Jump to content

Recommended Posts

In terms of punters though I remember years ago, a friend who owns a shop on LL being told that a woman's unruly young children were simply 'expressing themselves' when asked if she could control them a little more.


she told the mum, "well they're about to express themselves with a bottle of bleach, so perhaps you'd better take them out the shop".


Works both ways

Can't believe nobody has mentioned the wonderfully friendly and personal service you always get from Chi Chi Ra Ra.... Always a joy shopping there as is visiting so many of the friendly spots in SE22, SMBS, House of Tippler, Il Mirto, to name but a few!

adonirum Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> Read this thread with great interest, it's amazing

> people's different experiences and how their

> points of view are sometimes so diametrically

> opposed. Like mine here and now. Afraid I have to

> take issue with "New Wave" and their comments

> about Chener Books (although on this occasion I

> had dealings with the rather older lady I will

> kindly refer to her as rather than the gentleman

> ). Upon making an enquiry, I was met with the most

> disdainful, contemptuous and haughty attitude and

> reply it has been my misfortune to experience in

> many a long year from any person in any realm or

> walk of life. Fortunately, and I know that this

> comment will probably lead to some howls of

> derision, I am an extremely articulate and erudite

> individual, and managed to quite deliberately

> "slap her down" with a choice of words that I

> suspect she had neither heard before nor knew the

> meaning of. I further suspect that her attitude

> arose from the manner of my attire and some

> preconceived notion of the type of person I must

> have been. Yes, and this honestly is not meant as

> a pun, we are talking about the possibility of

> judging a book by it's cover!!! I left, somewhat

> confused and perplexed as to why an independent

> business would,from the outset,treat potential

> customers in this particular manner. and,

> obviously, without having conducted any business

> with them and,needless to say, taking my custom

> elsewhere. It would be interesting to learn if

> anybody else out there has encountered this lady

> and her pompous behaviour and air of superiority

> that was, it has to be said, and inevitably

> probably still is, somewhat misplaced!!!!!!


xxxxxxx


I have never had anything but excellent and charming service from both the lovely people in Chener Books.


Your post is a joke, right? You're a friend of hers?


Because if not, if what you have written is "real", I'm not surprised you got short shrift.


I'd have booted you out of the shop, locked the door and permanently banned you :))

Otta Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> adonirum Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > the rather older lady

>

>

>

> That alone deserves a slap!


As does the phrase 'slap her down'. Your whole post, adonirum, smacks of sexist, self satisfied, smart arsed superciliousness of the highest, and creepiest, order.

a fish Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> Otta Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > adonirum Wrote:

> >

> --------------------------------------------------

>

> > -----

> > > the rather older lady

> >

> >

> >

> > That alone deserves a slap!

>

> As does the phrase 'slap her down'. Your whole

> post, adonirum, smacks of sexist, self satisfied,

> smart arsed superciliousness of the highest, and

> creepiest, order.



Not to mention a try-hard wordy/thesaurus.com explosion.

Sue Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> ???? Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > And a misplaced apostrophe on a possessive it's

> (

> > sic).....adonirum is a right pseud

>

> xxxxxx

>

> Oh, that's very funny, I hadn't noticed the "it's"

> :)) :)) :))


Actually, if you want to get technical, it's chock full of mistakes, both grammatical and typographical. If I were a copyreader - and I have been - I'd send it back with at least thirteen reds. My particular bugbear (aside from the overuse of commas, apostrophes and needlessly redundant clauses) is the use of multiple exclamation marks; if one is a good enough writer, one should be able to convey enough meaning with one's words as to negate the need to use more than one.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Latest Discussions

    • A Google search brought up eleven Chango  branches, although they don't all seem to be listed on their website. In the order they came up: East Dulwich, Clapham Common, Mayfair, Wandsworth, City of London, Wimbledon,  Parsons Green, Kensington, Highgate, Richmond, Hampstead. I think it is the positioning of this new branch that has mostly got to me. I accept that they would have to go for where a space became vacant, but Lordship Lane is pretty long, even just the part with shops in,  and choosing to  open a stone's throw away from Chacarero seems mean, to say the least. I wonder if they have made contact with Chacarero. It would be nice to think they had (in a friendly way, obviously!) As regards the apparent  marketing spiel, at least one of the online reviewers also refers to a Chango branch (the Parsons Green one in this case) as a "gem". Probably just coincidence and a word in common use to describe such places. I wouldn't know. I'm ancient 🤣
    • I like empanadas. I don't think Chango is a massive chain - it's got a few stores all in London I believe (stand to be corrected if I've got that wrong). I don't see a problem with them opening on the Lane personally. I really like Chacarero, but that doesn't mean that they should be immune from competition - if they're successful and open a couple more stores, are we then meant to stop supporting them for being a 'chain'?  That opening post does sound a lot like marketing spiel though. Is the OP perhaps connected to the new business I wonder?
    • According to what I can see online, Dynamic Vines and Cave de Bruno sell totally different kinds of wine to each other.  Dynamic Vines  "work with independent winemakers who produce outstanding wine using sustainable practices in the vineyard and minimal intervention in the cellar".  Cave de Bruno specialises in French wines and spirits from small independent producers. So two different USPs, and no doubt two different but overlapping customer bases who can afford these wines. Probably different again to the people mainly  shopping for wine at Majestic or the Co op. On the other hand, the two empanada shops appear on the face of it to be selling virtually identical products. But time will tell, won't it? Let's see how they are both doing in - say - a couple of years' time. Impossible, of course, to compare that with how they would have done if there had been only one of them. I just feel more  sorry for the original one than for  the one which can apparently already afford to have a number of shops in places like Mayfair and Highgate. I'm tempted to buy something there every week, and I don't even like that kind of pastry 🤣
    • Not only can he turn olive oil into Vermouth, but also water into a wine. A true miracle worker.  I wouldn't say a wine shop sells a wide variety of things - and there are two right next to each other.  And once upon a time, upmarket pizza shops were very specific. So were burritos etc. These Argentinian cornish pasties are clearly becoming mainstream; we should consider ourselves lucky to be witnessing this exciting upward trend within our lifetimes and on OUR HIGH STREET. We can tell our grandkids that we remember when there was no internet and no empanadas.  I'm sure that if the family empanada people have a good business head, they'll be able to ride this wave of competition, just like Bruno has. 
Home
Events
Sign In

Sign In



Or sign in with one of these services

Search
×
    Search In
×
×
  • Create New...