Quote: Originally posted by drwcannon on 03/8/2006
Quote: Originally posted by Bigred56 on 03/8/2006
No.
Just a victim.
A victim of what?
Shop lifting is a completely different kettle of fish.
If you can't get your orders right then you shouldn't be in business
No not in business, just made redundant by a multinational who on the surface looked good, but with all the odds stacked against most businesses these days it was just another gone to the wall.
It's never as simple as some seem to think.
Well they might have only paid £20 was one remark.
Manufacturers want as much as they can get for their products, the end customer wants it for as little as they can get it for, (check out the rushes at Aldi or Lidl) the retailer is stuck in the middle.
Sometimes mistakes are not mistakes at all, disgruntled employees have been known to box up higher priced goods deliberately, or even mess with the order completly so that the customer is annoyed at not receiving his/her order as expected.
What about the extortionate commercial rents, extremely high business rates, ever increasing fuel costs (commercial is much dearer than domestic) high insurance costs, wages, even at the minimum wage a workforce of 20 is about £4000 a week, and then there are the National insurance payments to be found on top of that.
Couple all the above with a small profit margin and well you know it doesn't take too much to tip the balance.
Quote: Originally posted by drwcannon on 03/8/2006
But hey don't want to argue about this I'm glad there are people in the world who are so honest, I imagine if you found £20 in the street you'd hand it in to the police, fair enough and good on you, it's just I wouldn't.
Yes if I found a £20 note I would hand it in, it just might be the last of someones pension, I know it could also be pocket change to someone else, but my conscience wouldn't allow me any pleasure in spending it, thinking that some old dear didn't have a Sunday dinner because of my inconsiderate actions.
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