My helmet in Morrisons caused uproar
Discussion
hora said:
neelyp said:
This is absolutely true.
It's a much nicer place when non bikers don't appear and try and pick a fight about something they know nothing about.
And keep on and on about it even though the evidence from multiple posters totally contradicts their argument.
Right Im out but before I why is it picking a fight? Why should store staff have to put up with all kinds of crap from customers. Its their business, their rules and they arent exactly unreasonable. My original post here is a different voice and I was being readonable in defending them.It's a much nicer place when non bikers don't appear and try and pick a fight about something they know nothing about.
And keep on and on about it even though the evidence from multiple posters totally contradicts their argument.
Peace.
k, a guy walks into a store with a flip up and receives this kind of agro and you think that the staff are putting up with crap because of this. The most important rule of business, the customer is always right. Your buying goods from this person, they have to compete for your business, would you still go with sky if they said you weren't allowed to watch your tele in your onesie. Some people's lives must be so frustrating and hard work. Was it really more convenient to have to go through that then go else where to buy some milk. Or as some people saying that they'd kick off.
I'd of just taken it off bought the milk and next time gone somewhere else if it was really that much of an issue.
I doubt morrisons really care about one person going to sainsburys because he won't take his helmet off when the other 9/10 people will just take it off.
Does it seem silly to ask someone to take an open face helmet off, well yeah. Is it worth fretting or arguing about. Not really.
I'd of just taken it off bought the milk and next time gone somewhere else if it was really that much of an issue.
I doubt morrisons really care about one person going to sainsburys because he won't take his helmet off when the other 9/10 people will just take it off.
Does it seem silly to ask someone to take an open face helmet off, well yeah. Is it worth fretting or arguing about. Not really.
hora said:
neelyp said:
This is absolutely true.
It's a much nicer place when non bikers don't appear and try and pick a fight about something they know nothing about.
And keep on and on about it even though the evidence from multiple posters totally contradicts their argument.
Right Im out but before I why is it picking a fight? Why should store staff have to put up with all kinds of crap from customers. Its their business, their rules and they arent exactly unreasonable. My original post here is a different voice and I was being readonable in defending them.It's a much nicer place when non bikers don't appear and try and pick a fight about something they know nothing about.
And keep on and on about it even though the evidence from multiple posters totally contradicts their argument.
Peace.
The guy with the helmet on was dealt the crap, against the law to wear a helmet in a shop, seven members of staff surrounding him, trying to prevent him leaving when he told them he wasn't making the purchase.
I could have almost seen their point if he had a full face helmet on with a closed dark visor but he didn't, his face was totally visible.
Remember he wasn't doing a weeks shopping, he was just grabbing some milk and was already at the checkout.
If they wanted to enforce this b
ks they should have stopped him entering the store with his helmet on, any would be robber isn't going to get their semi skimmed, pay for it and then rob the fag counter, are they?There was a new Tesco opened in Falkirk a few years back c/w petrol station.
A young girl put £5 of petrol in her bike, with helmet on, went into the kiosk to pay, £5 note in hand and they wouldn't accept her money until she took her helmet off, she told them to ram it and it escalated until the police were called. This girl had been given the goods wearing a helmet but they wouldn't accept payment when she was wearing a helmet.
As MTB says these shops need to remember that pissing off the customer is a sure fire way to loose that customer and their friends and family.
Can I make things anymore understandable for you?
Tim85 said:
Some people's lives must be so frustrating and hard work. Was it really more convenient to have to go through that then go else where to buy some milk. Or as some people saying that they'd kick off.
I'd of just taken it off bought the milk and next time gone somewhere else if it was really that much of an issue.
I doubt morrisons really care about one person going to sainsburys because he won't take his helmet off when the other 9/10 people will just take it off.
Does it seem silly to ask someone to take an open face helmet off, well yeah. Is it worth fretting or arguing about. Not really.
