2020 Retailers in trouble thread
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Gecko1978 said:
Let’s take an individual who normally works in an office which is based in a town /village /city. They are able to WFH. If they were going to the office they would
1. Buy fuel /train ticket /bus ticket
2. Parking costs
3. Office attire maybe new shirts shoes every 6 months.
4. Maybe a coffee on the way in.
5. Lunch snacks stroll round town buying the odd thing /unrequited purchases.
6. Maybe after work drinks every now and again
7. Grab a take away.
8. Possible taxis now and again.
9. I often pass holiday shops and outdoor pursuit shops and pop in browse ditto clothes shops and hairdressers now none.
10. Maybe a pub/pizza/etc lunch with the boss/team/subordinate.
11. Maybe lunch with a friend or coffee and cake.
Now stop ALL of the above spend. Instead increase weekly grocery spend a tiny tiny bit more electric cost at home. You’ll be wearing out non work clothes but no issue I wearing some rather Tatty kit/ replacing clothes every as and when required. Multiply that one individual by everyone who can work at home is a HUGE problem.
Food/grocery games hobby kit house decoration gardening trips out.
Gecko1978 said:
Pret are heavily over expanded. In the City of London you can practically see another when standing outside one. They bought EAT for example and converted those stores to Pret even when near an existing Pret.Pret appeared on the delivery apps recently- surely can't be much demand for a cold sandwich delivery on Deliveroo when you can order a hot grilled wrap...
They need workers back in offices asap.
Welshbeef said:
Let’s take an individual who normally works in an office which is based in a town /village /city. They are able to WFH.
If they were going to the office they would
1. Buy fuel /train ticket /bus ticket
2. Parking costs
3. Office attire maybe new shirts shoes every 6 months.
4. Maybe a coffee on the way in.
5. Lunch snacks stroll round town buying the odd thing /unrequited purchases.
6. Maybe after work drinks every now and again
7. Grab a take away.
8. Possible taxis now and again.
9. I often pass holiday shops and outdoor pursuit shops and pop in browse ditto clothes shops and hairdressers now none.
10. Maybe a pub/pizza/etc lunch with the boss/team/subordinate.
11. Maybe lunch with a friend or coffee and cake.
Now stop ALL of the above spend. Instead increase weekly grocery spend a tiny tiny bit more electric cost at home. You’ll be wearing out non work clothes but no issue I wearing some rather Tatty kit/ replacing clothes every as and when required. Multiply that one individual by everyone who can work at home is a HUGE problem.
Food/grocery games hobby kit house decoration gardening trips out.
Just goes to show how much money is effectively thrown away on so many discretionary items.If they were going to the office they would
1. Buy fuel /train ticket /bus ticket
2. Parking costs
3. Office attire maybe new shirts shoes every 6 months.
4. Maybe a coffee on the way in.
5. Lunch snacks stroll round town buying the odd thing /unrequited purchases.
6. Maybe after work drinks every now and again
7. Grab a take away.
8. Possible taxis now and again.
9. I often pass holiday shops and outdoor pursuit shops and pop in browse ditto clothes shops and hairdressers now none.
10. Maybe a pub/pizza/etc lunch with the boss/team/subordinate.
11. Maybe lunch with a friend or coffee and cake.
Now stop ALL of the above spend. Instead increase weekly grocery spend a tiny tiny bit more electric cost at home. You’ll be wearing out non work clothes but no issue I wearing some rather Tatty kit/ replacing clothes every as and when required. Multiply that one individual by everyone who can work at home is a HUGE problem.
Food/grocery games hobby kit house decoration gardening trips out.
Welshbeef said:
Let’s take an individual who normally works in an office which is based in a town /village /city. They are able to WFH.
