Nice people thread part 3- Nice as pie

lostinrates

I watched it but didn't like it. If you can't say anything nice....

Actually I just found it depressing.

SingleSue

Was that the Mary Portas thing?

If so, yes I watched it and found it interesting although I thought the shop was already doing a lot more positive things than others anyway...they certainly had the smile and greet thing down to a fine, if scripted, art.

lemonjelly

Nice people, hope I'm not a pain, or boring you all, but can I beg as many of you as possible to sign this petition for Birmingham CAB please?

http://www.gopetition.com/petition/42339.html


Thanks

vivatifosi

lemonjelly wrote: »

Nice people, hope I'm not a pain, or boring you all, but can I beg as many of you as possible to sign this petition for Birmingham CAB please?

http://www.gopetition.com/petition/42339.html


Thanks

Done. Getting rid of CAB is a retrograde step. I often work in a library in an area of relatively high deprivation. The CAB is constantly mobbed and we get people coming in all the time asking for advice because they can't get into CAB. We'll do what we can (pointing to CANS notes, relevant guidebooks, other community organisations etc), but the point is that we're not trained to help people fill out DLA forms, give debt guidance etc. Often these are people at their wits end in tears, sitting in front of us, tearing our hair out trying to work out to get support for them when we only have an inkling where to start. Then a few weeks later you can feel even more sh1tty when the person you tried to help died because they didn't get help (extreme case, but it has happened to me).

Get rid of CAB and people will end up back at the government's door seeking help, only this time they'll need more support because they won't have the crutch of the CAB to oil the wheels.

vivatifosi

lostinrates wrote: »

I watched it but didn't like it. If you can't say anything nice....

Actually I just found it depressing.

I know what you mean. It's interesting what MQoS suggested though. The designing home sets and dressing them idea is one that Ikea invented and has been very successful at. Any time you visit an Ikea store think about the books and toys that are left lying around dressing the space, they are not there by accident. Also, space planning exists in just about every other aspect of the furniture industry other than this, so its about time. I didn't catch though whether they had addressed the £16 a day basic wage. That's a big driver of over-promising.

lostinrates

vivatifosi wrote: »

I know what you mean. It's interesting what MQoS suggested though. The designing home sets and dressing them idea is one that Ikea invented and has been very successful at. Any time you visit an Ikea store think about the books and toys that are left lying around dressing the space, they are not there by accident. Also, space planning exists in just about every other aspect of the furniture industry other than this, so its about time. I didn't catch though whether they had addressed the £16 a day basic wage. That's a big driver of over-promising.

Its powerful...the room setting.


Because of the images we've been collecting we've been accutely aware how much we're depeicting a''lifestyle'' with some pictures e choose.....

so many pictures we say..

I like this one...obviously ours has wooden windows not stone mullion and lead...and not that yellow colour on the walls, or those ghastly chairs. Or the unpainte wood. Or the lamps. I quite like the light fitting. And the socket plates. But isn't it lovely?:D

LydiaJ

lemonjelly wrote: »

Nice people, hope I'm not a pain, or boring you all, but can I beg as many of you as possible to sign this petition for Birmingham CAB please?

http://www.gopetition.com/petition/42339.html


Thanks

Done

You are not a pain and I am not bored.

tomterm8

msn wrote:

By mounting countless challenges to her foreclosure proceedings — burying her lenders in stacks of legal paperwork — a Florida woman has lived in her home without making a mortgage payment since 1985.

http://realestate.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=27145486&GT1=35010

Dedication. That's what you need. If you wanna be a record breaker


Ya got to say, she is certainly a pit bull... 25 years fighting the banks.

lostinrates

I'm so cold...doesn't anyone want to come here and huddle together for warmth? Its felt like a long week, I'm grateful that it will be friday tomorrow.

SingleSue

lemonjelly wrote: »

Nice people, hope I'm not a pain, or boring you all, but can I beg as many of you as possible to sign this petition for Birmingham CAB please?

http://www.gopetition.com/petition/42339.html


Thanks

Have signed it.

The local CAB was invaluable when I had to take an employer to an Employment Tribunal, without them, I would have been completely lost.