What's going to collapse next...

[AWW]

3 hours ago, gibbon said:

They are everything wrong with my generation really. Grade A soyboy going along with his mrs insane idea to start a fucking vanity business cat cafe because she likes cats. No fucks given whether people in the local area actually want one. Loading up with debt secured again their parents house, then calling the waaaambulance and blaming the "mean" loan company because they don't like the real world of having to pay off your debts, then starting a crowdfunder because they are entitled and feel everyone else should pay it off for them.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-steampuss-cat-cafe

Wankers.

 

"If you would like to support Steampuss, you can do so by purchasing a gift voucher that can be used once they are able to reopen. To buy one, email [email protected]"

It's tempting to email gibbon's feedback directly to them. Alas, I can't bring myself to do it.

[spygirl]

Oasis/Warehouse.

Arse-end of the Icelandic 'Print money and buy stuff' of ~15 years ago.

 

[gibbon]

2 hours ago, AWW said:

"If you would like to support Steampuss, you can do so by purchasing a gift voucher that can be used once they are able to reopen. To buy one, email [email protected]"

It's tempting to email gibbon's feedback directly to them. Alas, I can't bring myself to do it.

 

Someone needs to start a deluded business owners thread.

Edited April 14, 2020 by gibbon

[JoeDavola]

29 minutes ago, gibbon said:

 

Someone needs to start a deluded business owners thread.

What people don't understand when they set a business like this up is that most people will go once, get the instagram/facebook photos for bragging rights, and then just never go back.

[JoeDavola]

7 hours ago, gibbon said:

They are everything wrong with my generation really. Grade A soyboy going along with his mrs insane idea to start a fucking vanity business cat cafe because she likes cats. No fucks given whether people in the local area actually want one. Loading up with debt secured again their parents house, then calling the waaaambulance and blaming the "mean" loan company because they don't like the real world of having to pay off your debts, then starting a crowdfunder because they are entitled and feel everyone else should pay it off for them.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-steampuss-cat-cafe

Wankers.

Yeah I don't wish to be harsh but they fit the stereotype so well - soyboy bloke, obese girlfriend, not a fucking braincell between them, yet access to huge amounts of credit.

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This cafe is our whole life, without this we lose our home, my mother and father lose their homes, we have no jobs, we will be bankrupt.

Fucking hell....

Edited April 14, 2020 by JoeDavola

[Loki]

No sympathy at all.

[BoSon]

They're sure going for this year's Economic Darwin Award, though it's early days.

Reminds me of some bint opening a dessert shop (cakes, ice creams, and other sweet stuff mostly aimed at kids) in a scummy end of town after obviously zero market research just some whimsical dream of doing something a bit different to the typical cupcake business, but with no real space for more than a couple of tables to eat in. I don't think it even lasted 3 months before it inevitably closed for good. Absolute bonkers idea.

One positive of the economic impact of the virus is that surely there will be less cheap/easy credit for morons to trash their lives over poorly thought out ventures.

[gibbon]

2 hours ago, spygirl said:

Oasis/Warehouse.

Arse-end of the Icelandic 'Print money and buy stuff' of ~15 years ago.

 

Well that was quick

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Oasis and Warehouse 'to fall into administration'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52285231

[spygirl]

8 hours ago, gibbon said:

They are everything wrong with my generation really. Grade A soyboy going along with his mrs insane idea to start a fucking vanity business cat cafe because she likes cats. No fucks given whether people in the local area actually want one. Loading up with debt secured again their parents house, then calling the waaaambulance and blaming the "mean" loan company because they don't like the real world of having to pay off your debts, then starting a crowdfunder because they are entitled and feel everyone else should pay it off for them.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-steampuss-cat-cafe

Wankers.

 

Outrageous racism, sexism n gender whatnoting.

