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Stoots

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What do you do with yourself on rained off days ?
« on: July 09, 2024, 09:10:59 am »
Weather is horrific today, its a write off

These are the days that annoy me, mid week ones where i want to work but the weather is just daft.

Nothing to do apart from doss around the house or go mooch round the shops, done a couple hours on my accounts this morning but fed up of that now.

What to do, i just want to go to work, get done and have friday off instead im looking out the window  :'(

DJW

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Re: What do you do with yourself on rained off days ?
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2024, 09:51:51 am »
Hoover out the Porche?

DJW

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Re: What do you do with yourself on rained off days ?
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2024, 09:53:34 am »
I work in any weather, three gortex jackets on and I’ve already earned £300  😎

Stoots

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Re: What do you do with yourself on rained off days ?
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2024, 09:56:11 am »
Hoover out the Porche?

Is that a cross between a porch and a porsche ?

Arnold Palmer

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Re: What do you do with yourself on rained off days ?
« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2024, 10:05:52 am »
Top rainy day activities.

1. Bug the Mrs
2. Gaming
3. Bash the bishop
4. Get down to the gym
5. Doom scrolling
6. DIY project

deeege

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Re: What do you do with yourself on rained off days ?
« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2024, 11:24:51 am »
Why write the day off? Ive spent the morning catching up on paperwork, quotes, invoices, pay for insurances etc.

Dry now so off out to clean and decent sized office.
"....and it's lend me ten pounds, I'll buy you a drink, and mother wake me early in the morning."

Stoots

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Re: What do you do with yourself on rained off days ?
« Reply #6 on: July 09, 2024, 11:55:00 am »
Why write the day off? Ive spent the morning catching up on paperwork, quotes, invoices, pay for insurances etc.

Dry now so off out to clean and decent sized office.

I've done a couple hours bookkeeping this morning.

It's only drizzling here now but was heavy till about 11.

I can't start at this time. If I'm not out by 9 I'm not off out.

Besides I'm off to shops with r lass now so that's my entertainment sorted  :D


Scottish Cleaning Service

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Re: What do you do with yourself on rained off days ?
« Reply #7 on: July 09, 2024, 04:20:47 pm »
Pressure Washing is ideal for days like these because the ground is nice and soft. One is going to get wet anyway. Visit the bank and deposit real money, coins and notes. Visit the mechanic and nip his head about things. Go and price jobs like first cleans and add-ons that I do. Do inside work like painting. In the end I see work, any work as earning money and happy to oblige.


SB Cleaning

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Re: What do you do with yourself on rained off days ?
« Reply #9 on: July 09, 2024, 05:17:15 pm »
You have pressure washing gear? Do that or gutter clearing/fascia/soffit or just clean windows!

Stoots

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Re: What do you do with yourself on rained off days ?
« Reply #10 on: July 09, 2024, 09:07:49 pm »
You have pressure washing gear? Do that or gutter clearing/fascia/soffit or just clean windows!

Don't have any pressure washing to do or I would have.

I clean in rain but I draw a line at torrential bouncing off the sills rain can't turn up to a customers house and keep a straight face when it gets that bad  ;D

dazmond

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Re: What do you do with yourself on rained off days ?
« Reply #11 on: July 09, 2024, 10:12:15 pm »
Weather is horrific today, its a write off

These are the days that annoy me, mid week ones where i want to work but the weather is just daft.

Nothing to do apart from doss around the house or go mooch round the shops, done a couple hours on my accounts this morning but fed up of that now.

What to do, i just want to go to work, get done and have friday off instead im looking out the window  :'(

I went for my haircut at 9am.i was at my first job of the day at 10am.it was raining yes but it had dried up by lunchtime....

The sun came out this afternoon and it was  hot!🔥

All scheduled work was completed by 3pm.

