3/4 minutes - it's a load of rubbish - what a cruddy job to do for a customer - if anyone genuinely takes this long then they are doing a shoddy job and should be ashamed of themselves.Let's do the job on a "scrub and hope" basis - wfp. (No bird's muck or rinsing properly or worrying about dripping from the top windows or frames.)Pull up in Van start stop watch.Get out, open doors, lift off/out pole, gather pole hose so you don't trip/get tangled, pick up trip hazard sign.30 seconds.Put out trip hazard sign as you go.(Knock door so you don't see squaddie Tosh washing his socks by day? Let's leave that out)Roll out main hose and take pole to farthest point (25/30 metres walking and dragging hose) in one easy motion (no snagging on the gate or those little garden lamps or the patio furniture mind!)1 minute? No let's say 45 seconds if it pulls out and lays perfectly first time. (1 min. 15 running total)Extend pole on that back upper window (3 panes) by the patio furniture and scrub - say 45 seconds including a sill wipe cuz you're smokin'! On to the next upper - say another 20 (mind those little lamps now.)Drop Pole down. Gather hose. - 10 seconds1 minute 15 secs (2 mins 30 secs running total)Back behind the patio furniture to do the door and window (what about that screen thing on the door and wire at the side of the window? - let's pretend they don't exist)40 seconds? (Who cares about the drips from above eh?)Plus 20 for the window along-sideNow up to 3 mins 30 in this perfect world.Get that hose and pole round the front avoiding all the bits and pieces and gate snagging, extend to the upper front windows.Another 30 seconds (without pulling that little gate apart.)Up to 4 minutes and we're flying.Top three windows - bish bash bosh - 60 seconds the lot. (That one on the right is open so a bit slower even Billy Whizz don't want wet curtains!)Drop the pole. 5 secsUp to 5 mins 05.Now the downstairs left 20 seconds (cuz we're round the front and the neighbours might notice how fast we are) - then the diddy ones at 5 secs each but that one to the right of the door needs more care cuz it's open so say 20 all in.Oh no we're on 5h 45 and we haven't rolled in the hose, put the stuff away and written out and put a payment slip through. And get back in the van and hit that stop watch. (Say just under a minute if we can write quickly and legibly.)We're on 6 min 30 already.Those upper windows are dripping merrily - the top frames haven't been touched - what a satisfied custy we have.Now I reckon once in a while on a fortnightly or monthly clean you might just get away with that - but at some point you'll need to take that screen off the back door, get bird's muck off, unwrap your hose from the garden ornaments, do the top frames and remove the spider's nests. Occasionally the custy is in and you will then add a bit for payment faffing on top.I reckon ten minutes is a more realistic time over a couple of hours on stuff in the same street if you're organised.
These Polish Lads will once again rubbing their hands at figures branded about like above...
Quote from: trevor povey on April 26, 2009, 09:56:04 amThese Polish Lads will once again rubbing their hands at figures branded about like above... Hi Trevor, Is that still an issue in UK, I heard they all went home as the pound went down and is nearly 1 to 1.Thanks for all your answers lads. It helped me realise what some of my custies expected to pay.I have 1 more new area to cover starting next week and it's been a real eyeopener posting on here.