If they were going to the office they would
1. Buy fuel /train ticket /bus ticket
2. Parking costs
3. Office attire maybe new shirts shoes every 6 months.
4. Maybe a coffee on the way in.
5. Lunch snacks stroll round town buying the odd thing /unrequited purchases.
6. Maybe after work drinks every now and again
7. Grab a take away.
8. Possible taxis now and again.
9. I often pass holiday shops and outdoor pursuit shops and pop in browse ditto clothes shops and hairdressers now none.
10. Maybe a pub/pizza/etc lunch with the boss/team/subordinate.
11. Maybe lunch with a friend or coffee and cake.
plus paying a garage for parts and repairs needed for their commute , maybe replacing the car every few years cus its worn out If they were going to the office they would
1. Buy fuel /train ticket /bus ticket
2. Parking costs
3. Office attire maybe new shirts shoes every 6 months.
4. Maybe a coffee on the way in.
5. Lunch snacks stroll round town buying the odd thing /unrequited purchases.
6. Maybe after work drinks every now and again
7. Grab a take away.
8. Possible taxis now and again.
9. I often pass holiday shops and outdoor pursuit shops and pop in browse ditto clothes shops and hairdressers now none.
10. Maybe a pub/pizza/etc lunch with the boss/team/subordinate.
11. Maybe lunch with a friend or coffee and cake.
Welshbeef said:
Let’s take an individual who normally works in an office which is based in a town /village /city. They are able to WFH.
If they were going to the office they would
1. Buy fuel /train ticket /bus ticket
2. Parking costs
3. Office attire maybe new shirts shoes every 6 months.
4. Maybe a coffee on the way in.
5. Lunch snacks stroll round town buying the odd thing /unrequited purchases.
6. Maybe after work drinks every now and again
7. Grab a take away.
8. Possible taxis now and again.
9. I often pass holiday shops and outdoor pursuit shops and pop in browse ditto clothes shops and hairdressers now none.
10. Maybe a pub/pizza/etc lunch with the boss/team/subordinate.
11. Maybe lunch with a friend or coffee and cake.
Now stop ALL of the above spend. Instead increase weekly grocery spend a tiny tiny bit more electric cost at home. You’ll be wearing out non work clothes but no issue I wearing some rather Tatty kit/ replacing clothes every as and when required. Multiply that one individual by everyone who can work at home is a HUGE problem.
Food/grocery games hobby kit house decoration gardening trips out.
The argument for accepting covid risks as a nation and just going back to normal is a strong one.If they were going to the office they would
1. Buy fuel /train ticket /bus ticket
2. Parking costs
3. Office attire maybe new shirts shoes every 6 months.
4. Maybe a coffee on the way in.
5. Lunch snacks stroll round town buying the odd thing /unrequited purchases.
6. Maybe after work drinks every now and again
7. Grab a take away.
8. Possible taxis now and again.
9. I often pass holiday shops and outdoor pursuit shops and pop in browse ditto clothes shops and hairdressers now none.
10. Maybe a pub/pizza/etc lunch with the boss/team/subordinate.
11. Maybe lunch with a friend or coffee and cake.
Now stop ALL of the above spend. Instead increase weekly grocery spend a tiny tiny bit more electric cost at home. You’ll be wearing out non work clothes but no issue I wearing some rather Tatty kit/ replacing clothes every as and when required. Multiply that one individual by everyone who can work at home is a HUGE problem.
Food/grocery games hobby kit house decoration gardening trips out.
Just make a law saying anyone old/fat/vulnerable has the legal right to work from home for one year (but can be sacked for usual reasons such as low performance). And anyone who coughs once is instantly carted out of the office
People can choose to wear masks, gloves and bathe in sanitiser. Job done.
Welshbeef said:
Let’s take an individual who normally works in an office which is based in a town /village /city. They are able to WFH.