And yes I'm having Friday off....😎
price higher/work harder!

dazmond

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Re: What do you do with yourself on rained off days ?
« Reply #12 on: July 09, 2024, 10:14:11 pm »
I work in any weather, three gortex jackets on and I’ve already earned £300  😎

Used 2 goretex jackets this morning and only £250 earned today(but better than diddly squat!)👍😘
price higher/work harder!

dazmond

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Re: What do you do with yourself on rained off days ?
« Reply #13 on: July 09, 2024, 10:19:32 pm »
Makes me laugh when window cleaners say 'catching up with paperwork '🤣🤣🤣

Unless it's tax return time what the hell do you need to catch up on?
price higher/work harder!

dazmond

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Re: What do you do with yourself on rained off days ?
« Reply #14 on: July 09, 2024, 10:22:47 pm »
Why write the day off? Ive spent the morning catching up on paperwork, quotes, invoices, pay for insurances etc.

Dry now so off out to clean and decent sized office.

I've done a couple hours bookkeeping this morning.

It's only drizzling here now but was heavy till about 11.

I can't start at this time. If I'm not out by 9 I'm not off out.

Besides I'm off to shops with r lass now so that's my entertainment sorted  :D

What bookkeeping do you have to do?

I've never done 2 hours of bookkeeping in 31 years of window cleaning.even less since using cleaner planner....
price higher/work harder!

zesty

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Re: What do you do with yourself on rained off days ?
« Reply #15 on: July 10, 2024, 06:32:36 am »
Makes me laugh when window cleaners say 'catching up with paperwork '🤣🤣🤣

Unless it's tax return time what the hell do you need to catch up on?

Totally agree here Daz, I don’t understand it either! I reckon I do around 2 minutes of book keeping a month! What is there to do?

I spend more time doing invoices, even then each invoice only takes 1 min or so.




deeege

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Re: What do you do with yourself on rained off days ?
« Reply #16 on: July 10, 2024, 08:06:17 am »
Makes me laugh when window cleaners say 'catching up with paperwork '🤣🤣🤣

Unless it's tax return time what the hell do you need to catch up on?

Yesterday:-

Wrote up RAMS for 2 new commercial contracts.
12 invoices created and emailed
Paid van tax (£335  :o )
Booked mechanic to delete Adblue on van
Got van insurance renewal
Chased payment  from 2 jobs
Couple of tweeks to my website
Ordered some new workwear with new logo

Kept me busy from 8-11am then went out and cleaned an office 11-2 and still earned more than your £250 Daz  ;D

A good productive day overall.

"....and it's lend me ten pounds, I'll buy you a drink, and mother wake me early in the morning."

KS Cleaning

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Re: What do you do with yourself on rained off days ?
« Reply #17 on: July 10, 2024, 08:10:35 am »
Hoover out the Porche?
Is that Porch or Porsche?

DJW

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Re: What do you do with yourself on rained off days ?
« Reply #18 on: July 10, 2024, 08:16:45 am »
In my case it was the Porch  ;D

dazmond

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Re: What do you do with yourself on rained off days ?
« Reply #19 on: July 10, 2024, 08:18:44 am »
Makes me laugh when window cleaners say 'catching up with paperwork '🤣🤣🤣

Unless it's tax return time what the hell do you need to catch up on?

Yesterday:-

Wrote up RAMS for 2 new commercial contracts.
12 invoices created and emailed
Paid van tax (£335  :o )
Booked mechanic to delete Adblue on van
Got van insurance renewal
Chased payment  from 2 jobs
Couple of tweeks to my website
Ordered some new workwear with new logo

Kept me busy from 8-11am then went out and cleaned an office 11-2 and still earned more than your £250 Daz  ;D

A good productive day overall.

I've never had to do a RAMS for any commercial job and I've only been asked for my PLI once in 31 years!😂

I've got 5 large houses and 4 commercial jobs to clean today.4 invoices and 5 slips created last night(took 5 mins)and invoices will be emailed after work....
price higher/work harder!