legalbeagle

Bellenden Belle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Leaglebeagle - I think your post is really rather > rude regarding Peckhamgatecrasher's definition. A > good debater takes issue with what a person says, > without directing their negative comments towards > the person themselves. > > I like Green and Blue but I think (and I have said > it before) they are terribly unprofessional - the > tears in the shop (according to their own blog); > the petty notes on the door. > > And let's not be under any doubt - they have every > intention of making Green and Blue into a chain - > they have been very upfront in their ambition. > > I hope it opens - but I do feel for poor old > Celestial. Dear BB and Mr Crasher - I was just teasing! No offence intended - I clearly need to learn how to insert the smiley face thing so you don't get the wrong idea. I actually think Mr Crasher's postings are both quite funny! But we are going to incur the wrath of the administrator if we carry this on so back to G&B. Mark is quite right, the notice doesn't mention neighbours.

ped?ant ? noun 1. a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning. 2. a person who overemphasizes rules or minor details. 3. a person who adheres rigidly to book knowledge without regard to common sense. My understanding is that they will open the wine shop part of the business (but not the food, drink etc) tomorrow. I imagine that must be because they won't have to wash up/provide bathrooms for the public, etc. So if we want to help them we can try and buy our booze there - and as I mentioned before, that doesn't need to mean spending more money.

I feel really sorry for them. They are an excellent business and I have had nothing but good experiences there. Don't make the mistake of thinking that they only sell expensive wine either - I got a really fanstastic bottle for ?6 which was so much more delicious than anything I've ever bought in a supermarket. Just tell them your budget and the staff always come up with something great. I think the owners are really friendly, so if anyone found them rude then maybe it was only because they must be at the absolute end of their tether with this issue which I gather has been going on since June. Imagine putting in all of that work, and managing to pay to huge rents the LLane now requires, only to be at risk of losing your jobs and your livelihood over a dodgy drain. Doesn't really matter whose fault it is, it must be gutting. G&B rent that building, they don't own the freehold, and I do know that leaseholders aren't in a position to fix those kind of issues, because they don't own the building and therefore any of the services (water gas electric)etc that go into it. So whoever has caused this problem, G&B are suffering through no fault of their own. Doesn't really seem fair. By the way, they do have a very new wine bar in Clapham (no shop though) which has just opened. Can't see how that makes them a chain!