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B&Q is attempting to 'feminise' its stores. It wants to turn all the
stores, originally designed to have a masculine feel, into a more attractive offering for female consumers. http://www.personneltoday.com/articl...1/44853/b.html Won't be able to find a bag of cement for all the scatter cushions & design accessories. -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk 01634 717930 07850 597257 |
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On 22 Mar, 10:52, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote: B&Q is attempting to 'feminise' its stores. *It wants to turn all the stores, originally designed to have a masculine feel, into a more attractive offering for female consumers.http://www.personneltoday.com/articl...1/44853/b.html Won't be able to find a bag of cement for all the scatter cushions & design accessories. -- Dave - The Medway Handymanwww.medwayhandyman.co.uk 01634 717930 07850 597257 Pffft, sexism and patronising. Who says no men have an eye for interior design, who says that us women worry our pretty little heads about going in to any old outlet we want if we need something from it. |
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Lino expert wrote:
On 22 Mar, 10:52, "The Medway Handyman" wrote: B&Q is attempting to 'feminise' its stores. It wants to turn all the stores, originally designed to have a masculine feel, into a more attractive offering for female consumers.http://www.personneltoday.com/articl...1/44853/b.html Won't be able to find a bag of cement for all the scatter cushions & design accessories. Pffft, sexism and patronising. Who me or B&Q :-) Who says no men have an eye for interior design, who says that us women worry our pretty little heads about going in to any old outlet we want if we need something from it. -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk 01634 717930 07850 597257 |
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On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:52:05 GMT, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote: Won't be able to find a bag of cement for all the scatter cushions & design accessories. Look on the bright side, you won't have to be able to. The idea behind this is that she'll want to nip in for the bag of cement instead...  Noz |
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On 22 Mar, 11:21, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote: Lino expert wrote: On 22 Mar, 10:52, "The Medway Handyman" wrote: B&Q is attempting to 'feminise' its stores. It wants to turn all the stores, originally designed to have a masculine feel, into a more attractive offering for female consumers.http://www.personneltoday.com/articl...1/44853/b.html Won't be able to find a bag of cement for all the scatter cushions & design accessories. Pffft, sexism and patronising. Who me or B&Q :-) Who says no men have an eye for interior design, who says that us women worry our pretty little heads about going in to any old outlet we want if we need something from it. -- Dave - The Medway Handymanwww.medwayhandyman.co.uk 01634 717930 07850 597257 Hehehe, B&Q of course. Maybe they should just be honest and say there's more profit in the fripperies than their other lines. I see in the article they then go on to say how many women work for them, to me that has no correlation whatsoever to what they sell. I think they've played the wrong card. |
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"The Medway Handyman" wrote: B&Q is attempting to 'feminise' its stores. It wants to turn all the stores, originally designed to have a masculine feel, into a more attractive offering for female consumers. http://www.personneltoday.com/articl...1/44853/b.html Won't be able to find a bag of cement for all the scatter cushions & design accessories. It also says, "We are also trialling a handyman service." Put your dress on, Dave, and you could be in there ;-) |
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Lino expert wrote:
On 22 Mar, 11:21, "The Medway Handyman" wrote: Lino expert wrote: On 22 Mar, 10:52, "The Medway Handyman" wrote: B&Q is attempting to 'feminise' its stores. It wants to turn all the stores, originally designed to have a masculine feel, into a more attractive offering for female consumers.http://www.personneltoday.com/articl...1/44853/b.html Won't be able to find a bag of cement for all the scatter cushions & design accessories. Pffft, sexism and patronising. Who me or B&Q :-) Who says no men have an eye for interior design, who says that us women worry our pretty little heads about going in to any old outlet we want if we need something from it. Hehehe, B&Q of course. Maybe they should just be honest and say there's more profit in the fripperies than their other lines. I see in the article they then go on to say how many women work for them, to me that has no correlation whatsoever to what they sell. I think they've played the wrong card. I would agree with the statement "Research showed that women controlled up to 85% of consumer goods spending and made more than 80% of the purchasing decisions in homes". They certainly account for 89% of the decisions to hire me. -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk 01634 717930 07850 597257 |
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mike wrote:
