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Title: what jobs did you do before window cleaning
Post by: brynley on August 16, 2012, 10:26:43 pm
i did a number of jobs, trainee manager in hardware shop, reconcilliation clerk, coil winder, linesmans mate (electricity board) garage hand, machine minder, grinder, bouncer  single parent(most important) access control.
Title: Re: what jobs did you do before window cleaning
Post by: d s windowcleaning on August 16, 2012, 10:32:57 pm
injection moulding , down the mines , in a timber yard , furniture renavator , painting pylons , decorator , milk delivery , paper lad , scrap collector , site foreman for ben bailey homes , gardener i want to be a locksmith next .
Title: Re: what jobs did you do before window cleaning
Post by: Bedfordshire Oven Cleaning on August 16, 2012, 10:39:20 pm
Butcher, dairyman, cabinet maker then cleaning manager...then stuck with cleaning!
Title: Re: what jobs did you do before window cleaning
Post by: andrew hamshare on August 16, 2012, 11:57:12 pm
If I told you I would have to kill you. Let's just say I was involved in counter terrorism.  People got hurt, let's leave it at that.
Title: Re: what jobs did you do before window cleaning
Post by: Tom White on August 16, 2012, 11:59:11 pm
I worked in a kebab shop and I've got slanty eyes.

You wouldn't believe the grief I got.  :'( ;D
Title: Re: what jobs did you do before window cleaning
Post by: G Griffin on August 17, 2012, 12:01:24 am
If I told you I would have to kill you. Let's just say I was involved in counter terrorism.  People got hurt, let's leave it at that.

Customer service, then?
Title: Re: what jobs did you do before window cleaning
Post by: Blue Frog Systems on August 17, 2012, 12:21:01 am
Double glazing canvasser
Cash & carry
delivering & fitting office furniture (twice - two different companys)
cardboard box factory (no joke)
chilled warehouse
drugs warehouse
psychiatric hospital - as a porter & health care
engineering company
secure psychiatric hospital - health care
paper round (3 rounds)
worked the  markets setting up and serving
utilities rep
builders skivvy
Title: Re: what jobs did you do before window cleaning
Post by: Halfadaylee on August 17, 2012, 05:10:55 am
Double glazing canvasser
Cash & carry
delivering & fitting office furniture (twice - two different companys)
cardboard box factory (no joke)
chilled warehouse
drugs warehouse
psychiatric hospital - as a porter & health care
engineering company
secure psychiatric hospital - health care
paper round (3 rounds)
worked the  markets setting up and serving
utilities rep
builders skivvy


And he is still only 19
Art
Title: Re: what jobs did you do before window cleaning
Post by: Granny on August 17, 2012, 08:13:34 am
Poultry farm hand
Upholsterer (sacked for putting wrong colour buttons on a settee - colour blind)
Apprentice Engineer (packed it in to work at Butlins for the summer)
Kitchen Porter
Waiter
Toolmaker
Blister packer
Raiser (putting the fluff on blankets worst job ever static gives you electric shocks all day!)
Barman
Bar snack cook
Encyclopaedia salesman
Insurance salesman
Fish Filleter
Scallop processor
Turner
Cylindrical Grinder
Coach builder
Welder
Cutting tool Salesman
Painter and Decorator
Gardener
Window Cleaner (3 rounds over 8 years - St.Neots, Donegal, Carlow)
Full-time student
IT Technician
Double Glazing Canvasser
Handyman
Back to Window cleaning !!!!
Title: Re: what jobs did you do before window cleaning
Post by: Ian101 on August 17, 2012, 08:15:00 am
Double glazing canvasser
Cash & carry
delivering & fitting office furniture (twice - two different companys)
cardboard box factory (no joke)
chilled warehouse
drugs warehouse
psychiatric hospital - as a porter & health care
engineering company
secure psychiatric hospital - health care
paper round (3 rounds)
worked the  markets setting up and serving
utilities rep
builders skivvy


interesting that you went from drugs warehouse to psyciatric .... didnt take some free samples did you  ;) ;D ;D
Title: Re: what jobs did you do before window cleaning
Post by: Ian101 on August 17, 2012, 08:17:47 am
YTS Plumber
YTS Office Clerk
Warehouse Worker
Office Junior - motor trade
Trainee Salesman - motor trade
Salesman x about 8 different garages over 20 years
Sales Manager
Auction buyer
Sales Manager

Window Cleaner  8)
Title: Re: what jobs did you do before window cleaning
Post by: Dave. on August 17, 2012, 08:28:01 am
Apprentice Mechanic, Assistant ElectricalShop Manager, Internal Auditor, Sales Rep Electrical Wholesale, Sales Exec Laundry Company, Area Manager, S/E Landscaper, Sales Rep Commercial Nursery, Vodafone Retail, Police Officer, S/E Photographer, S/E Landscaper (again) >> S/E Property Maintenance, Window Cleaner
Title: Re: what jobs did you do before window cleaning
Post by: Blue Frog Systems on August 17, 2012, 08:29:05 am
It wasnt in that order Ian though i used to take viagra to the pub on a friday night which would fund my weekend drinking binge. There are also a few occupations i missed off on purpose
Title: Re: what jobs did you do before window cleaning
Post by: gary999 on August 17, 2012, 08:30:28 am
warehouseman
office junior
fruit and veg shop manager
kwik save(1 day)
chain maker and works manager(17 yrs)

then got promoted to window cleaner :)
Title: Re: what jobs did you do before window cleaning
Post by: Ian101 on August 17, 2012, 08:41:17 am
It wasnt in that order Ian though i used to take viagra to the pub on a friday night which would fund my weekend drinking binge. There are also a few occupations i missed off on purpose

