Hey I'm safe. You're European, or maybe even Pakeha, so you have to suck the racial slurs up.Originally Posted by snuffles
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Hey I'm safe. You're European, or maybe even Pakeha, so you have to suck the racial slurs up.Originally Posted by snuffles
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
British and damn proud off it......only got sent here to keep an eye on the colony.
Please NOTE: If I offend you with any of my posts or comments, please remember that.
1. I do it on purpose
2. I dont give a shit
3. Tell some one who cares.
all im saying about being open on sundays is, if there is a market fill it, if there isnt well thats cool, i wouldnt want to be open if i had no customers.
basic business isnt it!
who cares if you have to spend time with your kiddies, boo hoo get over it
and find some staff who will work. We are talking about business here.
Plenty of others are open, car dealers ect...
its Crazy Big Al but if your have lesbian fantasies you can read it crazy bi gal if you like!
Hey, heres an idea why dont you stop riding on a sunday with ya mates (im assuming you have 1 or 2?) and start riding in the week days by yourself. That way when you stop for a coffee you can talk to yourself as much as you like. I remember it wasnt that long ago when NO shops opened on the weekend, yes Sat AND Sun at all. Good god how did we cope?!Originally Posted by crazybigal
"Some people are like clouds, once they fuck off, it's a great day!"
All hail, the great God market forces.
We must work all the hours available in case one person is inconvienienced by not being able to buy something at 8.15PM on a Sunday.
If we opened on a Sunday, there'd be one employee less immediately.
Speed doesn't kill people.
Stupidity kills people.
Just a thought, but if servo station workers also wanted the weekend off, there'd be little riding done in the weekends. Half a tank out, half a tank back - assuming you remembered to fiull it brim full on Friday night. Lucky the gas station guys don't mind working weekends, eh?Originally Posted by Str8 Jacket
Originally Posted by skidmark
Originally Posted by Phil Vincent
Yep, you definately have a point there. I remember those days well from when I worked as a chef and in retail. But what im guessing that most reatail shops dont employ shift workers. Servo station guys work on a rotating roster system (im assuming) and they only work a total of xx days a week, which normally only adds up to 5 days. Shops will have people working Mon through to Sat which is 6 days....Originally Posted by Ixion
"Some people are like clouds, once they fuck off, it's a great day!"
To hell with working Sunday!!
Been there, done that!!!
We opened on Sunday for about 3-4months, the cost of opening and wages for the satff who were there cost more than we made!
Was a waste of time.
As far as another bikeshop in Welly goes...
There is far too much price chopping already between shops! Let it go dude.
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Working on Sunday does suck but the reality is that the weekend are the two biggest retail days of the week - ask any used car salesperson. There's nothing wrong with it.
The problem with Wellington bike shops is not really the number of them (more or less wouldn't matter too much) it's just the service. Service seems to be grossly under-rated. Lou and Sarge (sorry to drag you in here guys) are examples of sales staff who go the extra mile for their customers (from what I've been told) but they seem to reap the reward for that service. No, I don't believe (having been in sales at one point) that you have to be a simpering suck up, just provide good service.
They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the evening,
we will remember them
"British"? What sort of cop-out nationality is that supposed to be? Usually reserved for use by poms with an identity crisis who're scared people will take the piss if they admit to being English. It's certainly not a term widely used by the Welsh, Scots or northern Irish.Originally Posted by snuffles
"Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]
Yip but its all part time shift work. You can usually fit a ride in before or after work anywayOriginally Posted by Ixion
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You know you had a good nite when you have to ask someone if you had a good nite.
Of course there is. But to have customers you (and all the staff) have to provide service. Something *most* bike shops don't seem to understand. Unless you're a 'buddy'...Originally Posted by snuffles
The problem we have is not so much the lack of shops but the fact they seem short of stock of all sorts. Try buying a metre roll of scuff proof for instance - I tried that a few months back - Boyz Toyz was a joke, Motomart had nothing except small rolls so had to go in to Sawyers. I can understand the issue is the cost of stock holding, but its hard choosing accessories and the like if you can't see it in front of your eyes. Do we need a Motomail or something more like that with a decent sized showroom of accessories?
I don't worry about service too much because I do all my own servicing.
Cheers
Merv
Best bet would be to open a bike shop in Martinborough.
You could open just on the weekend and have the week off, you'd pretty much capture the Wgtn market and I'd have a new excuse to go for a ride..."I'm just popping out to the bike shop to pick up that headlight bulb, be back in a couple of hours"![]()
The Unknown Rider
Jeez Jim. That's a lot of sucking up if you count the stuff on the backs of his legs. Now that I think about that and run the video in my head...He can't really suck up stuff off his legs without some circus training can he?Originally Posted by Jim2
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