[matt]

im running a new phone line and a sky cable, we had sky multi room fitted and the guy wanted to run some telephone cable right around our house stapled on top of the the skirting  : : so i stopped him and said i would run it myself

so thats my job for a few hours

[pdale]

First job was 8.30.

Looked out window and 7.30 and decided to have a lie in. Rang them from my bed at 8.15 and lay in till 9.30

What a lazy life this summer has turned out to be. Last nights forecast said it was going to clear here in the Midlands at 1.00. Just checked BBC's forecast and it looks as if it's on for the day.

Paul

[ftp]

Well, just got back in from one wfp job in the rain and i have to say it's crap! It's uncomfortable overheating in a waterproof jacket, it's embarressing the comments you get in fact it's pretty much a waste of time in my opinion i'd just as well fill a bucket with pure water and lob it at the windows. I honestly think the guys that keep going on domestic are just having a laugh at the customers expense.

[matt]

Well, just got back in from one wfp job in the rain and i have to say it's crap! It's uncomfortable overheating in a waterproof jacket, it's embarressing the comments you get in fact it's pretty much a waste of time in my opinion i'd just as well fill a bucket with pure water and lob it at the windows. I honestly think the guys that keep going on domestic are just having a laugh at the customers expense.

that attitude will never by the caribbean holiday home,

i tell you what you need, a rain guarantee   

[ftp]

Sod it, i'm off down the gym for some anger management. Might even have some nice scenery to look at!

[matt]

Sod it, i'm off down the gym for some anger management. Might even have some nice scenery to look at!

i didnt take you for a lycra type of bloke 

[L.J.S cleaning]

its chucking it down here

[windowwashers]

that attitude will never by the caribbean holiday home,

i tell you what you need, a rain guarantee   

LOL,

Well, just got back in from one wfp job in the rain and i have to say it's crap! It's uncomfortable overheating in a waterproof jacket, it's embarressing the comments you get in fact it's pretty much a waste of time in my opinion i'd just as well fill a bucket with pure water and lob it at the windows. I honestly think the guys that keep going on domestic are just having a laugh at the customers expense.

Get some good waterproofs if your getting to hot, how can you throw in the towel straight away? we get comments, but all know we work in the rain, never had a problem with finish but if we did it is guaranteed as is all the work we do.

If you dont want to work in the rain dont, we are all different, but your excuse IMO is a little poor to just stop it and say it is a waste of time but maybe that was the excuse you was looking for who knows 

I clean a few domestics and I would not clean them if they could not be done, the simple fact is they can be.

Ian

[Oakley Windows]

It appears to have started raining outside.

Been monitoring the met office radar, it was looking like it might not even come to much here, been spitting most of the morning, but clear sky too at times. Figured it might all have cleared by this afternoon, the radar had the cloud looking like it was fragmenting, it seems to be gathering itself together again 

Perhpas it is a write-off today after all.

Nay mind Ill be sunning it on the Red Sea beaches of Taba, scuba diving with the corals and snorkelling of the coral jetty in 2 weeks time   


God my life is good.

[matt]

i'd just as well fill a bucket with pure water and lob it at the windows.

i might try that and see the results

[pdale]

Well looks like it's cleared up here. So i can at least get 4 or 5 hours in, hopefully.

Paul

[Steve CM]

its been chucking down here all day but still the work is all completed so far. Its called running a business isn't it?

[matt]

its been chucking down here all day but still the work is all completed so far. Its called running a business isn't it?

what happens if the customers of the said business does not want the work done  ?? ? ?

i guess i should just ditch them and find people who do

[Steve CM]

its been chucking down here all day but still the work is all completed so far. Its called running a business isn't it?

what happens if the customers of the said business does not want the work done  ?? ? ?

i guess i should just ditch them and find people who do

there are plenty of customers out there matt. if someone doesn't want to fit in with your business model then yes, replace them!

[windowwashers]

its been chucking down here all day but still the work is all completed so far. Its called running a business isn't it?

what happens if the customers of the said business does not want the work done  ?? ? ?

i guess i should just ditch them and find people who do

I Think that later if you cannot explain there is no reason not to, unless you dont like getting wet

[Oakley Windows]

its been chucking down here all day but still the work is all completed so far. Its called running a business isn't it?

Yeah sure, plough on regardless. Irrespective of whos paying.

[Steve CM]

its been chucking down here all day but still the work is all completed so far. Its called running a business isn't it?

Yeah sure, plough on regardless. Irrespective of whos paying.

your getting the hang of this well done!

[seandyer2003]

its been chucking down here all day but still the work is all completed so far. Its called running a business isn't it?

Yeah sure, plough on regardless. Irrespective of whos paying.

It all depends what your goals, attitudes are. Im happy enough with what i earn to not get pnuemonia when its not necessary ploughing on in torrential rain, sometimes i'll work through light/medium rain to finish a big job/street or if theres only an hr left etc, but otherwise not really bothered, id rather go out saturday morning, but if you need/want fortunes then you will have to work no matter what, and good on you, but it doesnt mean anyone else is any less conscious of there business, i think it harms customer relations sometimes especially if it is really peeing down, they understand in light rain but not when its just daft!!

[Oakley Windows]

Exactly.

I had a custy comment on spotting a couple of window cleaners working together in the rain last week over the road from where he lived. He said 'Crikey, talk about desperate'

I wonder if it can quite often give members of the public an entirely unwelcome notion about window cleaners in general.

[Steve CM]

'I wonder if it can quite often give members of the public an entirely unwelcome notion about window cleaners in general.

keep wondering. once explained that it can be done and that if there is a problem you will rectify it the next day, see how many complaints you get. the answer you will be looking for is zero!

don't let the customers rule you, we are the pros here, not them, so show them how its done! if they have a genuine compliant then rectify it. 9 times out of 10 they don't!