[windowwashers]

just about any radio,fan,electrical shop mac....you know the ones............christmas lights etc etc....or go to roberts website.........worth there weight in gold.............crackin sound too for such a small speaker.Or you can attacth headphones if ya want..........if ya really need help finding one,let me know.....i'll locate a website for ya

post the website address I'm interested aswell 

[Pole2pole]

This one is £50, but there is a(i think) better model out there somewhere for £30........i'll have a look again tomorrow...............dunno why it's not on there site............might have stopped makin it...........I have the below model too..........no probs with that one either..........but it is one helluva lifesaver.....just ties around ya neck.
http://www.robertsradio.co.uk/pages/r9988.html

[Pole2pole]

£44 on amazon............hope i'm gonna get a beer out of this

[pingu]

Totally agree...window cleaning can be very boring at times....and some mornings I do not relish the thought of swinging the brush around yet another house.

But I do like to do other things and this job allows time to jump into the things I really like to do and I now gain some customers and 'pencil' the money aside to pay for things 'we' want...I am saving for a 'special' peice of equipment at the end of the year..some jobs I got at the start of the year wil pay for it.

I bet people with 'topflight' jobs get bored and down in the dumps with their jobs, perhaps more so than us....at least there is a lot we can change about our days...

Chin up 

[Kwackers]

Totally agree...window cleaning can be very boring at times....and some mornings I do not relish the thought of swinging the brush around yet another house.

But I do like to do other things and this job allows time to jump into the things I really like to do and I now gain some customers and 'pencil' the money aside to pay for things 'we' want...I am saving for a 'special' peice of equipment at the end of the year..some jobs I got at the start of the year wil pay for it.

I bet people with 'topflight' jobs get bored and down in the dumps with their jobs, perhaps more so than us....at least there is a lot we can change about our days...

Chin up 

Like you say every job gets boring at the end of the day, a very small percentage of people enjoy their job, whether its factory or office!

[matt]

most MP3 players come with Radio built into the headphones

or

something like this

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mini-AM-FM-Portable-Pocket-Radio-Headphone-Battery-AAA_W0QQitemZ230181676764QQihZ013QQcategoryZ39993QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

under 4 quid delivered, i have a MP3 USB stick player that also has a radio ( the Card slot broke on the MP3 side of it ) so i brought a new layer, but if i get bored of MP3's, then i use the radio bit of the other player, its a AAA battery and recharge 4 every other night

[Tosh]

Dave,

I come from a lively military background (army 17 years) and I also find the boredom gets to me at times, though I'm 'lucky' in that I work with Wor Lass 70% of the time.

For example, her A-Frame ladders slipped from beneath her today and she's torn a finger nail and winded herself.  A few years ago she put her A Frame on a door to clean the window above and nearly killed a hefty customer who then opened the door. It's the laughs like that, that break up the day.

I'm not so good when I work alone; MP3 Players are a godsend though; so are talking books, but I only use them when I'm working alone.  Talkative customers spoil it though, disturbing you by trying to pay you 'n' stuff.

My advice is to charge well and you won't have to work a long day; so you won't be getting too bored!

[Neil271052]

yeah cheers guys, i am definately better off than when i was in the factory but i do miss the banter i used to have in there.

That is what you are missing.

I must admit I get bored with the job (it's not exactly stimulating is it?) when I'm on my own but it's much improved when I have my son with me. You chat away and the hours fly by.

You sound like you need more human interaction rather than targets etc.

Have you thought of taking on a helper?

The radio idea seems a good start though.

[NWH]

The best advice i`ve read on this thread is to charge well and finish early,if you charge well you have the choice to finish early and if you work longer you can then have a day off.

[davetherave]

cheers guys for the support and advice. i got to remember that theres worse jobs out there.

by the way jouk45 i am a boxer and i'm already currently trying to box my way to riches and glory but unfortunately boxing is a hard game with a lot of hard, hard men doing it lol.

[Davew]

I actually like working on my own, when I want some banter etc I just log on here after work.

[john tomkins]

Surely nearly every mobile phone these days has a built in radio, that's what I use all day with just the one wired earpiece in, also easy to answer the phone while still working(cant stand those bluetooth headsets).

[Sir Squeaky]

Surely nearly every mobile phone these days has a built in radio, that's what I use all day with just the one wired earpiece in, also easy to answer the phone while still working(cant stand those bluetooth headsets).

Trouble is, phones don't have MW, and I listen to TalkSport.
Don't think many mp3 players have MW either, so no use to me.

I agree about those daft plastic things people have stuck on their head.
It's the number one way to look a tool.

[craigw]

do what i do get some one to do it for you i do 4 to 5 hrs a day  come home and send them two back to do some more , im geting bored of being at home now lol

[colley614]

Thing that gets me is that I am a natural day dreamer and I day dream big time.

I was told at school that if I carried on day dreaming it would affect my working life and ultimately cause me to have problems in work. Funny thing is how good is it to day dream in this job.

One minute I'm spending six million that I've won on the lottery and then the next Im collecting money from a customer. Lol if it gets any worse I'll probably say " Nah you keep that Love, I'm a millionaire!" 

[Pole2pole]

Thats where ya get ya fiery streak from sqeaks........Too much Jon Gaunt 

[ronnie paton]

colley sounds like me

already won the lottery 5 times this year got several massive contracts got spotted playing football of united 13 times

[colley614]

Lol, if I counted up the money I've won on the lottery this year I would have about £150m in the bank. I've already bought my local football team about 3 times and had about a hundred different interviews in the media about how I'm going to invest in the future and in the youth. Then it starts to rain Lol

[macmac]

Thing that gets me is that I am a natural day dreamer and I day dream big time.

I was told at school that if I carried on day dreaming it would affect my working life and ultimately cause me to have problems in work. Funny thing is how good is it to day dream in this job.

One minute I'm spending six million that I've won on the lottery and then the next Im collecting money from a customer. Lol if it gets any worse I'll probably say " Nah you keep that Love, I'm a millionaire!" 

 
I do this all the time, just drift off somewhere else. infact, there's many a time i drive off from a job & suddenly think, dam, i can't remember doing that & that window. i've even driven back a couple of times just to check i'd done em all!!

tony

[Sir Squeaky]

Thats where ya get ya fiery streak from sqeaks........Too much Jon Gaunt 

Gaunty's great.