Fed Up Today

[Spud]

Fed Up today one of those days where you hate tiling nothing as nothing went right and felt I was going backward , we all have them from time to time I didnt even have a tile stuck by 11.30 and every cut I did I ended up doing twice as the first attempt was just not good enough , hope tommorow is better and my worzel guumidge style stupid head is back in its box

 

[Ian]

We all have crappy days mate, tomorrow's a new day. Get an early night and get back on it in the morning! So long as its only a bad day, it's the bad weeks that get me down.

 

[Gazzer]

I had one of those days yesterday. Really felt like I was wasting my time with trying to do the right thing. Sometimes I wonder if it would be better to just work for a company sticking tiles on in any fashion.
Today was a better day though.

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

Fed Up today one of those days where you hate tiling nothing as nothing went right and felt I was going backward , we all have them from time to time I didnt even have a tile stuck by 11.30 and every cut I did I ended up doing twice as the first attempt was just not good enough , hope tommorow is better and my worzel guumidge style stupid head is back in its box

Get -yourself to bed mate and have a good-night sleep, when you have been through the sheets ,tomorrow will be a new day new start , chin -up

 

[Spud]

I had one of those days yesterday. Really felt like I was wasting my time with trying to do the right thing. Sometimes I wonder if it would be better to just work for a company sticking tiles on in any fashion.
Today was a better day though.

I feel like that too Neale earned more money as a subbie working for firms and much less stress, check every week and weekends to myself ! must be mad doing my own thing lol

 

[John Benton]

I feel for you Gary.

I've had two of those days in last week. Last Thursday wall tiles turned up, special order from Italy, 2 full boxes 60x30 broken from middle of pallet. Supplier sent 8 boxes of 30x30 to help cuts into corners, and with careful setting out managed to get walls done. Floor tiles supposed to be on next delivery following Wednesday. Driver couldn't drive up from ferry down south, done too many hours. Eventually landed at suppliers at 1 o'clock but took two hours to unload wagon and find my one box in 25 pallets full.

All went well, plumber was back yesterday and I've been to silicon and finish off today.

Good nights rest helped me mentally. Hope it does for you

 

[Ian]

I feel like that too Neale earned more money as a subbie working for firms and much less stress, check every week and weekends to myself ! must be mad doing my own thing lol

I had a couple of really bad months at the end of last year Gary, looked into a complete career change, it just seemed that every job went wrong or every customer was a time wasting pleb. Got a couple of nice jobs after Christmas and everything has been getting better since, I'll be honest and say that I'd like to work for a company and cut out all the crap that comes with being self employed, I've only been self employed for 6 years though so, I'm still building the business really. Half a dozen contacts who give me regular work is my ultimate goal. It's those big time consuming quotes that you spend loads of time putting together then don't win the job, that really get me down.

 

[peteablard]

I feel like that too Neale earned more money as a subbie working for firms and much less stress, check every week and weekends to myself ! must be mad doing my own thing lol

Don't say that, it's exactly what I've just done. Been subbying for years but decided to set up for myself. Start the first job on Thursday and it's going wrong already. Had very little hair to start with............

 

[White Room]

I actually stopped working for a plumber, he was stressing me so much my stomach would knot up just walking onto his jobs and was trying to get me working for peanuts..I was pretty close to selling up then.

 

[Ian]

I kid you not, if it wasn't for this forum and its members I'm not sure I'd still be tiling. More than 50% of my work this year has been from contacts I've made through this forum, it also helps to have a good old moan about stuff every now and again, a problem shared is a problem halved and all that.

 

[White Room]

Sometimes it's not good to hear the grief some guys are going through but it helps that your not the only one about to strangle the customer.

 

[Ian]

Sometimes it's not good to hear the grief some guys are going through but it helps that your not the only one about to strangle the customer.

There are some mahoooosive idiots out there, I wish everyone could spend a year being self employed, just so they can experience what's involved. Don't get me wrong, the highs outweigh the lows but, some people seem to think we all work 9 til 5 for 50k a year.

 

[John Benton]

There are some mahoooosive idiots out there, I wish everyone could spend a year being self employed, just so they can experience what's involved. Don't get me wrong, the highs outweigh the lows but, some people seem to think we all work 9 til 5 for 50k a year.

I used to do less hours and earn 50k a year and packed the corporate world in Bri, had enough of it all.

Earn a lot less now but the stress is virtually non-existant and I'm happy. That matters a lot to me. Stress is a killer and 7 years ago when I quit, the world was lifted off my shoulders

 

[White Room]

Bri that is so true......

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

There are some mahoooosive idiots out there, I wish everyone could spend a year being self employed, just so they can experience what's involved. Don't get me wrong, the highs outweigh the lows but, some people seem to think we all work 9 til 5 for 50k a year.

well after 38 year not sure if the highs do outweigh the lows, my daughter ( sales girl ) has a very high standard of living, compared to me !! it's a fight to the death at the moment and some of are friends are losing !!