Damn sure it's worth arging over - this is exactly how Nazi Germany started.I'd of just taken it off bought the milk and next time gone somewhere else if it was really that much of an issue.
I doubt morrisons really care about one person going to sainsburys because he won't take his helmet off when the other 9/10 people will just take it off.
Does it seem silly to ask someone to take an open face helmet off, well yeah. Is it worth fretting or arguing about. Not really.
The way I see it is it's their store and therefore their rules, you have a choice once informed of the rules to either a) leave b) play by their rules and get you milk.
Those saying particular styles of helmets should have different rules and not considered the training aspects as many, well probably most would not know one type of helmet from another.
Those saying particular styles of helmets should have different rules and not considered the training aspects as many, well probably most would not know one type of helmet from another.
NoNeed said:
The way I see it is it's their store and therefore their rules, you have a choice once informed of the rules to either a) leave b) play by their rules and get you milk.
Those saying particular styles of helmets should have different rules and not considered the training aspects as many, well probably most would not know one type of helmet from another.
Stop people entering the store wearing a helmet then, not surround him when he's at the checkout.Those saying particular styles of helmets should have different rules and not considered the training aspects as many, well probably most would not know one type of helmet from another.
neelyp said:
Damn sure it's worth arging over - this is exactly how Nazi Germany started.
First they came for the full face helmet wearers, I did not care because I used pay at pump,
Then they came for the modular helmet wearers,
I did not care because I don't ride a BMW GS,
Now they come for me,
And I've got no milk for my f
king cornflakes.NoNeed said:
The way I see it is it's their store and therefore their rules, you have a choice once informed of the rules to either a) leave b) play by their rules and get you milk.
Those saying particular styles of helmets should have different rules and not considered the training aspects as many, well probably most would not know one type of helmet from another.
Just who the fThose saying particular styles of helmets should have different rules and not considered the training aspects as many, well probably most would not know one type of helmet from another.
k are you...neelyp said:
NoNeed said:
The way I see it is it's their store and therefore their rules, you have a choice once informed of the rules to either a) leave b) play by their rules and get you milk.
Those saying particular styles of helmets should have different rules and not considered the training aspects as many, well probably most would not know one type of helmet from another.
Stop people entering the store wearing a helmet then, not surround him when he's at the checkout.Those saying particular styles of helmets should have different rules and not considered the training aspects as many, well probably most would not know one type of helmet from another.
bass gt3 said:
neelyp said:
NoNeed said:
The way I see it is it's their store and therefore their rules, you have a choice once informed of the rules to either a) leave b) play by their rules and get you milk.
Those saying particular styles of helmets should have different rules and not considered the training aspects as many, well probably most would not know one type of helmet from another.
Stop people entering the store wearing a helmet then, not surround him when he's at the checkout.Those saying particular styles of helmets should have different rules and not considered the training aspects as many, well probably most would not know one type of helmet from another.
Bloody bikers. They'll be the first to moan about people wearing burkkas, but won't see the hypocracy of wearing a helmet into a shop!!
julian64 said:
Nah surround him to let him know how rude it is to interact with people while wearing a helmet.
Bloody bikers. They'll be the first to moan about people wearing burkkas, but won't see the hypocracy of wearing a helmet into a shop!!
He wasn't surrounded until he failed to comply with their request.Bloody bikers. They'll be the first to moan about people wearing burkkas, but won't see the hypocracy of wearing a helmet into a shop!!
NoNeed said:
neelyp said:
Stop people entering the store wearing a helmet then, not surround him when he's at the checkout.
He was asked by one member of staff, and NOt surrounded until he decided that their rules were wrong.That better?
neelyp said:
Stop people entering the store wearing a helmet then, not tell him when he's at the checkout.
That better?
So you want somebody to stand at the door 24/7?That better?
I'm fairly sure that if the OP had a relative that had been subjected to an armed robbery (which are commonly committed by people wearing helmets) and saw how uncomfortable they become when somebody wearing a helmet approaches that he would have a different opinion.
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