The official "Why?" thread 2016

**AllanB** · 12th March 2016, 16:51

Originally Posted by Laava

Why do Triumph make a big old tech commuter bike and call it the Speedmaster?

Why do Harley call their 'little twin' a Sportster when clearly it is not a 'sport' bike.

**Woodman** · 12th March 2016, 16:58

Why do Z for New Zealand mainly employ Indians?

**AllanB** · 12th March 2016, 17:18

Originally Posted by Woodman

Why do Z for New Zealand mainly employ Indians?

Hmmmmmm now you mention it ...............

**Drew** · 12th March 2016, 17:58

Originally Posted by Woodman

Why do Z for New Zealand mainly employ Indians?

It's a franchise organisation. Buy one and change the trend, or suck it up.

**Woodman** · 12th March 2016, 18:41

Originally Posted by Drew

It's a franchise organisation. Buy one and change the trend, or suck it up.

Didn't know that....chur

**Big Dog** · 12th March 2016, 19:21

Originally Posted by Woodman

Why do Z for New Zealand mainly employ Indians?

Because when you advertise for a job that has limited prospects, low wages, high risk and no educational requirements that is more than half of what shows up.
Take out the stoners and you are left with roughly the ethic mix you see behind the counter.

I advertised 2 roles when I was running a convenience store in Auckland.
130 applications later (I had to call in reinforcements from other stores) I hired 3 and the other mangers hired 15 or so.
We got applications from 2 nz citizens.
No surprise then that 16 Indians / Pakistani and others from that region got hired that day?

Both of the NZ citizens came with excellent references, superior educations (and current uni students) were well spoken and presented.
Neither lasted a whole year before getting a job that earned 2 times the money.

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**Woodman** · 12th March 2016, 19:46

Originally Posted by Big Dog

Because when you advertise for a job that has limited prospects, low wages, high risk and no educational requirements that is more than half of what shows up.
Take out the stoners and you are left with roughly the ethic mix you see behind the counter.

I advertised 2 roles when I was running a convenience store in Auckland.
130 applications later (I had to call in reinforcements from other stores) I hired 3 and the other mangers hired 15 or so.
We got applications from 2 nz citizens.
No surprise then that 16 Indians / Pakistani and others from that region got hired that day?

Both of the NZ citizens came with excellent references, superior educations (and current uni students) were well spoken and presented.
Neither lasted a whole year before getting a job that earned 2 times the money.

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Hearing you. My last role was managing a branch of a retail chain and trying to get good people on what I was allowed to pay was a nightmare at times. I actually felt embarrassed when I told them what the hourly rate was. And the beancounters wondered why we had service issues.

**Black Knight** · 13th March 2016, 09:48

[QUOTE=Woodman;1130955041]Why do Z for New Zealand mainly employ Indians?:shutup

They bought the franchise for that location maybe?-They got sick of owning dairies?

**scumdog** · 13th March 2016, 20:09

Originally Posted by AllanB

Why do Harley call their 'little twin' a Sportster when clearly it is not a 'sport' bike.

Why do people worry about that sort of thing?

**AllanB** · 13th March 2016, 20:29

Originally Posted by scumdog

Why do people worry about that sort of thing?

I'm concerned for The Motor Company. Under NZ trading laws they could get done for false advertising if a customer purchased one expecting it to perform like it's title..................

Honda were OK on this with that scooter they produced called the Joker........

My Ducati is called a Streetfighter - but in six months of ownership I've never seen it in a street brawl. Mind you it gave my bank account a good punch and it's still in ICU.

Cars have even stupider names.

WHY?