In article , "The Medway Handyman" wrote: B&Q is attempting to 'feminise' its stores. It wants to turn all the stores, originally designed to have a masculine feel, into a more attractive offering for female consumers. http://www.personneltoday.com/articl...1/44853/b.html Won't be able to find a bag of cement for all the scatter cushions & design accessories. It also says, "We are also trialling a handyman service." Put your dress on, Dave, and you could be in there ;-) At the prices they charge I would wear a dress! http://tinyurl.com/yszrsr -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk 01634 717930 07850 597257 |
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On 22 Mar, 11:47, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote: Lino expert wrote: On 22 Mar, 11:21, "The Medway Handyman" wrote: Lino expert wrote: On 22 Mar, 10:52, "The Medway Handyman" wrote: B&Q is attempting to 'feminise' its stores. It wants to turn all the stores, originally designed to have a masculine feel, into a more attractive offering for female consumers.http://www.personneltoday.com/articl...1/44853/b.html Won't be able to find a bag of cement for all the scatter cushions & design accessories. Pffft, sexism and patronising. Who me or B&Q :-) Who says no men have an eye for interior design, who says that us women worry our pretty little heads about going in to any old outlet we want if we need something from it. Hehehe, B&Q of course. Maybe they should just be honest and say there's more profit in the fripperies than their other lines. I see in the article they then go on to say how many women work for them, to me that has no correlation whatsoever to what they sell. I think they've played the wrong card. I would agree with the statement "Research showed that women controlled up to 85% of consumer goods spending and made more than 80% of the purchasing decisions in homes". *They certainly account for 89% of the decisions to hire me. -- Dave - The Medway Handymanwww.medwayhandyman.co.uk 01634 717930 07850 597257- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Actual decisions, or just the phone call? Of course there's the factor of some men still finding it difficult to seek assistance and women then getting hacked off with their (if you'll excuse a technical term) "fannying about". I wouldn't dispute that perhaps women bother more about finishing touches to a place - but to nip in to B&Q for some curtain poles/door handles etc. isn't exactly made daunting by the fact that....gasp...there may be men in there. |
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Handyman scribeth thus Lino expert wrote: On 22 Mar, 11:21, "The Medway Handyman" wrote: Lino expert wrote: On 22 Mar, 10:52, "The Medway Handyman" wrote: B&Q is attempting to 'feminise' its stores. It wants to turn all the stores, originally designed to have a masculine feel, into a more attractive offering for female consumers.http://www.personneltoday.com/articl...1/44853/b.html Won't be able to find a bag of cement for all the scatter cushions & design accessories. Pffft, sexism and patronising. Who me or B&Q :-) Who says no men have an eye for interior design, who says that us women worry our pretty little heads about going in to any old outlet we want if we need something from it. Hehehe, B&Q of course. Maybe they should just be honest and say there's more profit in the fripperies than their other lines. I see in the article they then go on to say how many women work for them, to me that has no correlation whatsoever to what they sell. I think they've played the wrong card. I would agree with the statement "Research showed that women controlled up to 85% of consumer goods spending and made more than 80% of the purchasing decisions in homes". They certainly account for 89% of the decisions to hire me. Some years ago the wife was in the market for a decent second-hand Estate car. The Audi A4 or 6 and Volvo V70 were contenders. Audi dealer salesman spent more time reeling off figures and performance aspects addressing me all the time where I several times pointed out that she was paying and was the -customer-. Volvo dealer quite different approach and dealt with her answering her rather practical questions . Had the Volvo for quite some time now.. And that was directly influenced by the respective dealer salesman attitude... -- Tony Sayer |
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The Medway Handyman wrote:
mike wrote: In article , "The Medway Handyman" wrote: B&Q is attempting to 'feminise' its stores. It wants to turn all the stores, originally designed to have a masculine feel, into a more attractive offering for female consumers. http://www.personneltoday.com/articl...1/44853/b.html Won't be able to find a bag of cement for all the scatter cushions & design accessories. It also says, "We are also trialling a handyman service." Put your dress on, Dave, and you could be in there ;-) At the prices they charge I would wear a dress! http://tinyurl.com/yszrsr Jesus H Christ. Not cheap... |
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tony sayer wrote:
Some years ago the wife was in the market for a decent second-hand Estate car. The Audi A4 or 6 and Volvo V70 were contenders. Audi dealer salesman spent more time reeling off figures and performance aspects addressing me all the time where I several times pointed out that she was paying and was the -customer-. Volvo dealer quite different approach and dealt with her answering her rather practical questions . Had the Volvo for quite some time now.. And that was directly influenced by the respective dealer salesman attitude... I reckon I can drive anything really..I just veto the frankly dangerous/uncomfortable cars.. otherwise its what fits the dogs..for osme reason heated front seats are a big hit here.. |