 ;D
Title: Re: what jobs did you do before window cleaning
Post by: gary999 on August 17, 2012, 08:48:55 am
It wasnt in that order Ian though i used to take viagra to the pub on a friday night which would fund my weekend drinking binge. There are also a few occupations i missed off on purpose

yep like the illegal wearing of shorts...well it should be ;D
Title: Re: what jobs did you do before window cleaning
Post by: Tony Edwards on August 17, 2012, 09:51:22 am


Director of Mortgage brokerage employing 52 staff ! Until the recession hit


One regret not doing this job years ago. All ways frowned on Wc, but I love it and am so much happier
Title: Re: what jobs did you do before window cleaning
Post by: Richard iSparkle on August 17, 2012, 01:32:29 pm
NHS Speech and Language Therapist!
Title: Re: what jobs did you do before window cleaning
Post by: colin purewater on August 17, 2012, 04:38:12 pm
Left school to work in an office ( lasted 4 months as cant work in doors)

Lead lighter ( stain glass windows ) for 5 yrs

Then a tree surgeon for just on 10 yrs +  3yrs in collage

Window cleaning self employed is king! ;)
Title: Re: what jobs did you do before window cleaning
Post by: Dan crowther on August 17, 2012, 05:43:52 pm
Window cleaned last year of school on a saturday morning for pocket money doing old peoples bungalows....great money for a school lad. Went straight into it after leaving school for a few years. Got married, baby came along so got a 'proper job' (easier to get the mortgage etc) and was a postman for 7 years. Being a postman I saw when houses sold and people moved in so I started building up a round again. I did a few areas on the post and used to put out leaflets along with the post. Soon built up a good round and then gave up the post. Sold up and moved down south after another few years, thought id have a change of work so went to college doing plumbing. Qualified and did that for a bit. Soon yearned for the stress free window cleaning life though, so built up a round again and being doing it since. Brilliant job! I prefer time to money so I earn what I need and a little more and then spend my time doing the things I like, have days off when I want, finish early if I want, have a 2 hour lunch in the park drinking a Starbucks and reading paper/ people watching if I want. How many other jobs can you do that!
Title: Re: what jobs did you do before window cleaning
Post by: Frankybadboy on August 17, 2012, 06:19:42 pm
labour
roofer
worked in a tea factory,doing all sorts of jobs,forklift,stock control,loading lorrys
packing delivering newpaper and mags to shops.
white van man,owner driver
lgv 1,different driving job,car transporters bing the hardest,all uk work
warehouse manager,
transport manager
window cleaning
Title: Re: what jobs did you do before window cleaning
Post by: 4S Cleaning on August 17, 2012, 09:09:42 pm
Labourer, double glazing Fabricator,service engineer, fitter infact still at it till Xmas
Title: Re: what jobs did you do before window cleaning
Post by: KS Cleaning on August 17, 2012, 09:13:31 pm
Sawyer,Binman
Title: Re: what jobs did you do before window cleaning
Post by: Ryan @ Transparent, Carlisle on August 17, 2012, 09:46:21 pm
Apprentic electrician straight from school, qualified electrician, blind fitter, scrap metal dealer, commercial fisherman, scaffolder.
Title: Re: what jobs did you do before window cleaning
Post by: Perfect Windows on August 17, 2012, 10:08:56 pm
Computer programmer
Salesman Kelloggs
Salesman motor trader software
Courier
Salesman laptops
Salesman big hardware
Salesman film production software
Title: Re: what jobs did you do before window cleaning
Post by: Cliff perkins on August 18, 2012, 08:11:28 am
Any1 a tiler around berkshire lol
Title: Re: what jobs did you do before window cleaning
Post by: DG Cleaning on August 18, 2012, 11:15:10 am
Apprentice engineer, fitter down the mines, mechanical technician (Australia) national tenancy coordinator on shop fits also in Australia, maintenance engineer
Title: Re: what jobs did you do before window cleaning
Post by: gavinb on August 19, 2012, 12:02:18 am
Butcher
Baker
Candle stick maker .

Started off as yts tyre fitter at ats grrrrrrr hated it
Tea maker
Sweeper upperer
Machine operator
Plater welder
Glazier
Tiler
Plasterer
Kitchen fitter
Bathroom fitter
Overhead crane service engineer all over the world , damn that was a good job
Pipe welder
Nuclear energy fusion engineer
Ndt particular inspector

Dead

Window cleaner .

All them jobs and I'm only 31.
Title: Re: what jobs did you do before window cleaning
Post by: G Griffin on August 19, 2012, 12:26:51 am
I washed up, swept the kitchen floor, pegged the washing out, all before window cleaning.
And the wife still moaned  :(.
Title: Re: what jobs did you do before window cleaning
Post by: lukeg on August 19, 2012, 07:22:21 pm
Concrete Plant supervisor for 10 years
Title: Re: what jobs did you do before window cleaning
Post by: G Griffin on August 20, 2012, 12:01:41 am
Concrete Plant supervisor for 10 years

Aah, just the man. Would Magica Wake Me Up Before You Go Go kill a concrete plant if you accidentally sprayed some on it.
Title: Re: what jobs did you do before window cleaning
Post by: Rob Knapman on August 20, 2012, 07:59:50 am
Left school in 1980.....started window cleaning with my family window cleaning business...still here ;D