Cat cafe owners cone in all shapes sizes n genders. It's not just mental wimmin n beardy cuck blokes.

https://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/lifestyle/eating-out/eastbournes-first-ever-cat-cafe-opens-heres-what-its-931709

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-26437881

https://www.jusnews.net/its-a-niche-within-a-niche-cat-cafe-opens-in-sheffield-city-centre/

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink/kittens-steal-show-gloucestershires-first-3158289

 

https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/416380/Purrfect-Britain-s-first-cat-cafe-opens-in-England-s-Narnia

 

Japan has now moved on.

https://soranews24.com/2020/01/30/japans-first-ever-capybara-cat-cafe-opens-in-tokyo/

[harp]

I've dated 3 cat owner chicks in my life. All thick as fuck. Nice pussy though.

[leonardratso]

thats the biggest rat ive ever seen, like a mini hippo rat.

[dgul]

South African Airways on the Brink (as in, won't make it to Monday).

They've been in 'trouble' for at least 12 months, and Covid-19 has pushed them over.  And they're not the only ones.

[Transistor Man]

3 hours ago, dgul said:

South African Airways on the Brink (as in, won't make it to Monday).

They've been in 'trouble' for at least 12 months, and Covid-19 has pushed them over.  And they're not the only ones.

They have been in trouble for years, but they’re still state owned, I believe.

[Don Coglione]

1 minute ago, Transistor Man said:

They have been in trouble for years, but they’re still state owned, I believe.

Then they really are fucked!

[sancho panza]

18 minutes ago, Transistor Man said:

They have been in trouble for years, but they’re still state owned, I believe.

There are political connections that have kept them afloat.As far as I can see,there is no need for them.

[sancho panza]

908 jobs gone at Cath Kidson.

https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2020/04/908-job-cuts-cath-kidston-shuts-60-store-administration-baring-private-equity-asia/

[lid]

Are they a local retailer? Not heard of them. Then again i hadn't heard of Boyes and Proudfoot until I went to Scarborough

[TheCountOfNowhere]

1 hour ago, sancho panza said:

908 jobs gone at Cath Kidson.

https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2020/04/908-job-cuts-cath-kidston-shuts-60-store-administration-baring-private-equity-asia/

Surely you kid, son.

6 minutes ago, lid said:

Are they a local retailer? Not heard of them. Then again i hadn't heard of Boyes and Proudfoot until I went to Scarborough

Shit flowery girly bags and tat. 

[Errol]

Indeed. Tat from China, mainly.

[spygirl]

36 minutes ago, lid said:

Are they a local retailer? Not heard of them. Then again i hadn't heard of Boyes and Proudfoot until I went to Scarborough

Proud foot could have been Tescos. Got stuck with a handful of supermarkets.

Boyes' is going great, almost reach London.

[SillyBilly]

20 hours ago, lid said:

Are they a local retailer? Not heard of them. Then again i hadn't heard of Boyes and Proudfoot until I went to Scarborough

Pretty much every company that has gone bust so far including Carluccio's I hadn't heard of, Cath Kidson was a head scratch too, I am too busy paying taxes to go consuming in city centres. The parking / one-way council fiasco over the last few years has meant the odd trip became a never trip.

 

 

[Sasquatch]

2 minutes ago, SillyBilly said:

Pretty much every company that has gone bust so far including Carluccio's I hadn't heard of, Cath Kidson was a head scratch too, I am too busy paying taxes to go consuming in city centres. The parking / one-way council fiasco over the last few years has meant the odd trip became a never trip.

 

 

There is (was) a Carluccios within walking distance of our house. Had a meal there once with the in laws. It was ok but we didn't go back again. All a bit soulless. In any case we tend to dine in the family owned eateries where you get much better value for money and can chat away to the chef/owner.

[Option5]

TFL 😂

BBC News - Coronavirus: London transport 'may run out of money by end of month'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-52379111

 

[SillyBilly]

https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/18396601.sea-view-coaches-goes-administration/

Coach businesses, many family owned/run a few coaches are lambs to the slaughter. Those packing in boomers for their day trips to garden centres or an ice cream in St Ives will be toast...

 

 

[spunko]

Fucking hell I've just seen about that cat cafe. They look late 30s so their parents must be retired or close to it, who borrows 40 GRAND against their parents house? That's completely out of order.