[David_Annable]

Hi

If the worst happens with the Credit Crunch/Debt Mountain and some of us give up carpet cleaning what will you do?

What else does our job equip us for.

Dave

[Straker Cleaning]

Will become an eco warrior 

[maxcarpets]

All ways look on the bright side of life, dum de dum de dum

[M.Acorn]

If it hits the fan the i will go back to being a head chef somewhere . it`s going to have to get really really bad before that happens though.Or i could dig out my midi studio gear and create a hit record and a bit of Dj ing in between

[Mike Halliday]

I'd start a mobile coffee shop.

[spindle]

i'd carry on being a full time chef...........

there is "some" advantages to having a fulltime job


i wonder how many cc will have to get a f/t job if the crunch hits!!


but in saying that from my chef point of view.........the projected business for the next four weeks is down......

so me thinks that is not good news all round



marc.... head chef??     where??

[Doug Holloway]

Hi Guys

Always thought I might sell my body, theres' plently of it these days.

Cheers

Doug

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Chefs pay is pants, I'm with Doug!

Rent a room for an hour anyone?

Shaun

[*paul_moss]

Im going to b a gigilo in Sheffield, so Ashy go and earn some money for your missus to spend on me 

[maxcarpets]

Does you Wife Fany Lional Blair Shaun?

[Ian Rochester]

Hope theres a "c" missing out of that sentence somewhere!!

Still doesn't make sense to me though!

If you feel that you have all your eggs in one basket......diversify, there will always be a need for cleaners of one kind or another. 

I recently did a job for a company that had just declared massive losses for the previous year, they still wanted their carpets cleaned though and I still got paid on 30 days.

As for gigalo........... can't see that being much of  a money earner for me.   

[COLIN BRIGHT]

i will explain that it is far more economical to have your carpets cleaned than to replace so you will actually be saving money!
most people would agree, so i would see this as an opitunity not a problem.

[klinger (spa clean)]

Does you Wife Fany Lional Blair Shaun?

Not a c missing...but it does have 2 N,s

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Paul with the look of you, you need money spending on you!

Shaun

[John Kelly]

2 major furniture retailers have just gone into receivership, reason nobody is buying new. More old ones to clean. The key to this game is all about marketing, if people don't know who you are they can't use your services. Unfortunately we are on the whole a bunch of lazy so & so's and don't get off our backsides to push our businesses as we should. I have lost count of the number of times someone has said "leaflets are crap, we put a thousand out last year and didn't get one job" what do they expect. Leaflets and other marketing has to be done as a campaign, target an area and leaflet the same houses every 2 months or 6 at least. That how you build up a customer base. There's loads of work out there and those in the know will clean up, pardon the pun. People like Ian at Lionheart, he never stops and is loaded with work.

[stevegunn]

Back on the tools as a mechanic or get a job as John Kelly's sales rep

[lands]

Back on the tools as a mechanic or get a job as John Kelly's sales rep

And we all thought you were a silent partner already Steve

[*paul_moss]

Paul with the look of you, you need money spending on you!

Shaun

Then Shaun you need double spending on you 

[Dennis]

Heathrow baggage handler?

[M.Acorn]

marc.... head chef??     where??
Anywhere where i got weelends off and no split shifts ! Ha Ha
Did it for 18 years before i got made rendudant was working for a french company called eliance at the time.
Did an apprenticeship at pembroke college in cambridge ,then once i had done my 4 yrs there i moved up to north yorkshire , middlesbrough area,gt ayton,stokesley ,potto.Worked at the Dudley arms in inglby greenhow stil a pic of my ugly mug behind the bar next to roy chubby brown.
Worked for industrial type opperations language schools ,Papworth hospital ,where i won the N.H.S employe of the year after prepping a buffet for lady di  .
then chef agy`s really working all over.Did think about setting up event catering but far too much hassle to start with minium money and also the amount of money the councils want for pitches and too much paperwork,which used to do my head in i am a chef not a bloody pen pusher !
my heart was really into the music though mainly hard dance used to be resident dj for 2 promoters set up my own promotion company,did free outdoor / warehouse partys back in the day,until the police started getting nasty...
Released a couple of 12in`s with Lab 4 doing a remix of 1 of them .Played in france ,spain,ireland,all over london inc Sheperds bush empire ,big moment