[bobplum]

.............should we stop helping newbies on this forum

I baggsy being devils advocate for this one

[SunShineCleaning]

I was thinking about this myself.

We have a Costa just opened in Bakewell and the 14 other Tea rooms/coffee shops are outraged.

Costa's approach is to offer free training to the staff of other establishments in making good coffee. They need it as well. Costa's aim is to bring up the standard.

Personally I prefer this approach. 

Some window cleaners go all aggressive and try to frighten newbies away. Personally I engage with them and try to improve their standard and pricing structure. There is natural wastage anyway with new businesses.  I like them on side so that they feel bad quoting for the same jobs as me. Plus if I don't want a job I can pass it on. It's better for  me if they are busy on my cast offs.

[AuRavelling79]

Just explain to newbies on here that it's tougher out there and not likely to be a particularly lucrative career choice.

[deeege]

I don't think helping newbies on the forums is the problem.

I do think though that the "I earnt £500 today and if you didn't your doing it wrong" threads are not very helpful in general.

However any newbie should take a read through Richywilts posting history, that will soon put them off starting up!

[wfp master]

how many last after a hard winter.? i know a guy who started up in the summer  last year he lasted 2 months & packed it in to deliver for the local chinese. when i spoke to him he said packed in because of the bad weather . what would he have done in the winter? hibernate  

[andyM]

There will always be work for the newbies.
Access through/over garage properties, bad paying customers, constant "not today" customers and the ones with dog crap filled gardens.
It's like an apprenticeship.