If they were going to the office they would
1. Buy fuel /train ticket /bus ticket
2. Parking costs
3. Office attire maybe new shirts shoes every 6 months.
4. Maybe a coffee on the way in.
5. Lunch snacks stroll round town buying the odd thing /unrequited purchases.
6. Maybe after work drinks every now and again
7. Grab a take away.
8. Possible taxis now and again.
9. I often pass holiday shops and outdoor pursuit shops and pop in browse ditto clothes shops and hairdressers now none.
10. Maybe a pub/pizza/etc lunch with the boss/team/subordinate.
11. Maybe lunch with a friend or coffee and cake.
Now stop ALL of the above spend. Instead increase weekly grocery spend a tiny tiny bit more electric cost at home. You’ll be wearing out non work clothes but no issue I wearing some rather Tatty kit/ replacing clothes every as and when required. Multiply that one individual by everyone who can work at home is a HUGE problem.
Food/grocery games hobby kit house decoration gardening trips out.
Some of those I had already stopped long ago due to costs.If they were going to the office they would
1. Buy fuel /train ticket /bus ticket
2. Parking costs
3. Office attire maybe new shirts shoes every 6 months.
4. Maybe a coffee on the way in.
5. Lunch snacks stroll round town buying the odd thing /unrequited purchases.
6. Maybe after work drinks every now and again
7. Grab a take away.
8. Possible taxis now and again.
9. I often pass holiday shops and outdoor pursuit shops and pop in browse ditto clothes shops and hairdressers now none.
10. Maybe a pub/pizza/etc lunch with the boss/team/subordinate.
11. Maybe lunch with a friend or coffee and cake.
Now stop ALL of the above spend. Instead increase weekly grocery spend a tiny tiny bit more electric cost at home. You’ll be wearing out non work clothes but no issue I wearing some rather Tatty kit/ replacing clothes every as and when required. Multiply that one individual by everyone who can work at home is a HUGE problem.
Food/grocery games hobby kit house decoration gardening trips out.
A few nights out here and there for drinks usually resulted in an appalling wait in a grotty taxi waiting room at the station at midnight because they never let you book a cab it was first come first serve. As train fares continued to rise it was not worth it for what were average nights out at best, so I reduced the nights out and switched to meal and maybe one glass of wine rather than drinks so that I could drive home. Once in that habit even the arrival of Uber could not tempt me.
Then the coffees, sandwiches, breakfasts etc all now brought in from home. It can save you anything from £500 to a few £K easily per year. Simply to offset the ever increasing cost of commuting to work. Trouble is once you are in the routine its almost a chore not preparing your own lunch.
They are going to need to do something pretty drastic with commuting expenses among others - if they want people, assuming WFH does dry up, to go back to spending big.
Robertj21a said:
Welshbeef said:
Let’s take an individual who normally works in an office which is based in a town /village /city. They are able to WFH.
If they were going to the office they would
1. Buy fuel /train ticket /bus ticket
2. Parking costs
3. Office attire maybe new shirts shoes every 6 months.
4. Maybe a coffee on the way in.
5. Lunch snacks stroll round town buying the odd thing /unrequited purchases.
6. Maybe after work drinks every now and again
7. Grab a take away.
8. Possible taxis now and again.
9. I often pass holiday shops and outdoor pursuit shops and pop in browse ditto clothes shops and hairdressers now none.
10. Maybe a pub/pizza/etc lunch with the boss/team/subordinate.
11. Maybe lunch with a friend or coffee and cake.
Now stop ALL of the above spend. Instead increase weekly grocery spend a tiny tiny bit more electric cost at home. You’ll be wearing out non work clothes but no issue I wearing some rather Tatty kit/ replacing clothes every as and when required. Multiply that one individual by everyone who can work at home is a HUGE problem.
Food/grocery games hobby kit house decoration gardening trips out.
