Mr Simms Olde Sweet Shoppe.... arriving soon on Lordship Lane...

[Sue]

Dara @mrsimms Wrote:

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> Evening all .....

>

> I?m on the look out for local

> volunteers..(initially).. who would be willing to

> give up some spare time during the week... to

> assist me with the successful running of my

> business....

>

> Please get in touch with me on here.... private

> message me ...

>

> Regards

> Dara

Just quoting this in case the post is deleted.

[Dara @mrsimms]

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[cella]

Oh no.

[se22cat]

"Keep up with the requests..."

How about show some feckin' respect towards people. Personally, I'll never give a dirtbag like you any custom.

[Dulwich Born And Bred]

Oh dear. A request to park on someone?s drive and volunteers to work in the shop. I cringed when I read both those requests as it?s a surefire way to lose customers.

[Dara @mrsimms]

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[Dara @mrsimms]

Morning all ... back to back meetings with suppliers today ... can?t wait ... I?m hoping to meet all requests so far ..

[cella]

And now ignoring posts. Oh well.

[se22cat]

" I?m hoping to meet all requests so far .."

Is that going to include PAYING people to WORK for you and park on their driveways then?

[Sue]

Sue Wrote:

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> Dara @mrsimms Wrote:

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> > Evening all .....

> >

> > I?m on the look out for local

> > volunteers..(initially).. who would be willing

> to

> > give up some spare time during the week... to

> > assist me with the successful running of my

> > business....

> >

> > Please get in touch with me on here.... private

> > message me ...

> >

> > Regards

> > Dara

>

>

> Just quoting this in case the post is deleted.

And surprise surprise the post has now been deleted.

But hey, you can still read it above, in case you would like to work for free to help someone else make a profit.

There was such goodwill from posters up to then, too.

ETA: Not inclined to be a customer now. Sorry. Several similar sweet shops in town who hopefully pay the people working for them.

[Dara @mrsimms]

Morning all ... I like any other business.... will be paying all members of staff, as per government guidelines...

Hope to see you all soon in my Olde Sweet Shoppe...

[se22cat]

Not verily likely.

[Earl Aelfheah]

What is wrong with this forum? It never takes long for the tone to change and for people to get the knives out.

It's a sweet shop - something which doesn't currently exist on the lane. I hope it does really well (and suspect it will).

[fishbiscuits]

Sue Wrote:

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> Those tiny things like mini wine gums but round and not wine flavoured.

Sorry to be a pedant... but wine gums are not wine flavoured. They're fruit flavoured... they just happen to have names of wines on the sweets.

[Help-Ma-Boab]

Soor Plooms

[Sue]

rahrahrah Wrote:

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> What is wrong with this forum? It never takes long

> for the tone to change and for people to get the

> knives out.

>

There was a lot of goodwill initially, as you can see from the thread.

The tone changed because of a number of posts by the prospective owner of the sweet shop which she has now deleted.

She wanted (and possibly still does) people to "volunteer" aka work for her for free whilst she was getting her business set up (a business in which she is presumably hoping to make a profit).

I don't think objecting to that can be described as "getting the knives out".

[Dara @mrsimms]

No Volunteers required!!! & I?m a HE not SHE !!

Thanks to all those offering positive & genuine support... can?t wait to meet you all ..

[cella]

Apart from the cynical sounding requests there is a certain naivety in asking for free help etc when setting up a business which doesn't bode well.

[Sue]

Dara @mrsimms Wrote:

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> No Volunteers required!!!

So your post on here asking for volunteers ("I'm on the lookout for local volunteers (initially).. who would be willing to give up some spare time during the week"), and your first PM to me, were giving inaccurate information which you are now correcting?

Or did you change your requirements when you realised from the content and tone of the comments on here that asking people to work for your business for free wasn't going down too well with prospective customers?

Dara @mrsimms Wrote:

>Thanks to all those offering positive & genuine support... can?t wait to meet you all ..

I'd be more inclined to be positive and supportive if you had kept on view all the posts which you have now deleted, but admitted that you had made an error of judgement which you were sorry for (assuming that that's true).

[Dara @mrsimms]

Afternoon all .... just spoken to my solicitor & Mr Simms Olde Sweet Shoppe East Dulwich .... should be ready mid January 2019 ....

Keep spreading the word to family & friends....

Keep me updated with your requests...

I really am looking so forward to meeting you all ...

[XxNikkixX]

SPANGLES

[Dara @mrsimms]

Evening Nikki ....

Definitely high on my shopping list...(popular request)

See you soon ..

[nipperpenrose]

Please stock Poor Bens and I will become your best customer.

[Dara @mrsimms]

Morning.... item no.... 586 on my product list...(Lion Poor Bens)

Keep on with the requests .....

Visited the lane yesterday afternoon.... market research... met some really lovely people... who are as excited as me ... for the arrival of Mr Simms Olde Sweet Shoppe

[muffins78]

Has this opened?