Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: LWC on September 08, 2008, 09:44:38 pm
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well?
how do they get on with the poles? not being sexist, but it is tiring sometimes with the pole
do you get a smaller one and they do downs? can they cope with the ups?
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i can just about work with her in the relationship
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DEFIANTLY NOT >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
now now eddie. will you marry me then we could work together lol!
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Ive said it before..........
If you take her to work with you, at least you wont have to kiss her goodbye in the morning.................. ;D
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My wife works a couple of days a week. She does downs with a small extender pole. Works great. We get on ok at work (most of the time!) but she does need taking to the toilet every 5 minutes! It's great being able to be together though.
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My wife works a couple of days a week. She does downs with a small extender pole. Works great. We get on ok at work (most of the time!) but she does need taking to the toilet every 5 minutes! It's great being able to be together though.
all together now...........................awwwwwwwwww!!!!
only joking mate good on ya
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just my wife isnt having the best time at work at the minute and i think if she came with me, and im having stress with employing people, could just work with me 2 or 3 days, would solve 2 problems...
she just thinks she couldnt cope with the pole all day and the weather cutting both of our wages
least with her job shes got something to fall onto i suppose...
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My wife works a couple of days a week. She does downs with a small extender pole. Works great. We get on ok at work (most of the time!) but she does need taking to the toilet every 5 minutes! It's great being able to be together though.
all together now...........................awwwwwwwwww!!!!
only joking mate good on ya
well you asked! :P
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well you asked! :P
just wondered if it worked...
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what is a parnters any way, how do they work
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just my wife isnt having the best time at work at the minute and i think if she came with me, and im having stress with employing people, could just work with me 2 or 3 days, would solve 2 problems...
she just thinks she couldnt cope with the pole all day and the weather cutting both of our wages
least with her job shes got something to fall onto i suppose...
I think it's mostly down to her attitude towards working with you. If she wants to do it, and is positive about it, then it could work great.
The physical side of it is something you could learn to work with. I'd recommend getting her a modular CF fishing pole to start with, (11mtr ones are about £70 on ebay) and the lightest brush possible. This will allow her to manage the majority of the work with minimal strain (approx 1.6 KG for a 30' pole including brush and hose!)
Anything too high or awkward, obviously you step in,....
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Anything too high or awkward, obviously you step in,....
flexs muscles
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just my wife isnt having the best time at work at the minute and i think if she came with me, and im having stress with employing people, could just work with me 2 or 3 days, would solve 2 problems...
she just thinks she couldnt cope with the pole all day and the weather cutting both of our wages
least with her job shes got something to fall onto i suppose...
Well, the benefits are:
1) You get to spend more time together, and it makes your day more flexible when you're on the same schedule.
2) If she's doing it to contribute to your shared bank account you don't need to worry about paying her.
Downsides:
1) Can be stressful at times when you're in the zone, focusing on trying to get the work done. My wife gets offended when I don't pay her "attention" when we're working. She translates it as being cold (like when you're watching footie at home!). If you're like me as a fella you just want to focus on work and get it done. It's just different from being at home. If she can understand that, great!
2) Women tend to need a decent toilet quite often, especially <ahem> at certain times of the month.(Easier just giving her a week off in the month ;)). They can't go in someones gutter like us!
She seems to cope just fine doing downstairs (and the odd ups when needed). She's often quicker than me!
If I think of any other pros and cons I'll let ya know!
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cheers tim, do you go round and check the windows really patronising lol
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When i can get away with it yea! but shhh! ;) Actually she's quite a good worker.
I dont think she could cope with doing ups all the time cos she's only got wittle arms but she does a bit if i need to collect or what not.
Doing downstairs she just uses a small extender pole. I'm trying to get her to do the book but she's a bit shy!
Feels the cold a bit more in winter, but she loves it in summer when she can top up her tan(not this summer tho!).
She said she definitely prefers window cleaning with me, even though it's "a man's job" cos she gets double the money she got from working in a rest home (I pay her a third of what we make - probably too much! ;D You could just pay her a set amount like £50 a day. Better than standard wage!)
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My sister did a year with my bro in law, they done trad though! And they got on well, she got bored though about a month ago and got a different job, and hes gutted now as hes got double the work! Women are so fickle :) ;D ;D
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We did trad together for about 3 years and she worked fine doing downstairs with an a-ladder. The only thing she complained about was having ingrained dirt on her hands! She's loving the pole though and obvisouly finds it a lot easier.
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i took my wife out once she was very tired by midday we ended up at harvester for lunch and i called the day off dont take her anymore
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My wife was the same to begin with but anyone would be. She got used to it after a bit.
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My wife works with me 2 to 3 days a week, doing her own places. It's easier that way other wise you just get knotted up. She even reels in on occasions but gets the hump if I tell her it's not near enough. :o
She uses a xtel 17 at full height or the sl-x when she can prize it out of my hands.
All in all she's a good girl.
Simon.
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she sounds like it! ;D
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We tend to get loads more male customers too, hmm wonder why that is? ::)
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We tend to get loads more male customers too, hmm wonder why that is? ::)
hmm yeh thats one thing i wouldnt be too happy about mind, without bragging my wife is gorgeous lol!
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My other half helps me on 1 job every 6months it is a inside clean for her and I do the outsides...this way we work well.. ;D
But she does so much more for our business with regard to chasing debts, dealing with the accountant and all the other 1million and 1 things I do not notice ;)
I am secretly putting away a little money each week so at the end of next year I can get her what she really wants....a little bling, bling.