Just goes to show how much money is effectively thrown away on so many discretionary items.If they were going to the office they would
1. Buy fuel /train ticket /bus ticket
2. Parking costs
3. Office attire maybe new shirts shoes every 6 months.
4. Maybe a coffee on the way in.
5. Lunch snacks stroll round town buying the odd thing /unrequited purchases.
6. Maybe after work drinks every now and again
7. Grab a take away.
8. Possible taxis now and again.
9. I often pass holiday shops and outdoor pursuit shops and pop in browse ditto clothes shops and hairdressers now none.
10. Maybe a pub/pizza/etc lunch with the boss/team/subordinate.
11. Maybe lunch with a friend or coffee and cake.
Now stop ALL of the above spend. Instead increase weekly grocery spend a tiny tiny bit more electric cost at home. You’ll be wearing out non work clothes but no issue I wearing some rather Tatty kit/ replacing clothes every as and when required. Multiply that one individual by everyone who can work at home is a HUGE problem.
Food/grocery games hobby kit house decoration gardening trips out.
Besides, that money being thrown away is what keeps other areas of the economy functioning.
menousername said:
Some of those I had already stopped long ago due to costs.
A few nights out here and there for drinks usually resulted in an appalling wait in a grotty taxi waiting room at the station at midnight because they never let you book a cab it was first come first serve. As train fares continued to rise it was not worth it for what were average nights out at best, so I reduced the nights out and switched to meal and maybe one glass of wine rather than drinks so that I could drive home. Once in that habit even the arrival of Uber could not tempt me.
Then the coffees, sandwiches, breakfasts etc all now brought in from home. It can save you anything from £500 to a few £K easily per year. Simply to offset the ever increasing cost of commuting to work. Trouble is once you are in the routine its almost a chore not preparing your own lunch.
You may have done this but hundreds of thousands of others don't thoughA few nights out here and there for drinks usually resulted in an appalling wait in a grotty taxi waiting room at the station at midnight because they never let you book a cab it was first come first serve. As train fares continued to rise it was not worth it for what were average nights out at best, so I reduced the nights out and switched to meal and maybe one glass of wine rather than drinks so that I could drive home. Once in that habit even the arrival of Uber could not tempt me.
Then the coffees, sandwiches, breakfasts etc all now brought in from home. It can save you anything from £500 to a few £K easily per year. Simply to offset the ever increasing cost of commuting to work. Trouble is once you are in the routine its almost a chore not preparing your own lunch.
Frimley111R said:
menousername said:
Some of those I had already stopped long ago due to costs.
A few nights out here and there for drinks usually resulted in an appalling wait in a grotty taxi waiting room at the station at midnight because they never let you book a cab it was first come first serve. As train fares continued to rise it was not worth it for what were average nights out at best, so I reduced the nights out and switched to meal and maybe one glass of wine rather than drinks so that I could drive home. Once in that habit even the arrival of Uber could not tempt me.
Then the coffees, sandwiches, breakfasts etc all now brought in from home. It can save you anything from £500 to a few £K easily per year. Simply to offset the ever increasing cost of commuting to work. Trouble is once you are in the routine its almost a chore not preparing your own lunch.
You may have done this but hundreds of thousands of others don't thoughA few nights out here and there for drinks usually resulted in an appalling wait in a grotty taxi waiting room at the station at midnight because they never let you book a cab it was first come first serve. As train fares continued to rise it was not worth it for what were average nights out at best, so I reduced the nights out and switched to meal and maybe one glass of wine rather than drinks so that I could drive home. Once in that habit even the arrival of Uber could not tempt me.
Then the coffees, sandwiches, breakfasts etc all now brought in from home. It can save you anything from £500 to a few £K easily per year. Simply to offset the ever increasing cost of commuting to work. Trouble is once you are in the routine its almost a chore not preparing your own lunch.
It’s frightening and should be to any and everyone. No one is immune and unlike before it’s not like you could say ah it’s ok I’ll clean toilets be a postman store assistant taxi driver delivery driver for grocery - why? As the list of people already wanting those jobs is vast.
IMHO changing cars/upgrading now / spending on those nice to haves is bold and if things go wrong could be a decision that costs you your house.
Then again I’m hopefully completely wrong and it will all be fine - I’d take that on the chin every day.
menousername said:
Welshbeef said:
Let’s take an individual who normally works in an office which is based in a town /village /city. They are able to WFH.
