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Title: what is it with the young uns
Post by: kevinc on April 20, 2012, 08:45:47 pm
ok just having a rant,i have a row of ten homes to do tommorrow £5 a go all trad but so easy going-tea every doorstep-with buiscits(spelling)asked my son to give me a hand go halves i said to make it quicker(takes me under two hours to do normally)i'll think about it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!he said :),at that age i'd been sat on the setee at six in the morning waiting to go,he'll earn £25.00 for just over an hours work-where am i going wrong?anyone else in this position?
Title: Re: what is it with the young uns
Post by: kevinc on April 20, 2012, 08:48:41 pm
sorry forgot to add james is fairly good with the blade/not opposed to work-when their is money in it
Title: Re: what is it with the young uns
Post by: mlscontractcleaner on April 20, 2012, 08:49:25 pm
My 19 year old says he'll work weekends, mostly just cleaning night clubs - contract cleans - but a few times now I've got up at 5am on a Saturday and the buggar hasn't even got home from a night out. The thing is that he was bloody home when I went to bed at 10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: what is it with the young uns
Post by: simonr on April 20, 2012, 08:52:22 pm
lmao when my eldest was 12 i asked him to come out saturday mornings just for 3 or 4 hrs said he could have £25, he's 19  next month & i'm still waiting
Title: Re: what is it with the young uns
Post by: kevinc on April 20, 2012, 08:53:16 pm
god wish i was 19 again ;D ;D ;D ;Dand know what i know now :-X :-X :-X ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: what is it with the young uns
Post by: colin purewater on April 20, 2012, 09:00:01 pm
My 19 year old says he'll work weekends, mostly just cleaning night clubs - contract cleans - but a few times now I've got up at 5am on a Saturday and the buggar hasn't even got home from a night out. The thing is that he was bloody home when I went to bed at 10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This was me not to long ago party party party!
Good times ;D  jammy sod
Title: Re: what is it with the young uns
Post by: keyser soze on April 20, 2012, 09:03:46 pm
same prob with my 10 year old. they dont know they are born
Title: Re: what is it with the young uns
Post by: Tom White on April 20, 2012, 09:07:36 pm
Kids wanna be rock stars, not ruddy window cleaners.

And what if their mates see them? Rolly eyes!
Title: Re: what is it with the young uns
Post by: kevinc on April 20, 2012, 10:16:35 pm
he's not worried about the mates seeing him,wheres the rolely eyes? why aren't they back?for james he can earn more in a morning than a weeks paper round-just an issue getting out of bed-unless the monies right,maybe i'm too soft tried kicking ass over half term,can't cope with the hours i do
Title: Re: what is it with the young uns
Post by: www.com on April 20, 2012, 11:51:45 pm
Just lazy. Had a 6 day a week paper round and would put the mags in the Sunday papers for 2 quid at five in the morning THEN do my round! Not even that long ago....
Title: Re: what is it with the young uns
Post by: Window Washers on April 21, 2012, 03:53:11 am
if i offered that to my youngest he would jump at it, I would also get all during my sleep pattern "dad is it time yet" every 2 mins throughout the night. Bless him

Title: Re: what is it with the young uns
Post by: bobby p on April 21, 2012, 05:20:42 am
my son wants cash up front  before hes intrested .
Title: Re: what is it with the young uns
Post by: Mike #1 on April 21, 2012, 06:07:43 am
I remember the days when i would stay out partying all night . And get picked up outside the club at 7 am to go straight to work and get changed in van and do a full days work .
Thoughs were the days could' nt do it now though getting to old .   Mike
Title: Re: what is it with the young uns
Post by: Erithwc on April 21, 2012, 06:25:48 am
My kids always want to come out with me to work my oldest is 13 next year and she will be in charge of leaflets  ;D ;D

I have always hammered it home to them that if they want nice things they need to work hard for them.

Paul
Title: Re: what is it with the young uns
Post by: Small but perfectley formed on April 21, 2012, 06:38:33 am
My son is 5 in august and he does all the 3 storey ladder work then on sundays he does chimney sweeping .
He also pays tax at 40%  :o