On Thursday last week, the Thai girl who sells silk scarves, Yok, was pissed about by the new assistant manager (according to said assistant anyway) who gave her a very hard time to get a pitch. She didn't seem to know who Yok was or what she sold. Yok, who has been a constant presence for at least two years, was expelled from her regular pitch and nearly went home. Eventually Patrycja (for it was she) had two tables erected in the space outside the office at 10 a.m. so Yok stayed. The only thing I can think of to say in Patrycja's defence is that she had the Thursday market dumped on her by Ben's displacement and Barny's absence.Moving on to the following morning, Yok comes in to find half her stuff nicked - hundreds of pounds worth. It had been left out all night by the management, so the piss-heads from the local pubs could pick over it and help themselves. The poor sods who do the storage hadn't spotted the stuff as it wasn't where it should be. The management, who you'd expect to do a scan around to make sure all's safe and sound, had buggered off without checking and without letting anyone know. It's at times like this that you need Ben and Alex.
A week on and so far the management have denied all responsibility and refused to entertain compensating her. Yok pays them to put her stuff away in their storage. They don't put it away. It gets nicked. Whose fault do you think that is?
I'm bringing this up now because it hasn't been resolved as far as I know, Barmy was in the market today and so was Yok's husband. If anyone knows what the score is, please let me know.
4 comments:
The exact same thing happened when a food trader left an expensive chiller cabinet for the porters to put away,around October 2006.
Liability was denied and no compensation was forthcoming.
Mistakes can happen, but shouldn't someone be charged with giving a quick once over at the end of the day?
GSM's drones have always claimed that there's no insurance, so no liability. This is bullshit. If you have something stolen or vandalised, tell the police. If you can, consult a solicitor. GSM's position doesn't hold water. Negligence deserves compensation.
Amazing isn't it -- we actually pay for this sort of treatment
Why don't GSM ever seem to accept responsibility for their mistakes. It is a much "bigger" person that can sometimes turn around and say .. sorry, I was wrong. In recent years I have found GSM to be very arrogant towards the traders. Like they are better than us or something.
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