If they were going to the office they would
1. Buy fuel /train ticket /bus ticket
2. Parking costs
3. Office attire maybe new shirts shoes every 6 months.
4. Maybe a coffee on the way in.
5. Lunch snacks stroll round town buying the odd thing /unrequited purchases.
6. Maybe after work drinks every now and again
7. Grab a take away.
8. Possible taxis now and again.
9. I often pass holiday shops and outdoor pursuit shops and pop in browse ditto clothes shops and hairdressers now none.
10. Maybe a pub/pizza/etc lunch with the boss/team/subordinate.
11. Maybe lunch with a friend or coffee and cake.
Now stop ALL of the above spend. Instead increase weekly grocery spend a tiny tiny bit more electric cost at home. You’ll be wearing out non work clothes but no issue I wearing some rather Tatty kit/ replacing clothes every as and when required. Multiply that one individual by everyone who can work at home is a HUGE problem.
Food/grocery games hobby kit house decoration gardening trips out.
Some of those I had already stopped long ago due to costs.If they were going to the office they would
1. Buy fuel /train ticket /bus ticket
2. Parking costs
3. Office attire maybe new shirts shoes every 6 months.
4. Maybe a coffee on the way in.
5. Lunch snacks stroll round town buying the odd thing /unrequited purchases.
6. Maybe after work drinks every now and again
7. Grab a take away.
8. Possible taxis now and again.
9. I often pass holiday shops and outdoor pursuit shops and pop in browse ditto clothes shops and hairdressers now none.
10. Maybe a pub/pizza/etc lunch with the boss/team/subordinate.
11. Maybe lunch with a friend or coffee and cake.
Now stop ALL of the above spend. Instead increase weekly grocery spend a tiny tiny bit more electric cost at home. You’ll be wearing out non work clothes but no issue I wearing some rather Tatty kit/ replacing clothes every as and when required. Multiply that one individual by everyone who can work at home is a HUGE problem.
Food/grocery games hobby kit house decoration gardening trips out.
A few nights out here and there for drinks usually resulted in an appalling wait in a grotty taxi waiting room at the station at midnight because they never let you book a cab it was first come first serve. As train fares continued to rise it was not worth it for what were average nights out at best, so I reduced the nights out and switched to meal and maybe one glass of wine rather than drinks so that I could drive home. Once in that habit even the arrival of Uber could not tempt me.
Then the coffees, sandwiches, breakfasts etc all now brought in from home. It can save you anything from £500 to a few £K easily per year. Simply to offset the ever increasing cost of commuting to work. Trouble is once you are in the routine its almost a chore not preparing your own lunch.
They are going to need to do something pretty drastic with commuting expenses among others - if they want people, assuming WFH does dry up, to go back to spending big.
The thing is once you stop doing these things and realise how much money you are saving you are unlikely to ever go back to spending on them again. I am sure working from home has been a revelation for a lot of people and they can't believe how much money they wasted each month.
If this is the case then the economy is going to be pretty decimated, we can already see it with the number of casual dining chains going into meltdown.
I am pretty sure the initial excitement of shops and pubs being open is going to wear off very quickly and they not be getting enough revenue to survive.
Welshbeef said:
Gecko1978 said:
Let’s take an individual who normally works in an office which is based in a town /village /city. They are able to WFH. If they were going to the office they would
1. Buy fuel /train ticket /bus ticket
2. Parking costs
3. Office attire maybe new shirts shoes every 6 months.
4. Maybe a coffee on the way in.
5. Lunch snacks stroll round town buying the odd thing /unrequited purchases.
6. Maybe after work drinks every now and again
7. Grab a take away.
8. Possible taxis now and again.
9. I often pass holiday shops and outdoor pursuit shops and pop in browse ditto clothes shops and hairdressers now none.
10. Maybe a pub/pizza/etc lunch with the boss/team/subordinate.
11. Maybe lunch with a friend or coffee and cake.
Now stop ALL of the above spend. Instead increase weekly grocery spend a tiny tiny bit more electric cost at home. You’ll be wearing out non work clothes but no issue I wearing some rather Tatty kit/ replacing clothes every as and when required. Multiply that one individual by everyone who can work at home is a HUGE problem.
