[martin hulstone]

Telling us you have converted to hot water because of how bad the windows were during the storms, yet you try to justify working in bad weather, cant fathom it out

[8weekly]

Telling us you have converted to hot water because of how bad the windows were during the storms, yet you try to justify working in bad weather, cant fathom it out

Agreed Martin. There's no point in cleaning windows at all because they'll just get dirty if there's a storm.

[gary999]

Depends what you call bad weather....heavy rain in normal conditions doesn't cause
a problem but rain and strong winds is a no for me

[lozsing]

Some people would say its no difference to washing your car its going to get dirty again straight away , your just cleaning off previous dirt.

[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

[Frankybadboy]

daz hasnt replied cause hes holed up in a 5* hotel 

[ascjim]

You won't be saying that when you have many staff to pay

[8weekly]

My experience is that those who don't work in the rain are the exception. I probably know five or six window cleaners in my town and all of them work in the rain. I am not remotely worried about losing customers to someone who doesn't work in the rain because they don't exist here that I know of.

If it hammers down I take cover, but that's it. Surely anyone that works in the North would have to work in the rain?

[SeanK]

My experience is that those who don't work in the rain are the exception. I probably know five or six window cleaners in my town and all of them work in the rain. I am not remotely worried about losing customers to someone who doesn't work in the rain because they don't exist here that I know of.

If it hammers down I take cover, but that's it. Surely anyone that works in the North would have to work in the rain?

Why do you keep saying working in the rain, we are talking about working in  storms.

[martin hulstone]

You won't be saying that when you have many staff to pay

I do pay staff, and i make more profit in summer than winter. simples.

[martin hulstone]

My experience is that those who don't work in the rain are the exception. I probably know five or six window cleaners in my town and all of them work in the rain. I am not remotely worried about losing customers to someone who doesn't work in the rain because they don't exist here that I know of.

If it hammers down I take cover, but that's it. Surely anyone that works in the North would have to work in the rain?

It actually rains more in cornwall than manchester! so maybe not more rain up north.

[dazmond]

Work/don't work.its up to you!

I'd rather work and keep on schedule.more money earned over the course of a year.cleaner windows so less work to get them clean as im not getting behind.

It's a win win situation IMO.

[martin hulstone]

But you said you were using hot water to wash off all the black stuff that had fallen out of the gutters during the storms, surely that would have happened straight after you had cleaned peoples windows during the bad weather seeing as you work in it, so minutes later there windows would be dirty again?

[H20cleaning]

I didn't work in the wind and rain as there's far to much dust etc blowing about and they would never dry right.
I do however work in any rain that isn't hitting the Windows, so basically when it's not very windy.
If it's set in for the day which doesn't happen often I just play catchup

[dazmond]

But you said you were using hot water to wash off all the black stuff that had fallen out of the gutters during the storms, surely that would have happened straight after you had cleaned peoples windows during the bad weather seeing as you work in it, so minutes later there windows would be dirty again?

maybe,maybe not but who cares?i dont.a few times last week i worked the mornings in pretty dryish weather then the storms came in the afternoon and i sacked it off.ive not been back to check the windows after the storms.

so what do you suggest i do?have the whole day off because its forecast heavy rain/storms later?

take today for example.ill work 930am-4pm in dry weather but i know its forecast to be terrible by 6pm.heavy rain.

if i had your attitude id never get round  half my work in winter time.

i clean a months(or 2 months) dirt off the windows.whatever happens 5 mins,10 mins,a few hours later is irrelevant.i cant control the weather and customers understand this.

even if some of the windows are slightly dirty again 5 mins later.they wont be as dirty as they were before i cleaned them.

ill also be collecting tonight in the rain!

[8weekly]

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?

[Rich Wilts]

This is it. They have to take the rough with the smooth. You can't plan your work life around a weather forecast anyway.

[Dave Willis]

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.

[richard groves]

I don't care what anyone else does or what they don't or how often they change their mind, why should I ? why should anyone else ? who cares ? 

[p1w1]

I don't care what anyone else does or what they don't or how often they change their mind, why should I ? why should anyone else ? who cares ? 

exactly