Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Atlantic Cleaning on December 01, 2006, 07:11:28 pm
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Went to my first customer today all went well, as I left I walked up the path and bang slipped on some leaves fell and badly dislocted my right knee, my knee cap was pushed right round to the right of my leg and the lower bone was pushing out the side. Had to be taken to hospital by Ambulance and have it popped back in place, this has got to be the worst pain I experienced ever. I am sitting here tonight with my leg bound in a splint dosed up on pain killers feeling very sore and sorry for myself... :(
So lets be carefull out there lol
A very sore Duncan
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Did you do your other jobs later ? ;D ;D
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;D ;D I wish
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Someone did that too me with a cricket ball, painful aint it !!
You now need a few beers with the pain killers and your soon forget you ever had legs ;)
Mark
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Yeah, the number one problem with self employment.
Sometimes I feel like I`m walking on a tightrope.
But Hey. Nowadays it`s pretty much the same for everbody.
Sorry to bring you all down.
I`ll go and stand in a corner now. :-\
Speedy recovery to you.
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That's crap. How long will it take before you are up and running or walking maybe?
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sorry to put a dampner on your situation but i dislocated my knee 20 years ago and i'm still having a lot of trouble with it i've since had 5 operations
hope fully you will be more lucky and make a quick recovery
all the best
dave
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I would just like to reiterate what I said - if you are self-employed and you are hurt or take ill, then you are not earning.
" How long will it take before you are up and running or walking maybe?"
Surely that depends on how badly injured or ill you are.
All the best.
Rab
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bad luck even more so at this time of year...wishing you a speedy recovery
Dave
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Get well soon Duncan-best of luck chap.
Damian.
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I would just like to reiterate what I said - if you are self-employed and you are hurt or take ill, then you are not earning.
" How long will it take before you are up and running or walking maybe?"
Surely that depends on how badly injured or ill you are.
All the best.
Rab
No poo, hadn't thought of that. ;)
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your lucky least u got to your job !!! i smashed my right knee cap into 10 bits on way to job one morning lol and the custy got hump :o now held together with lots wire and screws 8)
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Thank you all for your concern It means a lot
Duncan ;D
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i cringed when i read your post. man, i hope you get better soon.
did the customer help you?
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Duncan
Hope you are back working soonest.
I think anyone who posts here will here have had paused for a moment, it can happen to anyone of us so easily.
Regards
Nigel
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you mean to say you can't work on one leg....Hmmmph.....whimp!
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;D
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Get well soon, hope your recovery is a speedy one! Geoff
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How long will you be off for?
Have you got any accident insurance ?
I fell last week, but luckly I landed on the 50ft of hose I was carrying :o
Made me think though, having to take the next month off would cost a fortune >:(
hope you are well soon
Chris
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I once had accident insurance, it's a load of rubbish!
There are variances on what caver but briefly:-
there is always an waiting period before you can clain minimum 4 weeks also they only pay a % of your wages, not your costs.
ie you take £100 a day and £50 is profit and they only pay 75% of your gross book profit = £37.50 which means that you aren't covering your costs.
I didn't think it was good sense
Shaun
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Thats one of the worst things about the job most of us just cant afford to be ill or have a accident, its scary really, every days just another gamble.
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I have an excellant policy with a company called "combined insurance" pays out on a cold !...you can get the full range of cover ,accident, illness and hospital stay..It pays from day one i think and if for instance you can only manage light jobs after an illness/injury it even pays half pay.
Costs me in the region of £500 a year for full cover but you can tailor it to your needs (i have a large mortgage large family and would be buggered if i broke my ankle or something).
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Unfortunatly I dont have accident insurance,, Never really thought it would happen to me. But believe me I will be getting some now lol... The worst thing to me is turning the customers away I hate it :'(
Duncan
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"Very bad day"
Could be worse. You could have joined the Allergstop network, and have to spend every night with the cornish crook! ;D
Matt
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Contact Ian Nagel offers excellent income protection policy
http://www.nagelsheraton.co.uk/
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You're better off buying a wish pot, which is a Piggy bank that does not open,
every day take the 1 and 2 Pound coins out of your pocket and put them in.
If you have an accident and can't work, smash it open.
A small pot 8" high x 6" circumference holds approx' £2000.
Unless you are extremely unlucky earnings cover is a total scam.
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Aint there nobody on here local to you that you could sub the work to, that way you will at least still have a income.