[Smurf]

Realistically with our great British weather if people took a day off every time there was a bit of wind and/or rain you might as well get an inside job as you will never make any real money. Likewise if you think it's too hot or too cold to be working outside.

[SeanK]

Where do draw the line. If you know there's a storm coming on Wednesday and you are concerned about your "quality" then how is it fair on customers to work on Monday & Tuesday but not on Wednesday?

Surely you care about how the windows turn out on the day of the clean ? if not then what is all the babble on here about
quality winning work, keeping your water at zero, the extra cleaning power of hot/additives and so on.
You cant control what the weather is going to do tomorrow nor can you be expected to guarantee how it will effect your clean but if you do care about the quality of your cleans then you would at the least want the windows to be clean when the customer comes home on the day they where cleaned.
I don't care if anybody wants to clean in all weathers as I believe that most customers wont even notice but they shouldn't come on here and claim to be all about the quality as it obviously isn't.
The above is not directed at yourself 8 weekly just a follow on from your post and again I'm talking about storms.

[tlwcs]

Where do draw the line. If you know there's a storm coming on Wednesday and you are concerned about your "quality" then how is it fair on customers to work on Monday & Tuesday but not on Wednesday?

Surely you care about how the windows turn out on the day of the clean ? if not then what is all the babble on here about
quality winning work, keeping your water at zero, the extra cleaning power of hot/additives and so on.
You cant control what the weather is going to do tomorrow nor can you be expected to guarantee how it will effect your clean but if you do care about the quality of your cleans then you would at the least want the windows to be clean when the customer comes home on the day they where cleaned.
I don't care if anybody wants to clean in all weathers as I believe that most customers wont even notice but they shouldn't come on here and claim to be all about the quality as it obviously isn't.
The above is not directed at yourself 8 weekly just a follow on from your post and again I'm talking about storms.

Good post. For me who works in all weathers, it's because I'm full.
The quality of my cleans is what I like to think as high, but I'm not the judge of that.
Occasionally get a complaint, probably  because I'm rushing. Rarely lose one over quality but then custards are generally not honest enough to tell you.
I think we all do what we think is for the best  with an element of what we can get away with.

[dazmond]

Easy "who cares?i dont" is what Dazmond says. Basically if you don't give a toss then it doesn't matter what the weather's like.

 

exactly.do your best whatever the weather.if you fall short of a good service.re clean! (around 3 call backs in the last year!)

[Smurf]

Easy "who cares?i dont" is what Dazmond says. Basically if you don't give a toss then it doesn't matter what the weather's like.

 

exactly.do your best whatever the weather.if you fall short of a good service.re clean!

+1 but keep safe too says a chap waving a guttervac pole about in gusting 50 mph winds 

[Dave Willis]

Too many pole wavers if you ask me. 

[dazmond]

I aim to provide the high quality clean that my customers deserve. I cannot do that if it is blowing a gale or the rain is coming down sideways. My customers don't want that, and neither would I, and that's without considering the safety aspect.

Of course we all have to make a living, but to me it's even more important to keep our customers happy, and sometimes it means that may come at a cost.

I am now standing with my back to the wall to await the firing squad.

John

are you on working tax benefit as well though to top up your income?the weather has been crap for weeks here.

today another crappy wet day and forecast wet and windy for the rest of the week.so should i take the rest of the week off and dip into my winter emergency fund?.............

[Rich Wilts]

Book a holiday. A 5* holiday.

[Johnny B]

I aim to provide the high quality clean that my customers deserve. I cannot do that if it is blowing a gale or the rain is coming down sideways. My customers don't want that, and neither would I, and that's without considering the safety aspect.

Of course we all have to make a living, but to me it's even more important to keep our customers happy, and sometimes it means that may come at a cost.

I am now standing with my back to the wall to await the firing squad.

John

are you on working tax benefit as well though to top up your income?the weather has been crap for weeks here.

today another crappy wet day and forecast wet and windy for the rest of the week.so should i take the rest of the week off and dip into my winter emergency fund?.............

I am in Ireland Daz. No WFTC or any supplementary benefits for the self-employed here mate.

John

[dazmond]

i understand now johnny!isnt the weather in ireland nearly as bad as scotland most of the time?

oh dear.........you have my respect working outdoors in ireland!

[Johnny B]

i understand now johnny!isnt the weather in ireland nearly as bad as scotland most of the time?

oh dear.........you have my respect working outdoors in ireland!

I would say it's on a par with Manchester Daz! No need to worry though. I've got through worse times than this. 

John