| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Into the arms of Starbucks | |
| Posted by: | Todd Richard Feely | |
| Date/Time: | 25/06/08 11:38:00 |
| Many non-smokers feel the banning of smoking was a ‘sensible health measure’. Luckily, it’s a sensible health measure that co-incides with their own personal interests….? Are you a non-smoker, Malcolm….? Regarding your confidence in the (broad) reliability of the economy to reflect public demand, perhaps you could address the issue that I raised with another contributor – before the smoking ban there were (so we were told) VAST amounts of non-smokers, yet VERY few non-smoking establishments (pubs, clubs, bars, restaurants etc). How does this square with your model? See, I would say that actually British businesses tend to be quite sluggish in responding to what people actually want and I would cite the above as one example, and the (relative) scarcity of adult-only establishments as another. I also think businesses tend to be wary (rightly) of offending parents since they often react with unbridled fury if they find their offspring are not welcome. Interesting that you cite All Bar One; I was not aware that they had changed their policy (joy – used to be one of the few ‘safe’ places…..) but I have certainly witnessed arguments at the door when staff politely informed parents that their children would not be allowed in. This despite a clear sign at the entrance declaring the policy. So perhaps militant parents play a part in this whole scarcity of adult-only establishments, too – what do you think….? |