[elfords]

well how come your not working today then gary?or are you just another part timer?

because its raining  :

[Window Washers]

im with matt on this one.custys do not like you working in the rain esp if its heavy and their paying £20 for a clean.i do occasionally but i try and do my lower priced crap instead that day!also it gets miserable working in the rain so i usually only do a few hours in it before it hacks me off! :

As is often the case its more a case of some don`t like to work in the rain, and they are quite happy to use the excuse that its unnacceptable to work in the rain - such a rediculous approach, if you want to make the most of this service/business you have to work in the rain end of, if your happy to accept that you will never reach your full earning potential then you don`t work in the rain, your choice, but believe me all customers that happily let you work in the rain are the ones to have and there are many more of them than a few on here seem to think. I would say at least 90% of all domestic customers have readily accepted this once it is explained why you do work in all but the heaviest horizontal rain, as set out in your terms & conditions!!!

   

[elfords]

thats a nice bit of art there ww but you have completely lost me as to what your point is?

[Window Washers]

thats a nice bit of art there ww but you have completely lost me as to what your point is?

I agree with working in the rain, makes a nice change for me not to get stick for it and to see another person put there point across, thanks   

Ian

p.s Thanks for the art work complement

[Steve_c]

i work in light to moderate rain

[matt]

most on here know my views on working in the rain, the customers ( who pay you ) DO NOT LIKE IT, they might accpet it, but they are not over the moon about it

Matt with respect you are clearly unwittingly letting your customers dictate how you work. See my responses above about how I overcome this objection. You need to bite the bullet & start training them. I have never lost a customer due to working in the rain. If you wre to walk away and it rained 1/2 hour after you have been, whats the difference, sorry my friend but I think you need to man up over this 

to be fair i do let customers dictate how i clean windows, its not unwittingly either, as they pay me the money, so if they want the lounge window sqeegee'd off after i WFP it, then they get it done ( they pay for it though, i now have 3 who want this )

now i know people scoff at this, but they are the customer, i provide a service THEY WANT, if i decide to provide a service i want to provide ( and ignore the customers requests ) then they will go elsewhere, yes most will stay, but my round has been built so that i do house after house after house in the road ( most are 80 % plus ) this suits me, i accommodate reasonable requests

we run a biz that provides a service, i try 100 % to provide a service that the customer wants / needs, if they want me to whistle george formby whilst i clean the french doors at the rear, then whistle i will 

i run a pretty low risk strategy like this, it works for me

[ftp]

Working in the rain? One of the reasons i won't employ. If it's raining then generally I'm off home. Don't like getting soaked, don't like asking for money etc.
So really it's down to personal choice, if you want to then do it and vica versa there is no wrong and right. Lately i've started working Saturdays if need be, it's just another day to me.
Get sick of people ramming this "you're not a proper business if you don't work in the rain, your not professional if you don't have a £30k van, your not a proper business if you haven't got a website etc etc. What a load of tosh!
Just work however it suits you.

[matt]

Working in the rain? One of the reasons i won't employ. If it's raining then generally I'm off home. Don't like getting soaked, don't like asking for money etc.
So really it's down to personal choice, if you want to then do it and vica versa there is no wrong and right. Lately i've started working Saturdays if need be, it's just another day to me.
Get sick of people ramming this "you're not a proper business if you don't work in the rain, your not professional if you don't have a £30k van, your not a proper business if you haven't got a website etc etc. What a load of tosh!
Just work however it suits you.

i must admit, i did think your not professional as you use cold water 

[Window Washers]

Working in the rain? One of the reasons i won't employ. If it's raining then generally I'm off home. Don't like getting soaked, don't like asking for money etc.
So really it's down to personal choice, if you want to then do it and vica versa there is no wrong and right. Lately i've started working Saturdays if need be, it's just another day to me.
Get sick of people ramming this "you're not a proper business if you don't work in the rain, your not professional if you don't have a £30k van, your not a proper business if you haven't got a website etc etc. What a load of tosh!
Just work however it suits you.

have you finished now, do you feel better ?   

[elfords]

I have said enough on this so this is my last comment, of course you must work however you see fit, but the whole point of this topic was to ask whether its acceptable working in the rain. Just look at all the comments in conjunction with the survey results. The answer is very very clear. If you choose to ignore this overiding evidence then who cares but the original poster did ask and now he knows the answer!

[paul rulton]

thanks every1 4all ur input. im gonna start workin even iff its
raining. but im also gonna try 2educate my customers  . thanks again.
paul 

[Ste M]

i live in the north west and it rained here all of the day, not heavy but the light drizzle, i cleaned 17 houses and the people that were in came out and commented on me cleaning, the only reason they said something was because they were worried about me getting wet (honestly). i have a very good relationship with 90%+ of my customers and throughout my switchover to wfp i have kept them informed of everything, this then means that they know about the ablility of me being able to clean in the rain.

Today i handed out a letter explaining some changes to my service and on this it also had the rain gaurantee. Some people on here do over complicate this job but thats there choice and it obviously works for them. Each to their own is how it should be

[G Griffin]

I have said enough on this so this is my last comment, of course you must work however you see fit, but the whole point of this topic was to ask whether its acceptable working in the rain. Just look at all the comments in conjunction with the survey results. The answer is very very clear. If you choose to ignore this overiding evidence then who cares but the original poster did ask and now he knows the answer!

There is no answer. Overriding evidence? Where?

[wizard]

Dazmond 99% of a;; businesses all have some type of terms and conditions just think Mobiles, cars, restaurants, super markets, doctors, a trip on the busses and the list goes on and on. But if youfind no needand choose not to, good luck to you.

Cleaning in the rain have absolutly nuthing to do with been professional. Professional has allot most to do with your attitude and conduct to your clients your work your peers and other companies as well as yourself.

[rob noonan]

Surely we are all in this buisness to do one thing and thats earn money ?? The principle i work on come rain or shine you go to work with the exception of thunder/lightning extreme heavy rain because if you dont work you dont earn any money