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Dean Taberner

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Extraordinary window cleaning shifts.
« on: June 20, 2013, 07:34:50 pm »
Hello,

We are working tomorrow (fri), saturday and sunday nights window cleaning a roof top of a shopping centre in Gloucestershire 5pm-1am,

All good fun playing with cherry pickers and taking stick from local drinkers who can see us operating from pub next door,

Does anybody else love window cleaning as much as us to work these type of hours?

I aren't being sarcastic either we do actually enjoy the challenge.

Dean.

Operations manager at J.V Price Ltd

http://www.thepricegroup.co.uk

deeege

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Re: Extraordinary window cleaning shifts.
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2013, 07:40:15 pm »
We also worked 2 nights (through the night) last month. It's all good fun taking the drunken, slurred abuse from the local idiots!

I was surprised at how quickly the time passed on the graveyard shift!

Edit: 5pm til 1am pfffffff. We worked 2 nights from 7pm - 6am. It only classes as working a night shift if your still cleaning when the sun comes up. :)
"....and it's lend me ten pounds, I'll buy you a drink, and mother wake me early in the morning."

Dean Taberner

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Re: Extraordinary window cleaning shifts.
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2013, 07:50:56 pm »
We also worked 2 nights (through the night) last month. It's all good fun taking the drunken, slurred abuse from the local idiots!

I was surprised at how quickly the time passed on the graveyard shift!

Edit: 5pm til 1am pfffffff. We worked 2 nights from 7pm - 6am. It only classes as working a night shift if your still cleaning when the sun comes up. :)

Lol,

I know what you mean mate,

We are pretty poor when you put it that way ha.

It is good fun though.
Operations manager at J.V Price Ltd

http://www.thepricegroup.co.uk

Re: Extraordinary window cleaning shifts.
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2013, 10:10:16 pm »
Hello,

We are working tomorrow (fri), saturday and sunday nights window cleaning a roof top of a shopping centre in Gloucestershire 5pm-1am,

All good fun playing with cherry pickers and taking stick from local drinkers who can see us operating from pub next door,

Does anybody else love window cleaning as much as us to work these type of hours?

I aren't being sarcastic either we do actually enjoy the challenge.

Dean.


;D ;D Hi dean. Ask Alex Wingrove about some days he does. They are pretty extreme, well, I'll rephrase that. They are VERY extreme for a 'northern softie' (even though I'm only in telford!) ;)

Blue Frog Systems

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Re: Extraordinary window cleaning shifts.
« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2013, 10:21:08 pm »
I do some night shifts in the summer at a wedding venue between weddings.

Get a call around 10-11pm, turn up at 1am, watch the last of the drunks leave then crack on. Finish around 4, back home and sleep till 8, then back on the windows.

Sometimes i can do that 3 times in a week in August
Only those who risk going too far will truly know how far they can actually go

Ian.M

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Re: Extraordinary window cleaning shifts.
« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2013, 10:41:23 pm »
Whereabouts in Gloucester dean? I'm based in Gloucestershire might come and be nosey!lol! Always nice to put a face to name!

wfp master

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Re: Extraordinary window cleaning shifts.
« Reply #6 on: June 20, 2013, 10:44:12 pm »
I do some night shifts in the summer at a wedding venue between weddings.

Get a call around 10-11pm, turn up at 1am, watch the last of the drunks leave then crack on. Finish around 4, back home and sleep till 8, then back on the windows.

Sometimes i can do that 3 times in a week in August
what are they doing to the windows for them to need cleaned between weddings? ???

Dean Taberner

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Re: Extraordinary window cleaning shifts.
« Reply #7 on: June 20, 2013, 11:00:18 pm »
Hello,

We are working tomorrow (fri), saturday and sunday nights window cleaning a roof top of a shopping centre in Gloucestershire 5pm-1am,

All good fun playing with cherry pickers and taking stick from local drinkers who can see us operating from pub next door,

Does anybody else love window cleaning as much as us to work these type of hours?

I aren't being sarcastic either we do actually enjoy the challenge.

Dean.