Food/grocery games hobby kit house decoration gardening trips out.
survivalist said:
Robertj21a said:
Welshbeef said:
Let’s take an individual who normally works in an office which is based in a town /village /city. They are able to WFH.
If they were going to the office they would
1. Buy fuel /train ticket /bus ticket
2. Parking costs
3. Office attire maybe new shirts shoes every 6 months.
4. Maybe a coffee on the way in.
5. Lunch snacks stroll round town buying the odd thing /unrequited purchases.
6. Maybe after work drinks every now and again
7. Grab a take away.
8. Possible taxis now and again.
9. I often pass holiday shops and outdoor pursuit shops and pop in browse ditto clothes shops and hairdressers now none.
10. Maybe a pub/pizza/etc lunch with the boss/team/subordinate.
11. Maybe lunch with a friend or coffee and cake.
Now stop ALL of the above spend. Instead increase weekly grocery spend a tiny tiny bit more electric cost at home. You’ll be wearing out non work clothes but no issue I wearing some rather Tatty kit/ replacing clothes every as and when required. Multiply that one individual by everyone who can work at home is a HUGE problem.
Food/grocery games hobby kit house decoration gardening trips out.
Just goes to show how much money is effectively thrown away on so many discretionary items.If they were going to the office they would
1. Buy fuel /train ticket /bus ticket
2. Parking costs
3. Office attire maybe new shirts shoes every 6 months.
4. Maybe a coffee on the way in.
5. Lunch snacks stroll round town buying the odd thing /unrequited purchases.
6. Maybe after work drinks every now and again
7. Grab a take away.
8. Possible taxis now and again.
9. I often pass holiday shops and outdoor pursuit shops and pop in browse ditto clothes shops and hairdressers now none.
10. Maybe a pub/pizza/etc lunch with the boss/team/subordinate.
11. Maybe lunch with a friend or coffee and cake.
Now stop ALL of the above spend. Instead increase weekly grocery spend a tiny tiny bit more electric cost at home. You’ll be wearing out non work clothes but no issue I wearing some rather Tatty kit/ replacing clothes every as and when required. Multiply that one individual by everyone who can work at home is a HUGE problem.
Food/grocery games hobby kit house decoration gardening trips out.
Besides, that money being thrown away is what keeps other areas of the economy functioning.
Either way, I'd say there is a significant proportion of people that will no longer be commuting into big town and cities and working from an office 5+ days a week any more.
menousername said:
Some of those I had already stopped long ago due to costs.
A few nights out here and there for drinks usually resulted in an appalling wait in a grotty taxi waiting room at the station at midnight because they never let you book a cab it was first come first serve. As train fares continued to rise it was not worth it for what were average nights out at best, so I reduced the nights out and switched to meal and maybe one glass of wine rather than drinks so that I could drive home. Once in that habit even the arrival of Uber could not tempt me.
Then the coffees, sandwiches, breakfasts etc all now brought in from home. It can save you anything from £500 to a few £K easily per year. Simply to offset the ever increasing cost of commuting to work. Trouble is once you are in the routine its almost a chore not preparing your own lunch.
They are going to need to do something pretty drastic with commuting expenses among others - if they want people, assuming WFH does dry up, to go back to spending big.
WFH won't now dry up, just reduce a bit most probably. So many have realised the massive benefits that they're not going back to regular commuting.A few nights out here and there for drinks usually resulted in an appalling wait in a grotty taxi waiting room at the station at midnight because they never let you book a cab it was first come first serve. As train fares continued to rise it was not worth it for what were average nights out at best, so I reduced the nights out and switched to meal and maybe one glass of wine rather than drinks so that I could drive home. Once in that habit even the arrival of Uber could not tempt me.
