CLOSED FOR A DAY

The dreaded stock take is going to occur on Monday 26th March at the shop. So naturally we will be closed for the day because everyone involved will be in a very grumpy mood and not to be trusted near the public.

Mind you, putting ‘CLOSED’ signs up and locking the door won’t be a guarantee of people not trying to get in. If it’s a shop and it’s between 9 and 5pm someone will try and get in, regardless of what you do. When we originally took over the unit at Burwash Manor we gave ourselves 2 weeks to shopfit and get open. I was amazed that, despite being a building site, with no stock, tools everywhere, stepladders, a radio blaring and no signage people still wandered in. I remember being up a ladder painting, and just watching an elderly gentleman walk around, picking up drills, turning bits of wood over and then silently leaving.

Locking the door often means someone will just repeatedly shake the door until they get a result (either the door breaking or me shouting at them). I’m sure this is just a sign of our 24 hour, 7 days a week society. We used to be closed on a Monday but goodness, the grief we got for not being open! So we gave in. I’m quite sure a disgruntled member of the public will tell us we should be stocktaking out of hours – please remember, we do that as well!