window cleaning!! love it!! lol
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I owned a Coffee Bar for 26 years.
Hard to give that up??
Yes and no, I miss the CASH, it was a busy little place, but I was tied to it, no holidays for more than 3-4 days if I was lucky, staff were always a problem. It was time for a change before I hit 50 so sold it.
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Sales Manager and Auction Buyer for a Toyota Dealer
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window cleaner
apprentice mechanic
cable jointers mate
curtain wall glazing
window cleaner
engine dismantler
labourer
controller break down firm
window cleaner
Army 15 years+ agency driving HGV 1
Current Window Cleaner
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I was a kisser gram. ;D
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Plumber
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Tree surgeon for 10 years
I still do abit off subby work but aim to have
Enough window work by summer never to put my climbing
Kit on again! as it such a dangerous job
It's a breeze on the glass 8)
Col over gotta whopping huge conifer in outback garden but it's overgrown telephone wires etc if u fancy taking a look blocks my bedroom window
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I was a kisser gram. ;D
i bet you didnt get any work ;D ;D ;D
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I was a plasterer before all my eastern buddys took all my work :o
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I was a kisser gram. ;D
i bet you didnt get any work ;D ;D ;D
If he did he'd have to give a refund. :0)
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Tax office 14 years.
Benefit entitlement 2 years
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I was business man Owned a few hair and beauty salons. Started a cosmetics wholesale and manufacturing business sold it to a USA company.Business coach and then a commercial industrial property agent.Moved to U K and lost a lot of money until all I could afford to do was Window cleaning. I enjoy just being in control of my own destination.
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What was the USA company called mate. How u lose the money
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I was a kisser gram. ;D
i bet you didnt get any work ;D ;D ;D
If he did he'd have to give a refund. :0)
Your all just jealous of my incredible good looks.
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Printer 1982- 2008 Started part time around my shift, traditional just doing manly friends and neighbours in 07 Full time 08.
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reclaimed building materials/demolition, good job
pottery factory, hated it
granite and marble fireplaces/kitchen work tops worker, ok job
JCB excavators (main constuction factory),good money but long hours so cr@p
jacket potato stall in highstreet,enjoyed it but couldnt make enough cash at it
window cleaning, best job iv had easy life just hope its the last job i have now ;)
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London cleaner. I sold out to a Company call Farouk systems also goes under The name SunGlits U S A Google it you will see it. I had partner who was a big time gambler and ended in a pile tax of problems.Then moved to the UK and could not take all my cash out of the country because exchange control and because of my age could not find employment.
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Roofer terrable job!
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I have always worked in sales and marketing.
I was a property developer until 2007 but I have always worked freelance as a business development consultant. I still do this now along side starting the canvassing company....
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job before a window cleaner was school and being a window cleaners son.
was told at school when i ped about in class "you will end up a window cleaner like your dad if you don't pay attention ha ha, 8 years on was asked to come back to the school to talk about business to kids, oh and to top it off 3 years after leaving school bought a brand new range rover of her husband who was the sales man at the local land rover garage, Mrs Ross the maths teacher if your out there i told you, you where wasting 2 hours of my life a week as we now had calculators
Window cleaning best job in the world, owning a window cleaning company a close second.....
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How big was your dads firm?
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When i joined it he had 10 lads working for him, i bought it off him 3 years ago
How big was your dads firm?
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Cool, he must be proud to see what you have achieved. Was it a help in the early days?
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Yes mate it was a great footing, i knew the business inside out as had been working in it from 10, and working full time from 15, when he is in the UK he still pops in and even though we have moved to new offices i moved all his stuff and gave him an office, its the only office i have ever seen with no paper in it what so ever ha ha.
all i have done is keep up the good work and develop it further.
Cool, he must be proud to see what you have achieved. Was it a help in the early days?
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I was a paper boy
helped out on milk round
collected for a window cleaner
told my teacher I was going to be a window cleaner, she went nuts on me, so i got a job in a carpet warehouse instead
then went to Brooke Bond, to pack the tea and coffee
Then Coach driver
Then i started my entrepeneurial career at 21
Gardening business
taxi driving
Then started window cleaning 12 years ago at the age 31
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I trained in upholstery & antique restoration in my grandads business after I left school. I loved it but the money was rubbish and he let the business go to pot as he approached retirement, so by the time I was trained there wasn't really a business to take over.
