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Title: What did you do for free this week?
Post by: pingu on August 12, 2009, 09:04:03 pm
Sometimes it is nice to 'give'.....

Today I cleaned for one of the 1st customers that said yes to me...today...nearly 3 years to the day...I cleaned his house for free....just to say thanks....

What have do done/cleaned for free lately?

Cheers
Dave.
Title: Re: What did you do for free this week?
Post by: Slash on August 12, 2009, 09:05:25 pm
A garage door as I was sick looking at the algae build up on it ;D
Title: Re: What did you do for free this week?
Post by: ftp on August 12, 2009, 09:06:40 pm
Picked up a load of dog poo from a custies garden.





With my pole hose, my boots, my protecta ball and eventually my pole.  >:(
Title: Re: What did you do for free this week?
Post by: windowswashed on August 12, 2009, 09:07:17 pm
Cleaned my parents guttering for love.
Title: Re: What did you do for free this week?
Post by: pingu on August 12, 2009, 09:08:28 pm
Ftp...I really think you should stop window cleaning and in fact any job dealing with people at all...you should write a blog...I look forward to your posts..

Cheers
Dave.
Title: Re: What did you do for free this week?
Post by: pingu on August 12, 2009, 09:20:42 pm
Every now and then and depending how I feel...I'll clean something for free and not tell the person...just because I feel good doing it...

A bit like being a secret Santa....well nearly ;)

Sometime I can get so into making the money that other things take a back seat..so doing the odd thing for free sometimes puts a little bounce back into my step...

Cheers
Dave.
Title: Re: What did you do for free this week?
Post by: tacky on August 12, 2009, 09:25:46 pm
i feed the sparrows every morning .even at christmas day .and not the cheap bird seed . ps please no donations
Title: Re: What did you do for free this week?
Post by: Helen on August 12, 2009, 09:49:02 pm
we go rid of one of those pesky pidgeons that fly into our custies clean windows the day after we have cleaned ;D luckily it didn't damage the van ;D
Title: Re: What did you do for free this week?
Post by: rz on August 12, 2009, 09:50:08 pm
i cleaned my mums windows and told her if i get rained off this week i will do her gutters..
Title: Re: What did you do for free this week?
Post by: concept on August 12, 2009, 10:02:12 pm
Sometimes it is nice to 'give'.....

Today I cleaned for one of the 1st customers that said yes to me...today...nearly 3 years to the day...I cleaned his house for free....just to say thanks....

What have do done/cleaned for free lately?

Cheers
Dave.

gutter, fascia and soffit for my pals step dad.

did them today, at no cost, and he gave me a £3 tip to buy a drink...must of known my boys were up for a pasting.

 :-[
Title: Re: What did you do for free this week?
Post by: tony talbot on August 12, 2009, 10:36:56 pm
took the misses out for a full days window cleaning training, never took a penny for it all for free ;D
Title: Re: What did you do for free this week?
Post by: cozy on August 12, 2009, 10:43:07 pm
No joke, egg on a custy window, took about half a minute Dave, the thing is, from the angle it hit the window, it looks really like the next door neighbour threw it. The next door neighbour is one of my custies too!!!! And I get on well with both custies. Hope they start to get on with eachother soon, getting a bit boring lol ::)
Title: Re: What did you do for free this week?
Post by: ftp on August 12, 2009, 10:47:08 pm
I would wind them both up - think of the fortune you can make from egg on windows!
Title: Re: What did you do for free this week?
Post by: cozy on August 12, 2009, 10:50:43 pm
No mate, if they all start this game I will be knackered after half a day.  :(


 ;D sod it though, you're right, makes me look really helpfull, charge em more later, maybe 35 quid a window, what you think? ;D
Title: Re: What did you do for free this week?
Post by: leapstallbuildings on August 12, 2009, 10:58:32 pm
Im not telling you, cos if I do it wont count  ;D

That bit is one of my favourites.
For years I found it hard to tell if I was doing something because I wanted to do it or because I wanted to impress others.  Simple answer.  Just don't tell anyone   ;D .  Now how come it took so long for me to work it out?
Title: Re: What did you do for free this week?
Post by: Neil Williams on August 12, 2009, 11:02:15 pm
What have do done/cleaned for free lately?

