Drago
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Perhaps the outcome of this encounter could have been foreseen, this making it unwise to have taken an expensive machine to Tesco in the first place if you were unwilling to use the cycle racks.
I was about to explain that I didn't want to lock up a bike costing more than 3 months of his likely wage
Needed to pop into one of those giant Tescos tonight, but couldn't buy anything because the security guard was "no bikes allowed". I don't get why supermarkets don't like letting in people pushing things around on wheels.
I was about to explain that I didn't want to lock up a bike costing more than 3 months of his likely wage outside my line of site, to be vandalized, or have parts nicked off it but I reminded myself he was too stupid and just f'ed off. Just got what I needed at some fuel station.
On the other hand I needed to pop into a different super Tesco some time ago for wet wipes to wash blood off my face and hands. Not only did nobody give a toss about my bike, but when I asked the staff where the wet wipes were, they give me some for free. They were asking me if I were OK and I had to explain I had a nose bleed, a common symptom of hayfever and that there was no pain involved, just mess. Maybe I'l take fake blood next time.
Either that or sums aren’t his strong point?Your bike cost nearly 8 grand!! I’d never take that shopping.
I used to leave my bike by the tills, in the local Co-Op (now closed, taken over my B&M), with no problems
Staff kept an eye on it for me, maybe because I was always polite/asked them how they were/how was their day
I get exactly why supermarkets don't want bikes taken inside the store - they annoy other customers who are simply trying to move around the aisles and get their shopping, not run an obstacle course.. I don't like pushchairs being used inside shops either for exactly the same reasons.
They were probably hiding behind 'assumed' 'elf & safety rules. As a H & S rep at my place of work, it's common for folk to claim this when there's no such ruling in place.So I asked to see the policy. Neither he, nor the deputy store manager were able to provide anything. So I contacted Sainsburys who said they have nothing written as a policy. SO they just make the rules up as they go along.
As Evans are an agent for Brompton, this is very odd. What happens if someone tries to take an unfoldable bike into the shop - ? 'Oi - ! Yew carn't bring that in 'ere - !'I once got told off for taking my unfolded Brompton into a shop.