Then the coffees, sandwiches, breakfasts etc all now brought in from home. It can save you anything from £500 to a few £K easily per year. Simply to offset the ever increasing cost of commuting to work. Trouble is once you are in the routine its almost a chore not preparing your own lunch.
They are going to need to do something pretty drastic with commuting expenses among others - if they want people, assuming WFH does dry up, to go back to spending big.
Frimley111R said:
It's a guess but I doubt many would want to work 5 days from the office if they do not have to. For most, going in 2-3 days and WFH gives them the best of both worlds.
That would be ideal for me. I work in a job where I have to be onsite but i'm tempted to find something different so I can work from home with a day or 2 in the office. Footfall was down 56% on Super Saturday.
I’m not surprised, shopping is an experience and when the experience is queuing to get into every shop, then not allowed to try clothes on, not being able to sit down for a coffee, served by the Mujahudeen in face masks and generally bossed about by store Staff, one might think, never again!
I’m not surprised, shopping is an experience and when the experience is queuing to get into every shop, then not allowed to try clothes on, not being able to sit down for a coffee, served by the Mujahudeen in face masks and generally bossed about by store Staff, one might think, never again!
Crippo said:
Footfall was down 56% on Super Saturday.
I’m not surprised, shopping is an experience and when the experience is queuing to get into every shop, then not allowed to try clothes on, not being able to sit down for a coffee, served by the Mujahudeen in face masks and generally bossed about by store Staff, one might think, never again!
I think a lot of people are showing themselves to be drama queens.I’m not surprised, shopping is an experience and when the experience is queuing to get into every shop, then not allowed to try clothes on, not being able to sit down for a coffee, served by the Mujahudeen in face masks and generally bossed about by store Staff, one might think, never again!
jammy-git said:
Crippo said:
Footfall was down 56% on Super Saturday.
I’m not surprised, shopping is an experience and when the experience is queuing to get into every shop, then not allowed to try clothes on, not being able to sit down for a coffee, served by the Mujahudeen in face masks and generally bossed about by store Staff, one might think, never again!
I think a lot of people are showing themselves to be drama queens.I’m not surprised, shopping is an experience and when the experience is queuing to get into every shop, then not allowed to try clothes on, not being able to sit down for a coffee, served by the Mujahudeen in face masks and generally bossed about by store Staff, one might think, never again!
Not surprised that the high street is screwed if my trip out Saturday is anything to go by.
Only went out Saturday to buy a new pair of motorcycle boots at the local bike clothing store. Grabbed at front door after having to ring bell to get in, put on face mask, sanitise hands, lead upstairs to be told that the boots that they said were in stock weren't actually in stock and would take 2 weeks to get in although they have similar? all explained in a conversation through steamed up glasses and facemasks.
Went home, ordered on line the ones I wanted, arrived the next day £15 cheaper. Won't be repeating any shopping trips until it has all gone away, all terribly depressing and I feel for these smaller stores but I can't see them surviving without a competitive on line portal.
Only went out Saturday to buy a new pair of motorcycle boots at the local bike clothing store. Grabbed at front door after having to ring bell to get in, put on face mask, sanitise hands, lead upstairs to be told that the boots that they said were in stock weren't actually in stock and would take 2 weeks to get in although they have similar? all explained in a conversation through steamed up glasses and facemasks.
Went home, ordered on line the ones I wanted, arrived the next day £15 cheaper. Won't be repeating any shopping trips until it has all gone away, all terribly depressing and I feel for these smaller stores but I can't see them surviving without a competitive on line portal.
If this shopping style continues then late Autumn Winter and early spring will be horrific. Standing in a queue getting saturated possibly with bags of shopping from a previous store isn’t fun.
Those moving out of the city to say Kent - problem is who are you selling your current pad to?
Those moving out of the city to say Kent - problem is who are you selling your current pad to?
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