Every year just before xmas I do a free carpet clean for the customer who started me off with window cleaning.
A small price to pay for someone who gives me such a good turnover in business ;)
Title: Re: What did you do for free this week?
Post by: cozy on August 12, 2009, 11:04:04 pm
Cleared away dead leaves, twigs & dirt from the flat roof over a bay window. If she asked me again though, going to have to charge her £35!  ;D

Drum roll,............... symbols. Joke
Title: Re: What did you do for free this week?
Post by: martinsadie on August 12, 2009, 11:11:18 pm
all sort of odd jobs for oaps
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Post by: tomy jackson on August 13, 2009, 07:20:59 am
given 500l of water to a felow WFP and 1000l last week his RO up the swony he got a new one landing on the 17th ,just an oservation thes a wold famus co with out over nite delivery ,IONICS
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Post by: Blue Frog Systems on August 13, 2009, 08:34:59 am
I cleaned the wrong customers windows last night and didn't charge them :P
Title: Re: What did you do for free this week?
Post by: stephen s on August 13, 2009, 08:56:06 am
I let a lovely young lady pay me in kindness for a free window and conservatory clean,

thing is she now wants them cleaned 3 afternoons a week  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: What did you do for free this week?
Post by: tomy jackson on August 13, 2009, 03:47:29 pm
no no no get the cash as well it ant a free service
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Post by: chris@c.m.s on August 13, 2009, 05:42:11 pm
Just cleaned the front of a customers house and his funeral was yesterday so I was informed by his neighbour afterwards, so I guess that ones free, lost one last month as well, though I have received a cheque from the son I'll be returning it so that was a freebie as well.       
Title: Re: What did you do for free this week?
Post by: Martin-Swinscoe on August 13, 2009, 05:44:49 pm
trimmed a great big overgrown bush !!!!!!!!! ;)
Title: Re: What did you do for free this week?
Post by: elite mike on August 13, 2009, 05:48:46 pm
ive just donated a free window clean for some cancer charity

called duchennne muscular dystrophy,

to help some baby down by tosh

the mother is getting her hair shaved on saturday at the fishermans arms sedbury

aug 31 at 11 am to 2 pm

think there is some kind of auction and fun day to raise funds :)
Title: Re: What did you do for free this week?
Post by: stephen s on August 13, 2009, 06:15:36 pm
trimmed a great big overgrown bush !!!!!!!!! ;)












yeah thats what that young lady made me do  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: What did you do for free this week?
Post by: Lakes and Pennine on August 14, 2009, 12:53:38 am
could you just run your brush over the con roof...ok mrs that be 25 squid....errr I mean give us an extra couple of squid,.
best was ginas. 'Do you want the insides doing?
' How much?
'Oh same as out sides'
 Oh No thanks'
Ok I'll do them for nowt'
'Ok then'
 by the way widnes lost tonight. but I failed to mention the last time they wone also
Title: Re: What did you do for free this week?
Post by: Londoner on August 14, 2009, 06:58:21 am
My mate John gives most of his earnings everyday to sick horses.

Of course he doesn't know they are sick till they lose.
Title: Re: What did you do for free this week?
Post by: stephen s on August 14, 2009, 07:13:22 am
My mate John gives most of his earnings everyday to sick horses.

Of course he doesn't know they are sick till they lose.













funny you should mention that cos I left newbury races the other week with a small fortune,     provlem was I arrived with a large one  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: What did you do for free this week?
Post by: AuRavelling79 on August 14, 2009, 07:53:15 am
Lifted a grow bag out of a custies car.
Title: Re: What did you do for free this week?
Post by: magic1 on August 14, 2009, 08:32:39 am
Took in a 6ft by 6ft parcel that was left in front garden. Parcel was taller than custy.

There hav been times where i did a little extra cleaning on every vist for pensioners. i.e clean the guttering a little bit every time. If stuck for time i dont and they moan that i didn't do it!! You can be making a rod for your own back with some folk.
Title: Re: What did you do for free this week?
Post by: pingu on August 14, 2009, 08:36:25 am
I suppose the thing is....when doing a little something for nothing and not telling the person...I have found that is what makes ME feel good.

So it is a win win...

But today...I'm ill and feel like poo.
Title: Re: What did you do for free this week?
Post by: Sir Squeaky on August 14, 2009, 08:40:32 am
Helped move a washing machine into a house.
Done a free kitchen window inside.

Probably more, can't think offhand...
Title: Re: What did you do for free this week?
Post by: stephen s on August 14, 2009, 09:04:23 am
I suppose the thing is....when doing a little something for nothing and not telling the person...I have found that is what makes ME feel good.

So it is a win win...

But today...I'm ill and feel like poo.









thats what you get for helping people   ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: What did you do for free this week?
Post by: stevieg on August 14, 2009, 03:21:05 pm
i do any charities for free .  At the moment this includes Air Ambulance every 6 weeks , A childrens deaf charity office every 4 months and a shop front for the elderley every month.

Please everyone consider the same .Thanks.
Title: Re: What did you do for free this week?
Post by: Sir Squeaky on August 14, 2009, 03:58:12 pm
the mother is getting her hair shaved on saturday at the fishermans arms sedbury

aug 31 at 11 am to 2 pm

think there is some kind of auction and fun day to raise funds :)
I would hope so, otherwise that's a long time to shave someone's head!
Title: Re: What did you do for free this week?
Post by: wire1078 on August 14, 2009, 04:16:47 pm
cleared a gutter that was full
Title: Re: What did you do for free this week?
Post by: Londoner on August 15, 2009, 07:33:07 am
I'm always getting asked to lift this or move that because its too much for the customer.

I now supply deionised water free to a couple of my customers for their irons.