Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Ta-ra on December 25, 2009, 07:43:01 am
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Anyone else here working today?
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On Christmas Day.......No Way Hosay. Its a day of eating, drinking, sleeping & watching repeats on tv. ;D
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A BIG FAT NO TO THAT ;D
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I will probably take dog to unit and check machines later !!!!!!!!!!!
so bloody unpaid work !!!
i just tell misssssiss taking dog.
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no one is going to want you round doing windows on christmas day,
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I am doing SANTA CLAUS house at the north pole today.
Its the only day in the year when he is not to busy. 8)
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I am drinking champagne and going in the kitchen soon to cook for everyone thats about as hard as work I will be doing today ;D
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I wouldnt work christmas day ever again ! I quit a previous job because of having to work christmas
Have fun people.. The JD is calling my name ;D
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I wouldn,t work Xmas day or any day in betwwen Xmas and new year.
last thing customers need to see is a w/c turn up in between those times unless its a commercial job.
a couple of years ago a w/c turned up to clean my daughters windows and I run him and so did all the other customers.
I was snowed off all Xmas week but wont be going back until new year.
happy holxs everyone and if my daughters w/c has a cheek to show his face then I'm waiting for him ;D ;D ;D
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what a stupid question!!!
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Its too sad to even contemplate. In my "other job" as a London Taxi driver all the sad geezers will be out working over Christmas. Every radio job has a £20 premium so they will be out grabbing.
A lot of them are divorced, I wonder why..............
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I wouldn,t work Xmas day or any day in betwwen Xmas and new year.
last thing customers need to see is a w/c turn up in between those times unless its a commercial job.
a couple of years ago a w/c turned up to clean my daughters windows and I run him and so did all the other customers.
I was snowed off all Xmas week but wont be going back until new year.
happy holxs everyone and if my daughters w/c has a cheek to show his face then I'm waiting for him ;D ;D ;D
What do you mean by "run him"? Run him off? Rung him up? :)
What day did he turn up for you to do that then?
No way on Xmas day though I did a commercial job on Boxing Day a few years ago. I had an argument with the other half I was living with back then and didn't want to stay in the house so I figured I might as well earn some money as sit in a layby.
I do tend to work between Xmas and New Year though. I intend to work 28 - 31 December.
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Paul, I think the 28th is a Bank Holiday (Public Holiday?), so it might be best avoiding residential work on that day.
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im working between xmas and new year also. Im hoping my customers wont mind or think im mad. afterall they are normal working days
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I also work between christmas and new year, I am also on call for christmas, boxing and new years day (carpet cleaning). Last year I had to go out on boxing day to remove red wine from a very expensive white carpet.
If you really dislike anyone working at christmas especially if you have to run them off, I take it you do not go to the shops, the pub, the garage.
You also will not be watching the tv, in fact onless you have independent means of power, you should be sitting in the dark and cold because someone has to work at christmas to provide you with these and other services we all take for granted.
I cannot see why a window cleaner cannot work between the holidays.
and finally if anyone tried to run me off, they would find that the new year brings dirty windows unless they start to clean them themselves, because I will not be coming back.
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im working between xmas and new year also. Im hoping my customers wont mind or think im mad. afterall they are normal working days
most of your custys will be working then too anyway go for it
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what a stupid question!!!
Agreed.
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I also work between christmas and new year, I am also on call for christmas, boxing and new years day (carpet cleaning). Last year I had to go out on boxing day to remove red wine from a very expensive white carpet.
If you really dislike anyone working at christmas especially if you have to run them off, I take it you do not go to the shops, the pub, the garage.
You also will not be watching the tv, in fact onless you have independent means of power, you should be sitting in the dark and cold because someone has to work at christmas to provide you with these and other services we all take for granted.
I cannot see why a window cleaner cannot work between the holidays.
and finally if anyone tried to run me off, they would find that the new year brings dirty windows unless they start to clean them themselves, because I will not be coming back.
YES i RUN HIM BIG TIME
and I told him not to be so tight and go bothering people on the 27th dec, dont some w/c have lives ?
regardless of what you may think some people actually like to enjoy their Xmas and not have people bothering them at this period.
maybe you don't enjoy Xmas so want to make sure you turn up at their houses OR ARE YOU JUST MONEY DRIVEN ?????
I can understand people working in jobs that are needed at Xmas butw/c just aint one of them.
why not try to find yourself a nice girlfriend or boyfriend and try to enjoy the festive season ?
OR ARE YOU ON 24 HOUR CALL OUT OVER THE FESTIVE PERIOD
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the mind boggles :D :D :D
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I also work between christmas and new year, I am also on call for christmas, boxing and new years day (carpet cleaning). Last year I had to go out on boxing day to remove red wine from a very expensive white carpet.
If you really dislike anyone working at christmas especially if you have to run them off, I take it you do not go to the shops, the pub, the garage.
You also will not be watching the tv, in fact onless you have independent means of power, you should be sitting in the dark and cold because someone has to work at christmas to provide you with these and other services we all take for granted.
I cannot see why a window cleaner cannot work between the holidays.
and finally if anyone tried to run me off, they would find that the new year brings dirty windows unless they start to clean them themselves, because I will not be coming back.
