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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: RO-Sheen on May 27, 2009, 08:49:50 am

Title: 34 days off already this year!!
Post by: RO-Sheen on May 27, 2009, 08:49:50 am: Its driving me mad!! I've been off with heavy rains in Jan, heavy snow in Feb, bad back in April and now bad shoulder in may! luckily I am only about a week behind as I work my bum off to catch up when I can.
Rant over!!! What time does the Wright stuff start?
Title: Re: 34 days off already this year!!
Post by: simon knight on May 27, 2009, 09:11:06 am: I must admit I'm going through one of my "I'm sick of this job" phases.
Title: Re: 34 days off already this year!!
Post by: andyatkinson on May 27, 2009, 09:17:00 am: this whole business for me is built on "phases" sometimes love it sometimes hate sometimes middle of the road, its been a very inconsistent trading!
Title: Re: 34 days off already this year!!
Post by: ftp on May 27, 2009, 09:44:55 am: Another day off today I think. Had a mega dayss work booked too.
Title: Re: 34 days off already this year!!
Post by: Pittmonkey on May 27, 2009, 09:57:01 am: I'm sat here waiting for the rain to ease off and watching the window cleaner clean the windows next door ???

I'm I doing something wrong other than keeping dry.
Title: Re: 34 days off already this year!!
Post by: Window Washers on May 27, 2009, 10:04:14 am: Quote from: Pittmonkey on May 27, 2009, 09:57:01 am
I'm sat here waiting for the rain to ease off and watching the window cleaner clean the windows next door ???

I'm I doing something wrong other than keeping dry.
Take a leaf out of the other window cleaners book.
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Post by: jr windows on May 27, 2009, 10:04:28 am: I live on Anglesey and the weather has been rubbish for the last two years.
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Post by: GWCS on May 27, 2009, 02:12:40 pm: Yes it rubbish out, but as im waiting in anyway for deliveries, im doing the books.. and believe me they need doing! Not done any paper work this year :o
Title: Re: 34 days off already this year!!
Post by: HIGH LEVEL WINDOW CLEANERS (scrimmy) on May 27, 2009, 02:16:46 pm: i am thinking of a career change anyway, so the weather can go to wherever weather goes when its not wanted. 8)

i am considering going into acting........no not the london suburb of acton...i said ACTING.....like wot they do on the telly...and films and stuff.....where do i apply?....this forum got any part time producers/directors on it?.........if so contact my agent directly. 8)
Title: Re: 34 days off already this year!!
Post by: LWC on May 27, 2009, 02:36:02 pm: Quote from: simon knight on May 27, 2009, 09:11:06 am

I must admit I'm going through one of my "I'm sick of this job" phases.

I get them once a month, must be our alternative of "time of the month"
Title: Re: 34 days off already this year!!
Post by: Dean Aspects on May 27, 2009, 02:49:21 pm: Quote from: simon knight on May 27, 2009, 09:11:06 am

I must admit I'm going through one of my "I'm sick of this job" phases.

Hmmm i am having one of those days today
Holidays booked though so need to give myself a kick up the rear
On the home straight now one more full rotation of my round then away i go

Back on subject
I have been really lucky this year the worst of the weather has passed us by and only had 13 days off with 4 of them when my van was off the road
Title: Re: 34 days off already this year!!
Post by: lee_dewing on May 27, 2009, 03:34:43 pm: Quote
I must admit I'm going through one of my "I'm sick of this job" phases.
:'( same here :'(

Ian window washers; re: working in the rain i do my best not to and haven't worked today probably at times i could of.

I think it's the fear of rejection or confrontation over not today.
Just wondered how you handle custy's that don't want their windows done because of the weather.
DO you just smile and say see you next time or try to convince them otherwise?

My way of thinking is you can't get custy to have it done but i don't take kindly to messers.

this is my real be gripe with the job it's not the work not the weather but the people :'(

any thoughts guys.
yours moany miserabley
Lee :(
Title: Re: 34 days off already this year!!
Post by: edd on May 27, 2009, 05:14:17 pm: you must be doing it all wrong I love my job
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Post by: sparklebright on May 27, 2009, 05:18:05 pm: You have to build some slack into the system to allow for poor weather. IMO

I will work in the rain and as I've said to my custies it makes no difference to the clean it just means I get wet.
Unless it's windy like today when it does make a diff.

It's annoying because I was up to date last week, now I've got to squeeze 3 days into 2.
Title: Re: 34 days off already this year!!
Post by: ftp on May 27, 2009, 05:36:24 pm: I worked in the rain today - did a gutter/soffit clean. Hated every minute of it, really fed up with lugging a generator, vac and wfp about. Never mind, the sun might shine tomorrow. :'(
Title: Re: 34 days off already this year!!
Post by: Nathanael Jones on May 27, 2009, 05:37:38 pm: I've been advertising to get in some wet weather work,.. this year has be terrible so far, loosing a day a week just isn't an option in the long run!
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Post by: combat1 on May 27, 2009, 05:50:33 pm: Lost the company car recently and bought a secondhand astra, took the family to Leicester at the weekend for them to spend half term with grandparents and came home to work hard all week.
Noticed a split in the tyre wall, locking wheel nuts no key with car.
Sort out price to remove nuts with vauxhall dealer and arrange to have the tyre replaced.
Get a phone call, two rear tyres right on limit need doing, sort better price.
So one lost day, raining anyway, and one huge bill.
Needed a new battery last week, I wonder what it will be next week!
Looking forward to a hard days work tomorrow.
Title: Re: 34 days off already this year!!
Post by: Milltown Cleaning on May 27, 2009, 06:09:06 pm: i might have worked 34 days this year!!!!! :( >:(

lol