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B&Q is attempting to 'feminise' its stores. It wants to turn all the
stores, originally designed to have a masculine feel, into a more attractive offering for female consumers. http://www.personneltoday.com/articl...1/44853/b.html Won't be able to find a bag of cement for all the scatter cushions & design accessories. No doubt the design accesories will be matching tools in shocking pink! |
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In message , cerberus
wrote B&Q is attempting to 'feminise' its stores. It wants to turn all the stores, originally designed to have a masculine feel, into a more attractive offering for female consumers. http://www.personneltoday.com/articl...1/44853/b.html Won't be able to find a bag of cement for all the scatter cushions & design accessories. No doubt the design accesories will be matching tools in shocking pink! http://www.pinktoolbox.co.uk/toolkit...faa259ceedf371 1e896b16758 -- Alan news2006 {at} amac {dot} f2s {dot} com |
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"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message news  B&Q is attempting to 'feminise' its stores. It wants to turn all the stores, originally designed to have a masculine feel, into a more attractive offering for female consumers. http://www.personneltoday.com/articl...1/44853/b.html Won't be able to find a bag of cement for all the scatter cushions & design accessories. When they start adding a full blown Cafe in all of em I'll start worrying |
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RW wrote:
"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message news B&Q is attempting to 'feminise' its stores. It wants to turn all the stores, originally designed to have a masculine feel, into a more attractive offering for female consumers. http://www.personneltoday.com/articl...1/44853/b.html Won't be able to find a bag of cement for all the scatter cushions & design accessories. When they start adding a full blown Cafe in all of em I'll start worrying Only it won't be a proper cafe selling fry ups & big mugs of tea. It will be selling skinny latte's & pannini's. -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk 01634 717930 07850 597257 |
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In message , cerberus
wrote B&Q is attempting to 'feminise' its stores. It wants to turn all the stores, originally designed to have a masculine feel, into a more attractive offering for female consumers. http://www.personneltoday.com/articl...1/44853/b.html Won't be able to find a bag of cement for all the scatter cushions & design accessories. No doubt the design accesories will be matching tools in shocking pink! http://www.pinktoolbox.co.uk/toolkit...faa259ceedf371 1e896b16758 Oooo..I must get SWMBO a collection for all those 'nagging' little jobs ;-) |
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On 2008-03-22 15:58:46 +0000, "RW" said:
"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message news B&Q is attempting to 'feminise' its stores. It wants to turn all the stores, originally designed to have a masculine feel, into a more attractive offering for female consumers. http://www.personneltoday.com/articl...1/44853/b.html Won't be able to find a bag of cement for all the scatter cushions & design accessories. When they start adding a full blown Cafe in all of em I'll start worrying They already are |
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The Medway Handyman wrote:
B&Q is attempting to 'feminise' its stores. It wants to turn all the stores, originally designed to have a masculine feel, into a more attractive offering for female consumers. http://www.personneltoday.com/articl...1/44853/b.html Won't be able to find a bag of cement for all the scatter cushions & design accessories. Already like that in the ones I visit |
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Handyman writes Lino expert wrote: On 22 Mar, 11:21, "The Medway Handyman" wrote: Lino expert wrote: On 22 Mar, 10:52, "The Medway Handyman" wrote: B&Q is attempting to 'feminise' its stores. It wants to turn all the stores, originally designed to have a masculine feel, into a more attractive offering for female consumers.http://www.personneltoday.com/articl...1/44853/b.html Won't be able to find a bag of cement for all the scatter cushions & design accessories. Pffft, sexism and patronising. Who me or B&Q :-) Who says no men have an eye for interior design, who says that us women worry our pretty little heads about going in to any old outlet we want if we need something from it. Hehehe, B&Q of course. Maybe they should just be honest and say there's more profit in the fripperies than their other lines. I see in the article they then go on to say how many women work for them, to me that has no correlation whatsoever to what they sell. I think they've played the wrong card. I would agree with the statement "Research showed that women controlled up to 85% of consumer goods spending and made more than 80% of the purchasing decisions in homes". They certainly account for 89% of the decisions to hire me. The Medway HandyToiBoi eh ? -- geoff |
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On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:52:05 GMT The Medway Handyman wrote :
B&Q is attempting to 'feminise' its stores. It wants to turn all the stores, originally designed to have a masculine feel, into a more attractive offering for female consumers. http://www.personneltoday.com/articl...1/44853/b.html Won't be able to find a bag of cement for all the scatter cushions & design accessories. Pink plaster? g -- Tony Bryer SDA UK 'Software to build on' http://www.sda.co.uk |
