[matt]

i was at your point a while back

http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=42198.0

end of the line that was for me

what did i do

i decided to book my next holiday ( i still havent as the wife said we can book when we have X amount in the bank and we havent got that, new baby and all that have eaten a little of the money )

i have also decided to do something i enjoy as well as WC'ing

it works, this week has been poor with the rain, but the last few have been good

[matt]

infact richy, you said We all have bad patches in the thread of mine

i guess your having 1 now

chin up and it'll be Christmas soon ( no offence if you dont celebrate etc etc )

[Pole2pole]

ROUND FOR SALE  : THATS IT. I'm leaving the country in the morning, but before i do, I'm gonna shoot over to Mclaren's house and do his windows..........NO i mean.......DO HIS WINDOWS  : PROPER       

[Richy L]

ricky mate your an arse......sorry!!!.........not ............get a 9 / 5 now thats crap & boring


YOU JUST DONT KNOW WHAT BORING IS MATE 


KIDS TODAY HES ONLY 23 ARRRHHH ? go and work int pit where its dark that will suit you MR BORING

are you saying you never get fed up?
I guess i need a bit more metal stimulation and job satisfaction than you?!

infact richy, you said We all have bad patches in the thread of mine

i guess your having 1 now

chin up and it'll be Christmas soon ( no offence if you dont celebrate etc etc )

Yeah your right.
I dont celebrate it, but i am going on holiday soon. I should keep that in mind.
In fact, i could say every house i clean is a few holiday pints or it will go towards my scuba diving!

 

[Wayne Thomas]

does anybody else feel like this sometimes?
Sometimes i wish i did something else like building or electrics. I find work so boring,(and i already use a radio). I need to vary my work somehow i think. What do you guys do?

The grass is always greener on the other side , (until you get there and realise what a big mistake you've just made)

Set yourself some goals to give yourself a challenge, or plan a vacation or take up a hobby, break your normal routine and have a day off for no other reason than the fact that you can do this being your own boss
Remind yourself you've got less perks working routine hours, being talked down to by a boss, watching time pass so slowly in a job you dislike because you are bored at the moment because you can't motivate yourself  

[macmac]

like v8edd said
Tha shudda bin wi' me darnt' pit when a wer a lad. 12 hour days, come art black bright, eyes full o' coil dust, streyt tot' ale-oyle, quick bevvy & uam for a wesh & bed. Then same agean next day!
Good old days

tony

[pingu]

Hey Richy - Leeksons...did'nt know you dived...come over the darkside http://www.rebreatherworld.com/ we have chocolate 

Dave.

[neil100]

If its too Hot in the Kitchen, You know what to do.

All jobs have their drawbacks, even if your a Porn Star.

You have to have the right mentality for w/cleaning or you will struggle and your job satisfaction will be very low.

I have nearly left w/cleaning a few times since 1980, which is when I started.

Keep setting yourselves targets. Try to get some work in the country, diffrent villages etc its suprising how it can lift your spirits working in the countryside.

I love wfp, I crack on during the day and time just flys past. If your earning a good whack it certanily helps to keep you positive. But at the end of the day If you HATE cleaning windows change your job because its not worth doing something just for the money.

I like it because its a job I do well without the responsibilty that some trades would put on you. IE if your a plumber and a house Blew up after you installed a new Boiler then you are in the POO.

Concentrate on the positives.

Nel

[Davew]

Funny thing is - i get job satisfaction after cleaning a dirty house with filthy frames and seeing it gleam. I find the job ok but struggle more with customers.

[Richy L]

I went to work today and i didnt mind it, i felt motivated all day! hopfully i keep in this way of thinking!

ive been concentrating on my jet washing lately, which i really do enjoy, and i seem to be getting somewhere. Ive got a few good leads for some contract work  .... which is nice

Hey Richy - Leeksons...did'nt know you dived...come over the darkside http://www.rebreatherworld.com/ we have chocolate

Dave.

hey dave,
I only do a bit of scuba when im on holiday. im not a hardcore scuba diver, but being as im going to the red sea it should be amaising there!

