SavageHoutkop
Veteran
- Location
- South Manchester-ish
On the weekend I popped into a small 'convenience store' version of one of the supermarket chains.
I was after, ideally, a ginger beer but since that was sadly lacking I settled for another drink and something to nibble.
As this was an unplanned stop, I took my bike in with me (who'm I kidding, she'd have come in anyway, she's a Brompton, but she didn't get folded as this was a short in/out trip). I don't carry a lock and even if I had there was nowhere to lock her to.
Anyway, back to my point.
When I was paying for my drink & snack (i.e. by this point I was leaving the shop) someone came out from the back to tell me to take the bike outside please.
This because it was a food shop and the bike was unnhygenic.
Can anyone confirm whether this is a genuine health hazard? She's an on-road only bike and it's not like they make you take your shoes off at the door and dip your feet in a solution of bleach before they let you in! Especially since all the food comes in sealed plastic packets ANYWAY.... I don't think there's anything worse on her tyres than there would be on my feet if I'd walked there. I can sort of understand that a bike might 'drip stuff' on the floor (perhaps a muddy mountain bike or an enthusiastically oiled bike) but it's not like anyone eats off the floor...?
[If they had said 'fire hazard' or so on I might have felt a bit more sympathetic].
I was after, ideally, a ginger beer but since that was sadly lacking I settled for another drink and something to nibble.
As this was an unplanned stop, I took my bike in with me (who'm I kidding, she'd have come in anyway, she's a Brompton, but she didn't get folded as this was a short in/out trip). I don't carry a lock and even if I had there was nowhere to lock her to.
Anyway, back to my point.
When I was paying for my drink & snack (i.e. by this point I was leaving the shop) someone came out from the back to tell me to take the bike outside please.
This because it was a food shop and the bike was unnhygenic.
Can anyone confirm whether this is a genuine health hazard? She's an on-road only bike and it's not like they make you take your shoes off at the door and dip your feet in a solution of bleach before they let you in! Especially since all the food comes in sealed plastic packets ANYWAY.... I don't think there's anything worse on her tyres than there would be on my feet if I'd walked there. I can sort of understand that a bike might 'drip stuff' on the floor (perhaps a muddy mountain bike or an enthusiastically oiled bike) but it's not like anyone eats off the floor...?
[If they had said 'fire hazard' or so on I might have felt a bit more sympathetic].