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NBwcs

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Eastern Europeans in Peterborough
« on: February 08, 2011, 08:26:21 pm »
Heard a sad story recently of a window cleaner whos about to pack it all in because hes lost over half his round  in Peterborough to an outfit of Eastern Europeans. Apparently their charging £4 per house on the Hampton estate ( Large New estate, with varying sizes of property) no matter what the size. Know a windy who charges £15 for some of these, well £4 is gonna test any custys loyalty. Weve all seen flyers about one time or another offering silly prices, and generally these people never seem to get off the ground but it appears these lads have got their foot in the door. Any of you "posh" boys shed any light on this? Has it been exagerated through chinese whispers or is there any truth to it. Peterboroughs a bit  close  for comfort for me.

Spruce

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Re: Eastern Europeans in Peterborough
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2011, 09:34:09 pm »
Wait until the theft rate increases!
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The older I get, the better I was ;)

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Re: Eastern Europeans in Peterborough
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2011, 09:47:32 pm »
Wait until the theft rate increases!
why will all the uk window cleaners turn to crime when they lose their businesses :o

Get a grip lads there is a guy posting on here from Peterborough that spent saturday canvassing and spent his first day on the windows today so there is work out there for the lads that want it ;) Oh and his user name isn't very Eastern European sounding by the way.

tacky

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Re: Eastern Europeans in Peterborough
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2011, 10:11:59 pm »
it was only a matter of time .these guys will do more damage to us genuine windies ,than the dole brigade,

andy1975

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Re: Eastern Europeans in Peterborough
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2011, 10:12:32 pm »
just wait when the ukranians are allowed here,we will all be f####d

james44

Re: Eastern Europeans in Peterborough
« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2011, 10:16:00 pm »
it was only a matter of time .these guys will do more damage to us genuine windies ,than the dole brigade,

These guy will do damage to the dole brigade ;D

tacky

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Re: Eastern Europeans in Peterborough
« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2011, 10:17:08 pm »
n the bloody welsh

Spruce

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Re: Eastern Europeans in Peterborough
« Reply #7 on: February 08, 2011, 10:24:02 pm »
Wait until the theft rate increases!
why will all the uk window cleaners turn to crime when they lose their businesses :o

Get a grip lads there is a guy posting on here from Peterborough that spent saturday canvassing and spent his first day on the windows today so there is work out there for the lads that want it ;) Oh and his user name isn't very Eastern European sounding by the way.

There was an outcry recently that these Eastern Europeans in Peterborough were stealing and killing swans, (the Queen's property) for food. They weren't concerned  about whether it was legal for them to do that or not - they just did it.

So my comments refer to the home owners that opt for cheap window cleaning - will it be at the cost of their property theft. I'm not saying painting every Eastern European with this paint brush, but a vast amount of crime in this country is done by a small percentage of immigrants.

This comment was not direct toward UK window cleaners losing their jobs turning to crime. Sorry to have misled you.

Spruce.
Success is 1% inspiration, 98% perspiration and 2% attention to detail!

The older I get, the better I was ;)

P @ F

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Re: Eastern Europeans in Peterborough
« Reply #8 on: February 08, 2011, 10:30:07 pm »
Put it this way , if they come down my way im gonna pack in , go on the dole  , sponge from the state , strip the name from the van and still go out and work , if the taxman catches me then so be it , and on my day in court i will tell the judge he plays with his dangley bits and that BRITAIN is a sell out nation , hell i may even give him a smack in the chops for good measure and claim insanity , fook em all ! ;D ;D ;D

Rich
I'm so lazy I'm getting tired of it !

boshravie

Re: Eastern Europeans in Peterborough
« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2011, 10:34:13 pm »
Wait until the theft rate increases!
why will all the uk window cleaners turn to crime when they lose their businesses :o

Get a grip lads there is a guy posting on here from Peterborough that spent saturday canvassing and spent his first day on the windows today so there is work out there for the lads that want it ;) Oh and his user name isn't very Eastern European sounding by the way.

There was an outcry recently that these Eastern Europeans in Peterborough were stealing and killing swans, (the Queen's property) for food. They weren't concerned  about whether it was legal for them to do that or not - they just did it.

So my comments refer to the home owners that opt for cheap window cleaning - will it be at the cost of their property theft. I'm not saying painting every Eastern European with this paint brush, but a vast amount of crime in this country is done by a small percentage of immigrants.

This comment was not direct toward UK window cleaners losing their jobs turning to crime. Sorry to have misled you.

Spruce.

Really Spruce?
Where did you hear that?

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Re: Eastern Europeans in Peterborough
« Reply #10 on: February 08, 2011, 10:51:51 pm »
Spruce I was being sarcastic, I knew exactly what you were implying ;) I

steve rix

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Re: Eastern Europeans in Peterborough
« Reply #11 on: February 08, 2011, 10:56:00 pm »
My Missus is Polish, I have got acouple of poles from her town working for me (all paye, workers registration etc).
They are hard working and honest but sometimes like to go home at short notice.

the bfg

Re: Eastern Europeans in Peterborough
« Reply #12 on: February 08, 2011, 11:09:55 pm »
see back in the 80s and 90s us poor scousers used to get it all the time

you bleedin scousers coming down here nicking all our work and nailing our women

well its a whole different ball game now only this time there also nicking the carp out of the lakes for dinner

how can anyone eat carp or pike for Xmas dinner       xmas dinner I tells you




the dirrrrrrrrrrty baskets

G Griffin

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Re: Eastern Europeans in Peterborough
« Reply #13 on: February 08, 2011, 11:12:39 pm »
Wait until the theft rate increases!
why will all the uk window cleaners turn to crime when they lose their businesses :o

Get a grip lads there is a guy posting on here from Peterborough that spent saturday canvassing and spent his first day on the windows today so there is work out there for the lads that want it ;) Oh and his user name isn't very Eastern European sounding by the way.