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On 22 Mar, 21:56, Tony Bryer wrote:
On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:52:05 GMT The Medway Handyman wrote : B&Q is attempting to 'feminise' its stores. *It wants to turn all the stores, originally designed to have a masculine feel, into a more attractive offering for female consumers. http://www.personneltoday.com/articl...1/44853/b.html Won't be able to find a bag of cement for all the scatter cushions & design accessories. Pink plaster? g -- Tony Bryer SDA UK *'Software to build on' *http://www.sda.co.uk Isn't that something to do with Inspector Clouseau? |
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cerberus wrote:
No doubt the design accesories will be matching tools in shocking pink! When my daughter moved to a shared flat, her Dad's housewarming gift to her, was a set of good, basic handtools - in bright pink. The hope was that the guys in the flat wouldn't 'accidentally' appropriate her tools, since they were so 'girly' looking. As it happened, she was the only one who had tools (and she knows how to use them!). |
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Alan wrote:
In message , cerberus wrote No doubt the design accesories will be matching tools in shocking pink! http://www.pinktoolbox.co.uk/toolkit...faa259ceedf371 1e896b16758 Those are NOT the pink tools my daughter has! Hers are _real_ tools - they just happen to be pink....... |
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cerberus wrote: No doubt the design accesories will be matching tools in shocking pink! When my daughter moved to a shared flat, her Dad's housewarming gift to her, was a set of good, basic handtools - in bright pink. The hope was that the guys in the flat wouldn't 'accidentally' appropriate her tools, since they were so 'girly' looking. As it happened, she was the only one who had tools (and she knows how to use them!). Funny that, when my eldest daughter moved to Leicester for her fast track paramedic course I bought her a tool kit as well - alas not pink. She shared with 3 girls & 5 blokes and had the only toolkit. She now shares a house with two gay paramedic blokes - and hers is still the only toolkit. -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk 01634 717930 07850 597257 |
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"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message ... RW wrote: "The Medway Handyman" wrote in message news B&Q is attempting to 'feminise' its stores. It wants to turn all the stores, originally designed to have a masculine feel, into a more attractive offering for female consumers. http://www.personneltoday.com/articl...1/44853/b.html Won't be able to find a bag of cement for all the scatter cushions & design accessories. When they start adding a full blown Cafe in all of em I'll start worrying Only it won't be a proper cafe selling fry ups & big mugs of tea. It will be selling skinny latte's & pannini's. Perzactly ! Mind you, you have to go some to beat the Oakdene at the bottom of Wrotham Hill for a quality brekky ;-) |
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"Anne Jackson" wrote in message ... The message from "cerberus" contains these words: B&Q is attempting to 'feminise' its stores. It wants to turn all the stores, originally designed to have a masculine feel, into a more attractive offering for female consumers. http://www.personneltoday.com/articl...1/44853/b.html Won't be able to find a bag of cement for all the scatter cushions & design accessories. No doubt the design accesories will be matching tools in shocking pink! What's wrong with pretty pink tools? It ensures that _my_ pliers don't end up in my husband's toolbox, for a start! When *did* he start D.I.Y then Anne? ;-) |
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On 2008-03-23 01:11:40 +0000, Anne Jackson said:
The message from The Natural Philosopher contains these words: tony sayer wrote: Some years ago the wife was in the market for a decent second-hand Estate car. The Audi A4 or 6 and Volvo V70 were contenders. Audi dealer salesman spent more time reeling off figures and performance aspects addressing me all the time where I several times pointed out that she was paying and was the -customer-. Volvo dealer quite different approach and dealt with her answering her rather practical questions . Had the Volvo for quite some time now.. And that was directly influenced by the respective dealer salesman attitude... I reckon I can drive anything really..I just veto the frankly dangerous/uncomfortable cars.. otherwise its what fits the dogs..for osme reason heated front seats are a big hit here.. The heated seats were actually the 'icing on the cake' for me, when I bought the Saab. Leather upholstery can be bloody cold in winter! The saleswoman's attention was certainly directed towards my husband, although we did say that *I* was buying the car, then she handed him the keys when we went for a test drive, which ****ed me off slightly! I had a similar situation and walked away explaining why. What did you do? One might have expected a sales *woman* to have been sensitive to that. |
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RW wrote:
"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message ... RW wrote: "The Medway Handyman" wrote in message news
