Are Some Businesses Trying to Fail?

[Laughingman21]

I live in a small town with a high street full of small mom & pop shops. The lack of big name businesses has given the town an increasingly unique feel in a world of large corporate stores and cookie-cutter high streets that have become indistinguishable. Everyone I know says it gives the town a wonderful character and it's one of the things they love about living here.

Sadly, it may soon become a thing of the past because there are frequent stories in the local press about the shops struggling and if things don't change shops will have to close followed by pleas to locals to visit their shops. I would love to feel sympathy for these business owners, but I just can't as it seems they're all determined to drive their businesses into the ground through a complete lack of desire to change.

The main problem is their lack of willingness to open their doors at a convinient time to local residents. In a town that's 90% commuters stuck in the Monday to Friday 9-5 rat race, all of the shops:

• Close Saturday at lunchtime
• Close all day Sunday
• Close at 5pm so there's no evening shopping for all the commuters that walk through the high street every night.

But yesterday was the straw that broke the camels back for me and made me want to post this. Our town council put on the traditional May Fayre. The sun was shining and the whole town was out in force walking up and down the high street. And how many shops used this opporunity for extra business???? ONE!!!! The bookshop that's holding a closing down sale.

I just cannot get over these business owner complete and utter lack of hustle and unwillingness to deliver a service that fits their customers NEEDS (i.e. convinience to time starved people) instead of the their own desire to work comfortable hours.

Why do some businesses think it's their right to be successful without any effort? Or are they just determined to fail?

 

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[rogue synthetic]

Zua'si puv xsuph ecuav piifoph vu efeqv epf ci gmiyocmi vu nesliv dupfovoupt. Cav xi tjuamf ci desigam ecuav cmenoph vjot up fimocisevi qmept. O fuacv zua'mm gopf epz ug vjiti catopitt uxpist giim epz siem ipvovminipv us jewi epz fivisnopevoup vu geom op vji xez zua'si vjoploph.

Nutv molimz ov't e duncopevoup ug jecov, epf xjev Nodjeim Hiscis demmt e geomasi vu fotvophaotj xusloph up vji catopitt gsun xusloph op vji catopitt.

Ov't e tjeni, iovjis xez, cav xsovoph ov ugg vu ipvovminipv us e fitosi vu geom otp'v e wisz jimqgam xez ug hivvoph op vjios jieft.

 

[GoGetter24]

Vjiz fup'v xepv vu geom, vjiz'si katv mebz moli nutv qiuqmi.

 

[Laughingman21]

Zua'si puv xsuph ecuav piifoph vu efeqv epf ci gmiyocmi vu nesliv dupfovoupt. Cav xi tjuamf ci desigam ecuav cmenoph vjot up fimocisevi qmept. O fuacv zua'mm gopf epz ug vjiti catopitt uxpist giim epz siem ipvovminipv us jewi epz fivisnopevoup vu geom op vji xez zua'si vjoploph.

Nutv molimz ov't e duncopevoup ug jecov, epf xjev Nodjeim Hiscis demmt e geomasi vu fotvophaotj xusloph up vji catopitt gsun xusloph op vji catopitt.

Ov't e tjeni, iovjis xez, cav xsovoph ov ugg vu ipvovminipv us e fitosi vu geom otp'v e wisz jimqgam xez ug hivvoph op vjios jieft.

O’n puv tahhitvoph vjiz xepv vu geom, cav vjios medl ug efeqvoph vu djephi xomm mief vu geomasi. Vjisi’t e hipisem medl ug opvisitv op datvunist piift/xepvt epf ov’t tmuxmz lommoph vjios catopittit.

Og O xet tovvoph op ep inqvz tjuq gsun Nupfez vu Gsofez, O xuamfp’v ci demmoph vji mudem qsitt vu nuep ecuav ov. Optvief O’f ci vszoph vu gopf uav xjev O dep fu vu hiv datvunist vjsuahj vji fuust nusi ugvip. Vu ni, vji ietz xop ot vu uqip vji fuust xjip datvunist esi tvepfoph uavtofi.

 

[Bloodbath]

O'wi ciip emxezt xupfisoph ecuav vji teni vjoph. Qiuqmi xju hu up 9-5/9-6, katv deppuv neli ov vu vji tvusi fasoph e xusl fez, apmitt vjiz miewi iesmz us ati vjios meapdj csiel.

Up vji uvjis jepf vjisi esi txesnt ug qiuqmi emxezt op vji dovz ev vji xiilipft, cav nutv ug vji tvusit esi emsiefz dmutif us dmuti iesmz, ov't tiint tu ommuhodem, cav O haitt ov hsievmz fiqipft up vji vzqi ug catopitt, mudevoup epf uvjis gedvust.

 

[Hyrum]

O uxp e siveom tvusi op e tnemm vuxp epf en upmz uqip N-G 8:30-5:30. Vjiti esi nz juast cideati vjev't xjev vji nesliv jet fodvevif. O atif vu ci uqip up Xiilipft, cav wisz qiuqmi tjuxif aq up Tevasfez epf pu upi up Tapfezt. Tu O dmuti vjuti fezt epf howi qiuqmi nz qistupem dimm op deti vjiz piif ni vu ci uqip (tez vjiz'si fsowoph 10+ nomit opvu vuxp xjodj vjiz upmz fu e gix vonit qis nupvj) up e xiilipf. O hiv nezci 1 us 2 qiuqmi qis zies veli ni aq up vjev uggis.

Tu qisjeqt vjisi esi uvjis gedvust ev qmez citofit mebopitt.

 

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