[dave f]

just nipped out to get some milk and seen a local tradder doing some shop windows. its pishing down here he must be desperate.

[duncan h]

just nipped out to get some milk and seen a local tradder doing some shop windows. its pishing down here he must be desperate.

I see it all the time, then I get the cancelled customers lol

[Mist A Bit]

I find shop fronts are a good income every Wednesday morning . wind snow rain hail they'll still  get done

[C o z y]

I'm trad, and I clean in all weathers. Except heavy rain.  

Do all our shops in any weather though, as the contract is, every 7/14/28 days. What shop would cancel a weekly clean because the guy did it in bad weather??

I'm not really desperate, no mortgage anymore, and no debt.

If I've had a sense of humour failure, just let me know, as I'm getting old.  

[chris turner]

I work in all weathers other then those hurricane storm remnants we get once a year or so.
I run a tight ship, like to keep everything on schedule and not let the weather dictate when I'm going to work.
This is Britain, it rains every other day so you just have to get on with it.

[Johnny B]

Yup, I'm trad too, and clean my shops in all weathers. Custards are happy to have them kept clean, which is the whole point, is it not?

Just an observation, if a wf poler works in rain, it's all good, but if a tradder does the same, he's desperate?  

John

[dave f]

its not the weather. 7.30 pm and pitch black

[cgh window cleaning]

I know a bloke that works for a national and he does overtime 6pm till around10pm most nights on retail as well as his daytime work.

[chris turner]

its not the weather. 7.30 pm and pitch black

Haha you just reminded me of an old guy local to me who I spotted cleaning shop fronts at about 9pm in the dark, mid winter. He was wearing shorts too lol
Your not from aldershot are you dave?

[C o z y]

Dave, I know you don't normally post rubbish mate, but sometimes I have my first shop at 6 am because of local by laws meaning I have to be out of the pedestrian areas in town by 8 am. In winter, guess what, it's dark at 6 am  

Still work. If that guy's working that late, he's either part time, or a very busy boy. Good luck to him.

Always look for the reason behind what people do, and not take the mick. It can backfire mate.

[Richard Shepherd]

Their is an old boy who cleans shops in a village near me.

He is 72 and starts at 3pm, works through to about 8pm twice a week, his custies call him Ronnie midnight.

He says it keeps him active and out of hospital.

[Spruce]

We had to clean our Sainbury's outlet stores in the dark in winter. They had to be done before they opened at 6.00 am.

If the internal lights are on its easy to clean them.

[Don Kee]

Did the local waitrose with frankybadboy just before it opened, started at 2pm (ish), and were there until 10.30pm

[C o z y]

Yeah, but that's because you've got no life Don. You even stoop to supporting Derby 

[Don Kee]

Cozy...you might be right but it still hurts when you say it....


 

[dave f]

takes all sorts i supose.the guy once asked if i had a scrim i could let him have because his were falling to bits.i dont know him just seen him from time to time

[C o z y]

Give him a scrim ya tight git.

[Matt.]

Easy does it Dave, I trad everyday and I had to work in that today, been a long one. Started at 4 this morn, worked through hail and snow and I got in the house 15 mins ago...................... Omg I am cream crackered.  


I often work til late in night in commercial work, I much prefer to work evenings. I do a lot of car showrooms of evenings.

[Johnny B]

its not the weather. 7.30 pm and pitch black

Perhaps he eats a lot of carrots.

John

[deeege]

Off out now for 6 or 7 hours, home to see the family / for tea then got a big commercial to start at 8pm this evening, needs cleaning out of hours, probably take 3 of us just short of 4 hours.

Does that make me desperate Dave?