B&Q is attempting to 'feminise' its stores. It wants to turn allthe stores, originally designed to have a masculine feel, into a more attractive offering for female consumers. http://www.personneltoday.com/articl...1/44853/b.html Won't be able to find a bag of cement for all the scatter cushions & design accessories. When they start adding a full blown Cafe in all of em I'll start worrying Only it won't be a proper cafe selling fry ups & big mugs of tea. It will be selling skinny latte's & pannini's. Perzactly ! Mind you, you have to go some to beat the Oakdene at the bottom of Wrotham Hill for a quality brekky ;-) Haven't been there for ages! Nells on the A2 at Gravesend is good as well. -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk 01634 717930 07850 597257 |
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"The Medway Handyman" wrote I would agree with the statement "Research showed that women controlled up to 85% of consumer goods spending and made more than 80% of the purchasing decisions in homes". They certainly account for 89% of the decisions to hire me. They must be impressed by the tool(s) you've been brandishing! Phil |
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Anne Jackson wrote:
The message from Andy Hall contains these words: On 2008-03-23 01:11:40 +0000, Anne Jackson said: The message from The Natural Philosopher contains these words: I reckon I can drive anything really..I just veto the frankly dangerous/uncomfortable cars.. otherwise its what fits the dogs..for osme reason heated front seats are a big hit here.. The heated seats were actually the 'icing on the cake' for me, when I bought the Saab. Leather upholstery can be bloody cold in winter! The saleswoman's attention was certainly directed towards my husband, although we did say that *I* was buying the car, then she handed him the keys when we went for a test drive, which ****ed me off slightly! I had a similar situation and walked away explaining why. What did you do? I pointed out to her that the various advantages she was highlighting, re the Saab were of little consequence to my husband, since the car was to be _mine_ and *I* was paying (cash) for it! I let _him_ carry on with the test drive, since I'm not all that fond of driving in a strange town, and they don't come 'stranger' than Dundee! ;-) One might have expected a sales *woman* to have been sensitive to that. My feelings exactly! It never ceases to amaze me, that when we contracted to have the double glazing installed, the soffits done, and the summerhouse built, and a new garden shed erected, ALL the receipts arrived, addressed to my husband, although *I* commissioned the work, and *I* paid for it! We still live in a very sexist world. Indeed.Try cutting your hair short, deepening your voice, wearing some trousers and getting served in a drapers shop. I walked out after half an hour.. What's so difficult about understanding that *I* (not WE!) own the house...and I buy my own cars! Whats so difficult about understanding that the sewing machine, fabric and so on are not exclusively female preserves. |
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Anne Jackson wrote:
The message from The Natural Philosopher contains these words: We still live in a very sexist world. Indeed.Try cutting your hair short, deepening your voice, wearing some trousers and getting served in a drapers shop. I walked out after half an hour.. I have my hair as short as possible - I don't have time for phaffing with fancy hairstyles, and I wear trousers (or jeans) 99% of the time! What's so difficult about understanding that *I* (not WE!) own the house...and I buy my own cars! Whats so difficult about understanding that the sewing machine, fabric and so on are not exclusively female preserves. I don't have a problem with that - I can't answer for sexist shop assistants! BUT, I was considering having some new curtains run up, if you're looking for a job... ;-) Y'know, frnkly I would enjoy it, but in the whole family wife included, we haven't a machine that will do the sort of thicknesses you get..so we sub that out..and if you are in the Cambridgeshire area, I can recommend..but cheap it isn't. Quality is first rate tho. |
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I'm in the north of Scotland, where there's this little old retired lady who'll run up a pair of curtains, in record time, and charge 'sweeties' for doing it. g Will it be included in the next Olympic games? ;-) |
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In message , Anne Jackson
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The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Anne Jackson wrote: We still live in a very sexist world. Indeed.Try cutting your hair short, deepening your voice, wearing some trousers and getting served in a drapers shop. I walked out after half an hour.. The last time I was in such an establishment (looking for thick enough thread to repair my sailing clobber, and a needle big enough to take said thread) the assistant was extremely attentive. Admittedly, that was mostly because she thought I needed all the help I could get. FWIW, my very first school report said that "Peter is particularly nimble with a needle" :-) Pete |
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Pete Verdon wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote: Anne Jackson wrote: We still live in a very sexist world. Indeed.Try cutting your hair short, deepening your voice, wearing some trousers and getting served in a drapers shop. I walked out after half an hour.. The last time I was in such an establishment (looking for thick enough thread to repair my sailing clobber, and a needle big enough to take said thread) the assistant was extremely attentive. Admittedly, that was mostly because she thought I needed all the help I could get. FWIW, my very first school report said that "Peter is particularly nimble with a needle" :-) These days that would be cause for great concern. -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk 01634 717930 07850 597257 |
