Dump the pump - yet another victory

On Tuesday, 25 August 2015 18:36:57 UTC+1, Tarcap wrote:
"Alycidon" wrote in message
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On Tuesday, 25 August 2015 13:27:35 UTC+1, Tarcap wrote:

I used to cycle to WH Smith on my way home to buy a few magazines every
month and the woman on the till let me park my bike just inside the door
as
there were no stands outside.

One day, some young trainee herbert asked me to take it out, so I put my
items back on the shelves and never went back in again.

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!to...ng/kugFt9Be7X8[1-25]

I bet they were well relieved.

Not really - the store has now closed down.
Not surprising really if you turn away loyal paying customers.
I DO hope that the young twerp didn't lose his job :-)

http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/WHSmi...ail/story.html

Did all these close down because they wouldn't let you bring your bike in,
too?

http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Morri...ail/story.html

None of those stores in our area is closing down.

http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Music...ail/story.html

Have you never heard of films on demand in your neck of the woods? DVDs are so last century. Blacksmiths have also almost vanished as well.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ministers.html

Generic claptrap about northern cities in general.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/clos...y-hull-2158894

It is now a B+M and has cycle parking.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/poli...d-Burnley.html

Generic claptrap about northern cities in general.

"Alycidon" wrote in message
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On Tuesday, 25 August 2015 18:36:57 UTC+1, Tarcap wrote:
"Alycidon" wrote in message
...

On Tuesday, 25 August 2015 13:27:35 UTC+1, Tarcap wrote:

I used to cycle to WH Smith on my way home to buy a few magazines every
month and the woman on the till let me park my bike just inside the door
as
there were no stands outside.

One day, some young trainee herbert asked me to take it out, so I put my
items back on the shelves and never went back in again.

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!to...ng/kugFt9Be7X8[1-25]

I bet they were well relieved.

Not really - the store has now closed down.
Not surprising really if you turn away loyal paying customers.
I DO hope that the young twerp didn't lose his job :-)

http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/WHSmi...ail/story.html

Did all these close down because they wouldn't let you bring your bike in,
too?

http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Morri...ail/story.html

None of those stores in our area is closing down.

http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Music...ail/story.html

Have you never heard of films on demand in your neck of the woods? DVDs are
so last century. Blacksmiths have also almost vanished as well.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ministers.html

Generic claptrap about northern cities in general.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/clos...y-hull-2158894

It is now a B+M and has cycle parking.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/poli...d-Burnley.html

Generic claptrap about northern cities in general.

So when you were saying that WH Smith closed down, then that was generic
claptrap about northern cities, too.
Thanks form clearing that up.