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Arkwright
ARKWRIGHT
THE INDEPENDENT VOICE
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upermarkets may think they be put on how many times individuals was easy to appear a big boy if you
rule the world, is it now and companies can go through the built a business on debt and strutted
possible that they believe by process? More financial sleights of about like a successful fat cock, there
instructing their staff to make inane hand! It cannot be right for existing are always unquestioning sycophants
small talk with customers at the check directors and managers to be able to who’ll happily jump on the apparent
out it will give that ‘corner shop’ feel walk away from unpaid debts, causing bandwagon. A recent quote in a
to a megastore? I live in an old market problems for other businesses down national newspaper demonstrates
town that still has a butcher, baker and the chain then, within hours, just to go claptrap from past senior management
candlestick maker so thankfully I on with business as usual following of a big High Street name, “It has the
rarely have to venture to the opportunity to be recognised as the
dominating T, A, M and S words but retailer for sports product. No one is
last week’s misguided trip to one such
place reminded me again why I should
Desperate
better placed than JJB if they can get
their finance and stock in place”. Two
stay away. To ask if I need any help
with the packing is a perfectly
times call for
rather important ifs and what’s more it
appears the company is having
legitimate question for the cashier to
put to me but after that they should get desperate
difficulty agreeing about who should
be in charge. If that were “better
down to their scanning and I’ll throw
everything into the lifetime bags I’ve measures but
placed” I’d hate to be facing up to
“demanding challenges” in their
brought with me, no further
communication necessary until
charging every
language!
payment is required. I’m quite popular,
I don’t need to make a new best friend
debit and
Desperate times call for desperate
measures but charging every debit and
while shopping and I don’t need to credit card transaction twice over in a
know whether they like the yoghurt
credit card
day is audacious even by banking
I’ve just bought. Please just go back to standards though it’s what my credit
talking over my head to the cashier at
transaction
card processor did due to an ever-
the next till; while that can be irritating famous computer error. They did
at least it requires no input from me,
apart from the odd shocked look when
twice over in
unravel the mistake within a few days
but just think, wouldn’t it have helped
the assistant describes in far too much
detail what she and Tyron were up to
a day is
their cash flow while they had the
double money? After all it wasn’t just
the night before. Surely the “be matey
with customers” course has included
audacious
my terminal or terminals in my area it
affected but, I understand, all terminals
“know when to back off or shut up”
but if it did unfortunately not everyone
even by
across the country linked to that
system so it must have run to some
had been listening because despite my
avoiding any encouraging eye contact
banking
considerable sum they had the use of
for 48 hours.
and giving only the odd grunt of
response Cashier Number 12 went
standards
Needing to have eyes in the back of
right on with a running commentary your head is a well-recognised
throughout the whole of my shop. phenomenon of shopkeepers and few
When I go to have my hair cut I’ve administration. The excuse that of us look any the stranger for it but
found closing my eyes as soon as I sit “basically the business is sound, it just we’re not alone in having extra
in the hairdresser’s chair puts a stop to has too much debt” wears very thin antennae. I learnt this summer, from a
meaningless conversation there but and is ridiculous. If there’s too much weary mother, that many children are
obviously closing my eyes at the check debt then either the business has run its blessed with eyes in the end of their
out wasn’t really an option. course or the management haven’t fingers. “Why else do they reach out to
been doing their job properly and touch things immediately after they
So how much longer are the pre reined things in when they should have been told to just look?” she
packaged administrations going to be have. What assurances are there that reasoned. A novel excuse for just plain
allowed to go on and when will a limit they’ll do any better the next time? It disobedience!
28 SGB SPORTS AUGUST 2009
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