Cheers
Dave
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Still loving working with my wife, especially in the recent hot weather!
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I have my wife with me all the time now.
For me it works great.
I mainly do the upstairs with the pole while she is doing downstairs by hand and i will finish downstairs with my pole.
She has use the pole upstairs but she say she don't like it even though she does a good job.
She prefers traditional and is good at it so she does that i use the pole and it seems to work well.
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I mainly do the upstairs with the pole while she is doing downstairs by hand and i will finish downstairs with my pole.
Flippin eck! If i "finished off" my wife's windows she'd wet me! ;)
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my partner works with me all the time and we get along great, she uses the pole no problem at all, even up at 35 feet, she can lug the back pack in and out of the back of the van, even when it is full of water, oh, my back pack is sat on top of a car battery and all fixed onto a sack truck so it is pretty heavy, Carla is one strong girl!
I generally do all the higher difficult stuff but we usually do one side of a house each, I'll go off around the back with the back pack and she will do the front with the van system.
She is comfortable with both trad and WFP, though I won't let her do any ladder work...not that I use a ladder for working off! Access only for the most part, though she will use the pointer ladder.
She isn't too keen on window cleaning in the cold weather though, but is loving the summer!
Also as a result of having a female working with me I have picked up a fair amount of work as a direct result of that... ;)
Ian
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It must be good for 'bingo wings'
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My wife does all the admin, recording rounds, preparing work lists, answering the phone etc etc.
Did you know you can pay them up to about £100 a week without them having to pay any tax/NI provided they don't have any other income? It's a legitimate deductable expense, so reduces your taxable income by £100 a week.
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So long as they dont have a job already you can, otherwise its taxable if there comnined earnings are over 6000 pa
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I work with mine; we're both directors (commercial cleaning). He deals with 'operations', is very hands-on & gets to travel around, I'm stuck up in Lancashire doing the payroll & admin for around 200 regular staff a week...with all the attendant queries from housing benefit, Jobseekers, CSA etc bla bla
He went to one of our customers 4 weeks ago on an overnighter but while away, he got a call from another of our sites, our manager was taken seriously ill, he's been covering for him and running the job since...on the Isle of Wight.
Pros...I get a "man-smell free" zone, absolute control of the nightly TV schedule and no teaspoons that seem to breed in the sink when he's around. More room in bed, less washing....
Cons...It's business 24/7. We've no time to do the things we used to. Normally we would've gone to Le Mans last weekend or at least to the IOW Festival ! He grafts & might do over 1000 miles a week so just wants to kick back when he's home. Whereas I have to bore him with whats been happening with the business at my end. The customers and staff think I'm a figment of his imagination, because they never see me.
And its our wedding anniversary on Saturday :'(
Personally I don't think it works.
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And its our wedding anniversary on Saturday :'(
Personally I don't think it works.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! ;)
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Typical, you give a success poster account of your lives, and then add that you don't think it works. I've always worked with my wife (market trading).Now she does that and i wc.
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They say never work with friends or family. For some people it works well. For some it could be the start of the end lol. Absence makes the heart grow fonder is another saying and women in general have smaller feet, ideal for standing close to the kitchen sink lol
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They say never work with friends or family. For some people it works well. For some it could be the start of the end lol. Absence makes the heart grow fonder is another saying and women in general have smaller feet, ideal for standing close to the kitchen sink lol
We do have our moments, but working with your partner, it's so satisfying getting a job accomplished together and spending time with the one you love (if you get on normally that is)and is very rewarding!
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WARNING-- Working with your wife can seriously damage your relationship.
I worked with my wife for about four years, the first couple were alright, but after that we started to hate each other,
Some days we had full on arguements in customers gardeners ;D Now thats funny when the customer comes out to pay when you didnt realize they were in , and starts to give you marital advice. ;D
sometimes we argued on the way to work, so i used to just turn round, go home and both of us refused to work.
Since we have both given up the tools we get on fine again, in fact we have not had a serious arguement in about 12 months.
My advice would be if you have to work with your partner is DONT DO IT.
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Yea!! to what Dave said.
I worked with my missus for 4 hours once and we split up later that day ;D
We got back together 4 months later but dont work together anymore.
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Well, like anything, if you spend TOO much time doing the same thing together you will start to grate on eachother. My wife works with me just monday and thursday (just enough so that she doesnt pay tax)
Matt - No offence intended, but was that not just the tip of the iceburg?
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Better ask her mate ;D ;D
So far as I was concerned I was the boss and you know how women dont like to be told........ ;)
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Better ask her mate ;D ;D
So far as I was concerned I was the boss and you know how women dont like to be told........ ;)
Yeah actually :o, even though my wife likes it when I take the lead in decisions at home, it sometimes really annoys her when I'm in "work mode" (I prefer the expression "in the zone" ;D) and am telling her things that need to be done! I usually leave her to it because she is really good at her job and does know what she's doing - but I'm still the boss and need to tell her where to go and stuff. Apart from that working together is great!
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actually,im lookin for a new partner, if uve one u want rid of,i might be interested- if she has handled a heavy workload for over a year at least on the high windows , point her in my direction please
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actually,im lookin for a new partner, if uve one u want rid of,i might be interested- if she has handled a heavy workload for over a year at least on the high windows , point her in my direction please
Well,you can marry a donkey if you live in the USA (not sure about the UK?) ;)