There was an outcry recently that these Eastern Europeans in Peterborough were stealing and killing swans, (the Queen's property) for food. They weren't concerned  about whether it was legal for them to do that or not - they just did it.

So my comments refer to the home owners that opt for cheap window cleaning - will it be at the cost of their property theft. I'm not saying painting every Eastern European with this paint brush, but a vast amount of crime in this country is done by a small percentage of immigrants.

This comment was not direct toward UK window cleaners losing their jobs turning to crime. Sorry to have misled you.

Spruce.

A mate of mine did that with swans. He`d been hunting them, killing them and then eating them  :o.
But he didn`t realise it was illegal and was racked with guilt when I told him. But he vowed never to do it again.
Out of curiosity, I asked him what it tasted like. "A bit like golden eagle", he replied  ::).  
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Re: Eastern Europeans in Peterborough
« Reply #14 on: February 08, 2011, 11:16:44 pm »
see back in the 80s and 90s us poor scousers used to get it all the time

you bleedin scousers coming down here nicking all our work and nailing our women

well its a whole different ball game now only this time there also nicking the carp out of the lakes for dinner

how can anyone eat carp or pike for Xmas dinner       xmas dinner I tells you




the dirrrrrrrrrrty baskets

wasn't just you scousers, I got it tight on sites in the late eighty's early ninety's in London, we worked harder for less money just like the scousers, geordies welsh etc and did we get abuse yes we did ::) now it is the turn of the eastern europeans to get the abuse, made a good few mates on them jobs all northern lads right enough :D

the bfg

Re: Eastern Europeans in Peterborough
« Reply #15 on: February 08, 2011, 11:26:13 pm »
see back in the 80s and 90s us poor scousers used to get it all the time

you bleedin scousers coming down here nicking all our work and nailing our women

well its a whole different ball game now only this time there also nicking the carp out of the lakes for dinner

how can anyone eat carp or pike for Xmas dinner       xmas dinner I tells you




the dirrrrrrrrrrty baskets

wasn't just you scousers, I got it tight on sites in the late eighty's early ninety's in London, we worked harder for less money just like the scousers, geordies welsh etc and did we get abuse yes we did ::) now it is the turn of the eastern europeans to get the abuse, made a good few mates on them jobs all northern lads right enough :D
















hey Stu.

back in the 90s  I finished work one saturday and went straight to the german cruiser with my mate,  Liverpool were playing man utd  and it was on sky and united beat lpool 3-1

well the abuse I had to put up with from a group of southern softies ( berkshire )  who kept telling me Liverpool were poop and and wont win the league for years to come.

suits me I said cos I'm a damn Evertonian  :D

Leeroy

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Re: Eastern Europeans in Peterborough
« Reply #16 on: February 08, 2011, 11:53:11 pm »
see back in the 80s and 90s us poor scousers used to get it all the time

you bleedin scousers coming down here nicking all our work and nailing our women

I think it was stealing all our washing and car stereos

well its a whole different ball game now only this time there also nicking the carp out of the lakes for dinner

how can anyone eat carp or pike for Xmas dinner       xmas dinner I tells you




the dirrrrrrrrrrty baskets

jarvy

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Re: Eastern Europeans in Peterborough
« Reply #17 on: February 08, 2011, 11:59:59 pm »
No different to national companys undercutting the commercial work.
Nothing seems to be safe now..
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Darranvps

Re: Eastern Europeans in Peterborough
« Reply #18 on: February 09, 2011, 05:28:19 am »
its only the lazy that have anything to worry about regarding Eastern Europeans - just because they work hard doesn't mean they will steal and they will soon realise to put up their prices.
Regarding swans etc - many eastern europeans go hunting when they are back home, so they probably didn't think there was anything wrong in catching what they thought was "wild" birds.

It is amazing how many people are scared of foreigners but let me ask those of you who may remember going to a white mans shop after 6pm in the early 70s before the asians bought them out, you never did and you had to wait for them to reopen the next day. Once the Asians took over the shops were open all hours. What about Curry houses etc we could takethe  time to look at the advantages of foreigners coming here rather than just the negative. BE POSITIVE NOT NEGATIVE IT DOESEN'T DO YOU ANY GOOD!

I'm off to work without worrying about what others do - have a nice day and concern yourselves about what you are doing&  not what might be!

windiewasher

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Re: Eastern Europeans in Peterborough
« Reply #19 on: February 09, 2011, 07:20:03 am »
I suppose they will be trying to rob everyones vans.
I can't understand why anybody would want foreigners who they don't know anything about or what they have done in the past.
If they are getting them to clean them because they are cheap.they deserve to be robbed.
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