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On 2008-03-22 12:10:51 +0000, "Doki" said:
The Medway Handyman wrote: mike wrote: In article , "The Medway Handyman" wrote: B&Q is attempting to 'feminise' its stores. It wants to turn all the stores, originally designed to have a masculine feel, into a more attractive offering for female consumers. http://www.personneltoday.com/articl...1/44853/b.html Won't be able to find a bag of cement for all the scatter cushions & design accessories. It also says, "We are also trialling a handyman service." Put your dress on, Dave, and you could be in there ;-) At the prices they charge I would wear a dress! http://tinyurl.com/yszrsr Jesus H Christ. Not cheap... The question is whether they are making acceptable sales at those prices. If they are then it's not dear either. |
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On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:19:47 +0000, Andy Hall
wrote: At the prices they charge I would wear a dress! http://tinyurl.com/yszrsr Jesus H Christ. Not cheap... The question is whether they are making acceptable sales at those prices. If they are then it's not dear either. At this point in time. 8-| Amongst the examples given are fixing a BBQ or Patio heater, or replacing a light switch. At B&Q prices it would be cheaper to get wised up. They also seem to have a strange business model whereby the customer has to supply the consumable / free issue items, such as touch up paint, cable ties, fixers and fasteners etc. as well as the "piece de resistance" they want and just buys a tranch of handyman time by the hour and pays for it all at the till. I can forsee that when a dear old lady chooses a nice new coat rack and it so turns out the fastenings she has obtained are unsuitable for the walls she has an altercation may arise followed by a sense of dissatisfaction at the what some might consider a dis-proportionate increase in labour cost because of the additional (wasted) labour time. DG |
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On 2008-03-25 19:25:04 +0000, Derek Geldard said:
On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:19:47 +0000, Andy Hall wrote: At the prices they charge I would wear a dress! http://tinyurl.com/yszrsr Jesus H Christ. Not cheap... The question is whether they are making acceptable sales at those prices. If they are then it's not dear either. At this point in time. 8-| Amongst the examples given are fixing a BBQ or Patio heater, or replacing a light switch. At B&Q prices it would be cheaper to get wised up. Certainly, but some people don't want to do that. They also seem to have a strange business model whereby the customer has to supply the consumable / free issue items, such as touch up paint, cable ties, fixers and fasteners etc. as well as the "piece de resistance" they want and just buys a tranch of handyman time by the hour and pays for it all at the till. I can forsee that when a dear old lady chooses a nice new coat rack and it so turns out the fastenings she has obtained are unsuitable for the walls she has an altercation may arise followed by a sense of dissatisfaction at the what some might consider a dis-proportionate increase in labour cost because of the additional (wasted) labour time. This is to delineate the transactions into supply of goods and supply of services. - Transaction (1) is the purchase of the goods in the store - standard Ts & Cs - Transaction (2) is booking and paying for handyman services They may even be separate companies. Kingfisher has a whole raft of companies connected with B&Q and with Screwfix in addition to the trading front names. This is the same game that kitchen and bathroom companies do whereby the punter pays the fitters. |
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"Derek Geldard" wrote in message ... On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:19:47 +0000, Andy Hall wrote: At the prices they charge I would wear a dress! http://tinyurl.com/yszrsr Jesus H Christ. Not cheap... The question is whether they are making acceptable sales at those prices. If they are then it's not dear either. At this point in time. 8-| Amongst the examples given are fixing a BBQ or Patio heater, or replacing a light switch. At B&Q prices it would be cheaper to get wised up. They also seem to have a strange business model whereby the customer has to supply the consumable / free issue items, such as touch up paint, cable ties, fixers and fasteners etc. as well as the "piece de resistance" they want and just buys a tranch of handyman time by the hour and pays for it all at the till. I wonder what happens if the job over runs? I can forsee that when a dear old lady chooses a nice new coat rack and it so turns out the fastenings she has obtained are unsuitable for the walls she has an altercation may arise followed by a sense of dissatisfaction at the what some might consider a dis-proportionate increase in labour cost because of the additional (wasted) labour time. Allowing the client to buy the fixings is asking for trouble IMO -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk 01634 717930 07850 597257 |
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