YES i RUN HIM BIG TIME
and I told him not to be so tight and go bothering people on the 27th dec, dont some w/c have lives ?
regardless of what you may think some people actually like to enjoy their Xmas and not have people bothering them at this period.
maybe you don't enjoy Xmas so want to make sure you turn up at their houses OR ARE YOU JUST MONEY DRIVEN ?????
I can understand people working in jobs that are needed at Xmas butw/c just aint one of them.
why not try to find yourself a nice girlfriend or boyfriend and try to enjoy the festive season ?
OR ARE YOU ON 24 HOUR CALL OUT OVER THE FESTIVE PERIOD
?????
the mind boggles :D :D :D
Well most years the 27th isn't a holiday.
So maybe you don't need the money as much as some. Good for you. It's not necessarily about being money driven/greed. It can be about struggling to pay bills etc. It sounds like you have had the good fortune and insufficient hassles in your personal life to trigger a financial problem. Some months, the bit I can take from an extra day or two are the difference between paying my way or not - especially if there has been a freeze-up. Maybe you will experience what I'm on about one day if a relationship goes wrong and costs you a lot or if you need a long time off due to medical issues.
I won't always have a financial problem. It may take a few years but I will claw my way out of it. When I've done so, I will probably also take a few days off between Xmas and new year. Until then, they'll either just have to put up with me or dump me. No problem if the latter.
I do long for the days when I can once again afford to take a few days off at year end. Until then, I will just have to put up with a week in the summer and an occasional long weekend.
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YES i RUN HIM BIG TIME
and I told him not to be so tight and go bothering people on the 27th dec, dont some w/c have lives ?
I have been running my sucessful business for over 7 years now, and I have always worked the christmas period (27 December to the 31 December). I have never had 1 objection.
regardless of what you may think some people actually like to enjoy their Xmas and not have people bothering them at this period.
and some customer like to have clean windows all the year round as well.maybe you don't enjoy Xmas so want to make sure you turn up at their houses OR ARE YOU JUST MONEY DRIVEN ??
Of course I am money driven, what businessman is not.
why not try to find yourself a nice girlfriend or boyfriend and try to enjoy the festive season ?
I enjoy the festive season very much, thank you, but I also enjoy the 5 holidays a year that I have ( I am off to Africa for the whole of January again) and I have only just come back from 3 weeks in the USA, I also have an expensive lifestyle that I enjoy as well.
I had to go out today to quote for an extra property on a £10000 contract that I won last week, because the property mainternance company know that I will not be in the country after next week.
OR ARE YOU ON 24 HOUR CALL OUT OVER THE FESTIVE PERIOD ??
yes
the mind boggles
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Paul, I think the 28th is a Bank Holiday (Public Holiday?), so it might be best avoiding residential work on that day.
I see what you mean Tosh but as it's a lieu day rather than a "proper" boxing day, I will work and just not start before 10 in case they are having a lie-in. I have a cafe to clean first thing anyway so that will occupy most of the time up till about 9.30. See. the cafe is open. They still want their regular service (in and out). I did a fair bit of Xmas Eve too. Some people were surprised to see me but they were, without exception, pleased that I made the effort even with ice still around .
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dont take any notice of steven s.i think he just likes to stir it a bit!! ;D ;D.i also enjoy time with family and friends.ive had 2 full days of it! ;)but working 5-6 hours tues/wed is hardly working all over xmas!still plenty of time for girlfriend/friends etc.it gives us a break from family and works off some of the festive over-indulgence!!with all the half days/days off due to weather we need to keep ticking over and at least cover our bills!.youll feel better as well for the fresh air.the enforced family time,too much food and festering in front of the tv soon wears me down and i need an escape!going to work does it for me then i can take girlfriend out for a top meal/cinema etc.dont be too pre occupied with what u think ur custys will think.as youll find ur often wrong!any "not todays" just skip them till next time.
regards
dazmond
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dont take any notice of steven s.i think he just likes to stir it a bit!! ;D ;D.i also enjoy time with family and friends.ive had 2 full days of it! ;)but working 5-6 hours tues/wed is hardly working all over xmas!still plenty of time for girlfriend/friends etc.it gives us a break from family and works off some of the festive over-indulgence!!with all the half days/days off due to weather we need to keep ticking over and at least cover our bills!.youll feel better as well for the fresh air.the enforced family time,too much food and festering in front of the tv soon wears me down and i need an escape!going to work does it for me then i can take girlfriend out for a top meal/cinema etc.dont be too pre occupied with what u think ur custys will think.as youll find ur often wrong!any "not todays" just skip them till next time.
regards
dazmond
I'm inclined to agree with you that he's just having a wind-up :) .
Ironically, he speaks of getting a GF. Ironic because the debt incurred when I had a particular GF is part of the reason I don't take much time off.
I must get a life
I must get a life
I must get a life....
<mutter mutter>
;D
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Why have a pop at Stephen s? i think he is right, i would be very angry if a window cleaner turned up to clean over the xmas holiday.Just because he has an opinion people jump on it. Fair play to him, run him off he was properly a burglar at work at that time of year. ;)
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Fair play to him, run him off he was properly a burglar at work at that time of year. ;)
>:(
O great another moron, who thinks that every window cleaner is a crook and shouldn't be trusted. >:( >:( >:(
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if you want to work then work,thats your choice,iam to busy to worry what anyody else is doing or saying.
no i wont be working,but that my choice and mine only.
why.cause i had jobs where i had to work xmas day night,new years so now i just make the most of it. ;) ;)