[PAIN IN THE GLASS]

I started cos I was feed up with working nights,  and thought something had to be done about this.
Started of canvassing for a few hours each day while still doing full time job. i used to come home have a few hours sleep then go out cleaning.
I couldnt wait for the day to come where I could chuck me notice in.some people like the 9-5 or 2200-0600 for stability. But I now have my own stability and my own freedom plus you cant beat working in the fresh air, and havent looked back since.

So How did you lot start then??
 

[woody1]

3rd generation in my family all i ever known have tried other jobs couldnt do it always came back to cleaning windows   

how sad am i   

[VSP Home Care]

I had/have a well paid job in IT working in the NHS.  Gave them 15 years service and they made me sick in the head    I hardly ever had a day off sick when I worked on the tools all those years ago, I've been off work sick for a long time now.

Working in an office with people you hate in a situation where bulling and Prejudice is rife is to be avoided.  I've never been so miserable, just the thought of having to go back to the office is enough to make me very stressed indeed.

Then you get to a point in life when you just have to think of your health not your wealth.  Everyone I know thinks I'm mad as a bag of Cats for giving up just under 40k wages, but the fact that I know I'll be a load happier pushing a lawn mower or cleaning windows for the next 20 years says it all in my book.

Sometimes in life you have to make a change, draw the line and take them all on one at a time  

I'm currently drawing up my line and should be ready for them all soon  

My attitude at the moment is that I will only fail if I let it happen  

I'm a very strong believer in 'the 7 P's' and for the last 15 years or so they have done their best to knock it out of me but I know the 7 P's works  

[Paul Coleman]

I started cos I was feed up with working nights,  and thought something had to be done about this.
Started of canvassing for a few hours each day while still doing full time job. i used to come home have a few hours sleep then go out cleaning.
I couldnt wait for the day to come where I could chuck me notice in.some people like the 9-5 or 2200-0600 for stability. But I now have my own stability and my own freedom plus you cant beat working in the fresh air, and havent looked back since.

So How did you lot start then??
 

For me the simple answer is - unemployment.  It was 1991 and I suffered my third redundancy in two years.  There were no jobs about.  So, with no particular skills, a cheap, old car, and being OK with climbing ladders, I felt that it was the right move for me.
I never intended to stick with it.  It was just a stopgap until I found a job.  20 years later I still haven't found one  .

[D woods]

When I left school (1979) I couldnt read or write so the only job I could do was window cleaning.

[DavidWright76]

My old man had a massive round in Denham years ago and was raking in £100 per day in cash. My one pays much more than the factory job and i don't have to take any cr/\p. Unfortunately i'm only doing it part time at the mo.

[L.J.Thorpe]

i started six years ago as a stopgap while i retrained after 20 years in printing industry.........best thing i ever did and will probably be what i do till i die hopefully

[bobby p]

after closing my car repair shop,with a massive bonfire ,i was then  living with a woman who was driving me nuts . one day she mentioned her windie had been and his boss drove a big new 4 x4 .  that seed set in my mind and shortly after id left her and got a ladder etc

[cozy]

Was truck driving from Germany to Tunisia in the late 80's. What a fantastic job that was............... spent loads of time in tourists towns on the coast waiting for the trailer to be loaded. Got made redundant and my mate was setting himself up as milkman and window cleaner in a nearby town (Bielefeld).
I went with him for a day to see how it was. I saw what he earned in a couple of hours cleaning soldiers houses and decided I'd give it a go. Went home and over the next couple of days got leaflets printed.  Dropped about a thousand and a few days later followed up knocking doors. Got a smallish round together and it went from there. Within a coupe of months I had a full round. Hardly any competition!!

I've had a break a few years back to go back to truck driving, it's fun on international runs, but I've come back to WCing now for the money and free time.

[windowswashed]

Needed to pay my mortgage (on my own) so became a windie

[EWCServices]

cos no fkker will be a boss of me?

well it took me a good few bosses to try,to realise that it just wasnt going to happen.

[A & J Owen Window Cleaning]

as he sez ya own boss and all me personally got bored of the job i was in at the time 

[DaveG]

Used to be striker for West Ham, but the kids got really embarrassed when their mates asked them what their Dad did for a living

[Ian101]

Our window cleaner sacked me last year cos i was a slow / crap payer and I didnt like the look of any I saw locally so missus told me i had to do them  ... neighbours said half joking u can do ours next and sorta went from there  ... not seen the old windie to apologise to yet but will do when i see him

[Dave66]

the thought of £200 a day 

[NJWindowCleaning]

Started back in 1983 I was out of work on the dole and a mate of mine needed a hand so I try it and never look back since. 

[mrwindows]

Confessions of a window cleaner

[d s windowcleaning]

the thought of £200 a day 

think youve put a extra naught its £20 per day 

[mci services]

at 13 years old I asked my dad for pocket money, and he laughed and on a saturday morning he handed me a list of houses, about ten and said do them every fortnight, then gave me a wooden double and all the kit, done it off and on till I joined the army then I left the army and borrowed a ladder from my brother and started all over again

[roundbuilder]

its not that i wanted to be a shiner its that its 1 of the few jobs for unskilled workers to earn a half decent income out of.