After that I worked in a pottery. Again loved the job, the money was a bit better, but I got "promoted" to running the kilns & the hours were mental. It was 7 days a week 9 to 5, and then back again at 10pm till midnight to start the night time firings going. After 18 months of the boss promising to get someone else to cover weekends I packed it in.
Next I went into the building game for 8 years. Decent money, very little real work, regular hours, & quite an interesting job when you're not tied to one particular site or trade. I started as a groundworker, and ended up as a site agent,.. pretty good progress for a young fella. But then the recession came & even a couple of years before people actually realised that it was a recession the builders were affected. When the 3rd company I worked for went bankrupt in 3 years, and the father in laws round was getting too much for him to handle with his failing health, it seemed like natural progression to start cleaning. My dad is a shiner too, and I'd worked with him in school holidays as a kid, so already had the skills,.. The only regret I had was wasting all those years on other jobs,.. I should have gone cleaning windows straight from school. ::)
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Hi,
University, Business Studies BSc
Trainee in surveyors office
Roped in to help old man out in the cleaning business he started after retiring from the police force
Numerous cleaning related businesses, ovens, carpets etc
Also started taxi firm and courier business for a while
Now cherry pickers, exterior cleaning, landscape maintenance, gritting and bobcat hire....and our new baby NWC.
Cheers,
Huw
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Prime minister then i got bored off running britain ;D ;D ;D ;D ;Dand became a window cleaner ;D
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Prime minister then i got bored off running britain ;D ;D ;D ;D ;Dand became a window cleaner ;D
tony I don't like you much ;D
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worked on and off site as a equipment inspector for a lifting and strapping firm
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I was a plasterer before all my eastern buddys took all my work :o
plasterer now theres a gud money job ;)
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Squaddie, welder , A.I. man(cattle) , mechanic , window cleaner .
im now enjoying it,after 3 yrs iv got a few lads helping me at it
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Squaddie, welder , A.I. man(cattle) , mechanic , window cleaner .
im now enjoying it,after 3 yrs iv got a few lads helping me at it
welder im after a good welder to repair my '77 mini ;)
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Squaddie, welder , A.I. man(cattle) , mechanic , window cleaner .
im now enjoying it,after 3 yrs iv got a few lads helping me at it
THATS GOOD TO KNOW ;) ;D
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26 years in print, the first 15 were fantastic worked with great chapels and decent management. Out of the last 11 it was getting more difficult to maintain a descent living as the printing industry was dying through poor management over capacity and spiraling cost. The last 5 years were dreadful, disputes sackings and large scale bulling. I remember telling a good mate in the firm what i intended to do, he said F**k THAT HOW AN EARTH CAN YOU HOLD YOUR HEAD UP AND TELL PEOPLE YOUR A F**KING WINDOW CLEANER. YOUR A F**KING DISGRACE YOUR A SKILLED BLOKE DOING A S*** JOB THAT ONLY THE LOWIST OF THE LOW DO YOU ARSE WIPE. I was really upset at his out bust and we fell out. He was unemployed for over two years and spent all his redundancy. He was chasing none existent print jobs. I'm the happiest i have ever been in work and just love being a window cleaner.
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I was a plasterer before all my eastern buddys took all my work :o
plasterer now theres a gud money job ;)
It used to be Gav ;D not no more,anyway was getting fed up pushing poop up and walls all day
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Squaddie, welder , A.I. man(cattle) , mechanic , window cleaner .
im now enjoying it,after 3 yrs iv got a few lads helping me at it
welder im after a good welder to repair my '77 mini ;)
as it happens i had about 5 yrs welding old minis up, a bit of a mini specialist i was around the year 1990 . But YOU will get more out of it if you do it yerself Gav, blood sweat and subframes and all that
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bobby im desparate m8 ;D
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I was a plasterer before all my eastern buddys took all my work :o
plasterer now theres a gud money job ;)
It used to be Gav ;D not no more,anyway was getting fed up pushing poop up and walls all day
my old man n brothers r plasterers both bloody loaded ;D ;D
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I was trad..........well, someone had to say it :P.
