[Mike Halliday]

anyone have any funny quirks when it comes to booking in work?

I never clean suites on a Friday or after 1pm, I won't do a single room as a first job of the day.

I always try and book jobs in a set order BIG-Medium-small

so usually its a suite and some carpet at the start of the day (8am) the next job will be a T/L & HSL then any single rooms tagged onto the end of the day.

most days follow this pattern.

how about you?

[Bob Robertson]

I alway book suites as the first job of the day if I can . I hate doing them later in the day for some reason.

bob

[Shaun_Ashmore]

There's some mixed up people around, I do work in the order it comes in and place it together with the area I will be working in.

Shaun

[derek west]

i'm like shaun and nike
just do it
derek

[Doctor Carpet (Ret'd)]

Suites always cleaned before the carpets and it's not just because it makes sense to keep my knees dry but because it's the harder work.

Always try to book jobs on a geographical basis.

Usually make first job 9.30am and often make it the furthest from home.

Always try to book jobs round the corner from home as last job of the day.

[clinton]

Always like to do my suites first thing in the day and the small work the last jobs.

Am usually got my 1st job 8 30 or 8 45..

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Sometimes I will do a job very near to home first as I can then avoid commuter traffic then 2nd job is easier to get to at the other side of the city.

Shaun

[markpowell]

I always try and do suites on a morning, if its a full day of carpets i start furthest point from home and work back if poss.
Mark

[Jim_77]

I never book anything for first thing on a Monday unless I'm forced to!

I'll always book suites in first thing, not for my own reasons but purely because it allows maximum time for drying before the family get home.

I'll always fill my morning slots first and then add on work to the afternoons on a geographical basis, so I can either stay in one area or do a logical round trip.  If I don't end up filling the afternoon I'll either be putting a few leaflets out or doing some desk work... or heaven forbid I'll be having a couple of hours off!

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Jim why don't you work Monday morning?

To heavy a-sunday night??

Shaun

[Kev Loomes]

I tend to have Mondays off now, work Saturdays instead (which I havent done for years).

[Jim_77]

I consider it a perk of being self-employed Shaun.  Why the hell would I voluntarily subject myself to the horror of Monday morning rush hour if I don't have to?!

I work plenty of other hours when all the office monkeys have gone home to cry into their microwave meals.  I don't feel the need to join the rat race, thank you very much

And yes I do sometimes go out to a quiz night on Sunday evenings but not really a night on the lash!

If someone desperately needs me for a Mon morning I'll do it just after 9 if it's very local, or book it for 10-ish if it's a bit of a drive.

[maxcarpets]

As it comes

[Mike Halliday]

does anyone else start at 8am?  I tend to leave the house at 7.15 go to the coffeeshop have breakfast then go to my first job, never bothered by rush hour traffic and I get a good start on the day.

[Mr Dvae]

Hi Mike
Glad you're working hard, it sounds like you've got it well sorted, i wish i could be that organized.
I usually get up about 6.30 take the wife to work, walk the dogs and do my own thing starting y first job a about 9.30am. (missing the traffic)

[Straker Cleaning]

Leave just before 7am to miss traffic into London. Prefer 30-60 minutes with paper and coffee, rather than being sat in tailbacks!! Starts are 8 - 9.30 generally but normally finished most jobs before noon then maybe survey on way home and on Xbox 360 by 1.30pm. Leave paperwork till 4ish, when i finish off days calls/bookings etc.
BlackBerry is a godsend as can return email enquiries straight away ........... people seem to appreciate efficiency as it carries "Message sent via BlackBerry device" in signature ..........impresses people that they get immediate response on the move.

[Mike Halliday]

Mr Dvae
that's how I got into the habit of working early, I used to have to walk the dogs then take my son to school. When he could go on his bike and he walks the dog on an evening I found I had a lot of time spare in a morning so i started telling customers I book my first job at 8am, no one minds ( especially OAPS who get up really early anyway)

[colin thomas]

i run a truck-mount and won't start before 8.30am because of the noise factor, am i being too considerate, what time do others with t/m's start?

colin

[Steve_Knight]

Hi Col
Normally start about 8:30 also but the run up to Christmas (ie last mionute regulars who have left it to the last minute!) been known to start the TM at 7- 7:30am just to accomodate them

Cheers

[derek west]

colin
your paranoid mate.
i was doing a block of flats on a sunday at 9 in the morning, in a court yard surrounded by flats 4 storeys high, really thought someone wpould come out and complain. but they didnt, not even a curtain twitch. wagons thunder through streets all day. council bins smashing glass bottles and councils cutting grass. up until i did the flat job i was like you, always thinking i was too noisy and people wouldnt like it. did a posh hall and gardens house on a sunday once and worried about that, the neighbour came out and i thought ayup, ere we go, he said, when youve finished can you come round and quote me for a full house, did his the sunday after.
i bet no one has ever complained about the noise to you.
i still worry though.
derek