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Title: Bad weather was brilliant
Post by: ftp on January 22, 2010, 09:30:38 pm
I lost so much time with the big freeze that I'm now in a position to pick my jobs to specific areas for my days work. I can compact my round to a few streets and cut out all those wasted van trips I used to do. Roll on the summer  :)
Title: Re: Bad weather was brilliant
Post by: cozy on January 22, 2010, 09:39:04 pm
Same here. Totally rescheduled all the areas we work in, silver lining etc
Title: Re: Bad weather was brilliant
Post by: macmac on January 22, 2010, 09:46:58 pm
I lost so much time with the big freeze that I'm now in a position to pick my jobs to specific areas for my days work. I can compact my round to a few streets and cut out all those wasted van trips I used to do. Roll on the summer  :)

Yeah, picking all the big payers off first!! ;D
Title: Re: Bad weather was brilliant
Post by: cozy on January 22, 2010, 09:47:46 pm
Bloody right!!
Title: Re: Bad weather was brilliant
Post by: Clive McDonald on January 22, 2010, 09:47:57 pm
This happens to me all the time and i've asked on here about it before.

Yes, me too with the weather, but also two annual two week holidays.

I have divided my work into four geographical rounds, each one currently having about nine pages outstanding.It's too much for my small brain and i just hit the easy most profitable targets.
Title: Re: Bad weather was brilliant
Post by: ftp on January 22, 2010, 09:48:43 pm
They are all big payers!



I wish - got a lot of non-payers at the moment.  ::)
Title: Re: Bad weather was brilliant
Post by: matt on January 22, 2010, 09:58:33 pm
I lost so much time with the big freeze that I'm now in a position to pick my jobs to specific areas for my days work. I can compact my round to a few streets and cut out all those wasted van trips I used to do. Roll on the summer  :)

you should have done it last summer, i told you this ( did i sound wise then ;))

just let the few be late and you will compact your round alot and make it easier for yourself
Title: Re: Bad weather was brilliant
Post by: prestige cleaners on January 22, 2010, 10:36:35 pm
its not been so bad for me as 99% of my round is 8 week cycle, it must be a nightmare for 4 week ones, as you cant get it back?

anyone else do the 8 weeks or is it just me?

ps only 30 carried over to next week, nearly there!
Title: Re: Bad weather was brilliant
Post by: richywilts on January 23, 2010, 12:00:32 am
i do 8 weekly too but my round was everywhere coz since iv built it up when i took people on i just usually cleaned there n then but im using this bad weather to organise it into areas so it will start working better for me
Title: Re: Bad weather was brilliant
Post by: matt on January 23, 2010, 12:03:02 am
Yes Matt, but even if it were perfect, mix in a two week hol and it's straight back to chaos.



perfect mix, thats where people go wrong, they offer 4 weeks, 6 and 8 weeks, offer them all the same, even if a customer says " oh can you do it every 5 weeks " i say " yes as close as i can " i know full well they will fall in with my work, they soon get used to it  ;)

thus that 2 week holiday just means that you are 2 weeks late

Title: Re: Bad weather was brilliant
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Title: Re: Bad weather was brilliant
Post by: prestige cleaners on January 23, 2010, 12:12:19 am
i just take week long hols, and try and bring custs forward to 7 weeks, so i dont have to much to come back to, as i only work 3-4 days a week its not too much work to get back on top
Title: Re: Bad weather was brilliant
Post by: dazmond on January 23, 2010, 12:22:02 am
i just work my round from A-Z roughly the same order as nearly all my work monthly.the 2 monthlies i can rejig a bit and i try not to be too late on these stand alones and drop the monthlies to 3 weeks late ::)(at the moment anyway!).pretty straightforward really!keep it simple! ;D ;D
Title: Re: Bad weather was brilliant
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