[pingu]

I've heard it's awesome....enjoy 

[matt]

Hey Richy - Leeksons...did'nt know you dived...come over the darkside http://www.rebreatherworld.com/ we have chocolate 

Dave.

i used to dive

i have my PADI dive instructor card

i donthave the time these days and its too cold in the UK, i did all my diving in oz

[windowwashers]

Funny thing is - i get job satisfaction after cleaning a dirty house with filthy frames and seeing it gleam. I find the job ok but struggle more with customers.

why do you have a prob getting customers? how are you advertising etc, do you have signed van (or car with magnetic signs ? I have to also say do you have  a website or I would not be me 

[pingu]

DaveW whats you approach to gaining those elusive customers...


Matt...yeah got the Paid Another Doller In card (IDCS), but refuse to teach such a weak product....Now dive rebreathers...avoid scuba like the plague...Thailand will use scuba...but it's so nice there...who cares? Would love to dive in oz...

[matt]

DaveW whats you approach to gaining those elusive customers...


Matt...yeah got the Paid Another Doller In card (IDCS), but refuse to teach such a weak product....Now dive rebreathers...avoid scuba like the plague...Thailand will use scuba...but it's so nice there...who cares? Would love to dive in oz...

oz was great diving, i had was going to work in vanuatu, had the job sorted an all that, but i got home isck for the UK and came home

[matt]

ive just looked at the rebreathers stuff, interesting, can you stay under longer ?? ? ?

[Davew]

Although i need more customers what i meant was - the jobs ok it's the customers that wind me up and get me down.
My approach to gaining work is i get reccommended (slow process), doorknocking (depressing but quicker) through my signwritten van (still slow). I haven't leafletted as such i simply pop a business card through any grubby houses if no-one is in. I've come to the obvious conclusion that building a business/round is not an overnight process unless you buy a round which is something i don't agree with. My van is definately becoming recognised in my town at the moment. Certainly other cleaners are spotting it very quickly,  i get strange people waving and then i spot their ladders etc inside their cars. I've met and chatted to several of them and they all seem much the same. Interestingly several have only been going a couple of years.

[groundhog]

Hey Ricky if your not happy cleaning windows then try something else, your only 23 after all!! If I was you I would learn a decent trade while you are still young, something that you can always fall back on if you need it, something like plumbing, electrics, carpentry, bricklaying ect. You can always go back to window cleaning if it dosn't work out, or is there something that you really enjoy doing? a hobby maybe that you could turn into your living, because thats the only real way to be truly happy with your work, and that is to do something that you love to do!!
Very few of us could really say that cleaning windows is what we really love to do, many like me love the freedom and lifestyle that we get from window cleaning, but not actually the job itself.

[Kev TWC]

hi richy  i think we all get fedup   i do motohomes up and sell them  in  spear time  get some good cash out of it   and the chance to just up and away  it works  4 me 

[windowwashers]

Hey Ricky if your not happy cleaning windows then try something else, your only 23 after all!! If I was you I would learn a decent trade while you are still young, something that you can always fall back on if you need it, something like plumbing, electrics, carpentry, bricklaying ect. You can always go back to window cleaning if it dosn't work out, or is there something that you really enjoy doing? a hobby maybe that you could turn into your living, because thats the only real way to be truly happy with your work, and that is to do something that you love to do!!
Very few of us could really say that cleaning windows is what we really love to do, many like me love the freedom and lifestyle that we get from window cleaning, but not actually the job itself.

You make it sound like we are second to a good job, when i fact this is a fantastic trade to be in, if you have the right mind set, any business owner needs to have this, I am a trained plumber and chef, do I do these ? the answer is no the reason why I earn more window cleaning, may not be the most glamerous of jobs but IMO is fantastic, yes some people later in life (and I aint knocking you) realise they work a 9 till 5 5 days a week get stress all the time then go into window cleaning. they are late starters are have seen others doing better than them without the hassle of someone telling you what to do.

Ian.

p.s a decent trade ?? Please dont insult us window cleaners

pps sry that annoyed me the post you wrote