Before that I was a lion tamer......but I lost my red jacket and chair and wanted a bit more danger.
And before that, me and my mum were a Little and Large tribute act. But my mum had her hair straightened and I had my eyes lasered and we never looked the part again.
It was good while it lasted though.
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paper round
Collected money for milk round
Worked in a fishing tackle shop
Became a removal man and then warehouse manager
Doorman
Body gaurd (not as glamorous as it sounds)
Surveillance work (filming and photoing benifit cheats)
Wheel clamper
Then i set up my own wheel clamping company
Bought a window cleaning round
Not bad considering im not long 23
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I was a councvil worker for 25 years(10 actually)
Thatr ship called destiny
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I was a councvil worker for 25 years(10 actually)
bet the kids called you Bogey ;D
Thatr ship called destiny
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wringer outer for a one armed window cleaner :D
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I wanted to be a gynnecologist.... but there wasnt any openings ;). seriously,my last job up until you guys helped me out last year was working at a local Glass factory, packing, in big room, with no windows, strip lights everywhere mega mega depressing. Now if anyone asks me what i do i tell em im a VISION TECHNICIAN.....gets them everytime. ;D
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british army 10 years, tanker driver hoyer uk ellesmere port,nationwide platforms chester,self employed plasterer,window cleaner.
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parts manager for FERRARI GB motorsport
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Apprentiship - Car mechanic
Assistant manager - Electric retail outlet
Internal stock auditor - for same electrical firm
Sales Representative - Electrical wholesale
Sales Representative - Commercial laundry
Self employed - Landscape gardening
Sales Representative - Commercial nursery (plants)
Sales Assistant - Mobile phones
Police officer
Self employed Landscape Gardening >> Property Maintenance
Sales Rep - Double Glazing
Self employed - Window Cleaner ;D
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IT Contractor
Window Cleaning since late 2005... Wish I had started straight from school!
Andy :)
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I was a councvil worker for 25 years(10 actually)
bet the kids called you Bogey ;D
Thatr ship called destiny
;D ;D
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Builder
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Mark, if you were a builder where you live d'you ever come across a builder called Andrew Robinson? Lived in Maiden Newton. Has three brothers, David, Matthew and Joey.
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paper round
Collected money for milk round
Worked in a fishing tackle shop
Became a removal man and then warehouse manager
Doorman
Body gaurd (not as glamorous as it sounds)
Surveillance work (filming and photoing benifit cheats)
Wheel clamper
Then i set up my own wheel clamping company
Bought a window cleaning round
Not bad considering im not long 23
i would rather admit to being a tradder than that.
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Painter
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Cattle porter
Tractor salesman
Shoe shop manager
Paper merchant
Estate agent (Worst job in the world)
Raf parachutist
Milkman
Window cleaner
Pub owner
Pub tennant (Greene King, second worst job in the world)
Quarry worker
Window cleaner
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paper round
Collected money for milk round
Worked in a fishing tackle shop
Became a removal man and then warehouse manager
Doorman
Body gaurd (not as glamorous as it sounds)
Surveillance work (filming and photoing benifit cheats)
Wheel clamper
Then i set up my own wheel clamping company
Bought a window cleaning round
Not bad considering im not long 23
i would rather admit to being a tradder than that.
Its got me where i am today mate....not many 22/23 year olds can say they have their own house, car, van, wc round and iv just bought the hair dressers my mrs worked in!
Got to think short term pain for long term gain ;)
Oh and im trad aswell :-*
Danny
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Sales in the construction industry for 14 years. Had enough of the pressure and working 60/70 hr weeks and not seeing the kids
Now earning what I was with that company within 10 months of starting (all canvassed myself) and work a fraction of the hours and gives me the flexibility I need. Love it
Steve
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Mark, if you were a builder where you live d'you ever come across a builder called Andrew Robinson? Lived in Maiden Newton. Has three brothers, David, Matthew and Joey.
No sorry ask them if they know mark munro ( munro and sons ) i am crap at remembering names