;D ;D Hi dean. Ask Alex Wingrove about some days he does. They are pretty extreme, well, I'll rephrase that. They are VERY extreme for a 'northern softie' (even though I'm only in telford!) ;)

Lol,

That sounds good, I love a liitle bit of extreme window cleaning.
Operations manager at J.V Price Ltd

http://www.thepricegroup.co.uk

Dean Taberner

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Re: Extraordinary window cleaning shifts.
« Reply #8 on: June 20, 2013, 11:01:25 pm »
I do some night shifts in the summer at a wedding venue between weddings.

Get a call around 10-11pm, turn up at 1am, watch the last of the drunks leave then crack on. Finish around 4, back home and sleep till 8, then back on the windows.

Sometimes i can do that 3 times in a week in August

Hi mate how are you doing? Are you still on bbm?
Operations manager at J.V Price Ltd

http://www.thepricegroup.co.uk

Dean Taberner

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Re: Extraordinary window cleaning shifts.
« Reply #9 on: June 20, 2013, 11:03:27 pm »
Whereabouts in Gloucester dean? I'm based in Gloucestershire might come and be nosey!lol! Always nice to put a face to name!

Hi Ian,

We will be in stroud,

Merrywalks shopping centre.

Lovely place,

Dean.
Operations manager at J.V Price Ltd

http://www.thepricegroup.co.uk

Blue Frog Systems

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Re: Extraordinary window cleaning shifts.
« Reply #10 on: June 20, 2013, 11:04:35 pm »
sfwc - you'd be suprised some of the things that happen at weddings

Main problem is kids and drunks messing the windows up with finger prints & food from the kids and vommit and drink spills from the drunks.

Dean - im good ta mate, business has been booming this year - not on bbm, moved over to andriod. You still working as hard i see
Only those who risk going too far will truly know how far they can actually go

Seers

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Re: Extraordinary window cleaning shifts.
« Reply #11 on: June 20, 2013, 11:51:02 pm »
Hi Dean,

You make sure you take good care of that cherry picker cause Lee wants it back in one piece!

I only just brought it back from CTE in Leicester actually after some warranty repair work.

Cheers,

Huw

Gav Camm lammy 283

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Re: Extraordinary window cleaning shifts.
« Reply #12 on: June 21, 2013, 03:39:56 pm »
Huw dean will probably knacker it
Or sell to to buy beer
LET YOUR PANES BE MY PLEASURE

"If CALSBERG did WINDOW CLEANING
 it would be C.C.C  Probably the best WINDOW CLEANERS IN THE WORLD ..........."

ascjim

Re: Extraordinary window cleaning shifts.
« Reply #13 on: June 21, 2013, 04:18:07 pm »
Not for me. I get shirty working past 3pm!  ;) ive got too much stuff going on

Matt - aquatec

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Re: Extraordinary window cleaning shifts.
« Reply #14 on: June 22, 2013, 10:10:23 am »
Fao the site mods....

Sorry guys just pressed the report button while reading this thread.... Think it was on sets post.... Sorry mistake...
Cheers

Matt
Loving the freedom and enjoying the hard work......
www.aquatecwindows.co.uk

deeege

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Re: Extraordinary window cleaning shifts.
« Reply #15 on: June 22, 2013, 07:49:30 pm »
Fao the site mods....

Sorry guys just pressed the report button while reading this thread.... Think it was on sets post.... Sorry mistake...
Cheers

Matt

Don't worry about it, I report most of Deans threads aswell!

:)
"....and it's lend me ten pounds, I'll buy you a drink, and mother wake me early in the morning."

Dean Taberner

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Re: Extraordinary window cleaning shifts.
« Reply #16 on: June 23, 2013, 12:50:05 pm »
Fao the site mods....

Sorry guys just pressed the report button while reading this thread.... Think it was on sets post.... Sorry mistake...
Cheers

Matt

Don't worry about it, I report most of Deans threads aswell!

:)


Lol,

Last push tonight and we're done.
Operations manager at J.V Price Ltd

http://www.thepricegroup.co.uk

Mist A Bit

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Re: Extraordinary window cleaning shifts.
« Reply #17 on: June 23, 2013, 09:03:57 pm »
Im working day and night at moment at grand prix silverstone ,started sunday morning and will be their untill thursday.  Lots of glass on these markees. Going to have van nap now