New Douglas Shopping Centre

Max001

Anyone had a slip or fall on the escalators / moving walkway that connects the car parking to the shops? Noticed it gets kinda slick
when cars bring rainwater inside and people walk through the water
on the way to the shops.

Just curious.

Papa_Lazarou

Max001 wrote: »

Anyone had a slip or fall on the escalators / moving walkway that connects the car parking to the shops? Noticed it gets kinda slick
when cars bring rainwater inside and people walk through the water
on the way to the shops.

Just curious.

I think i've been in that shopping centre like once since it opened. I try and stay away from Douglas if at all possible. Can't stand the place. But i can see how those escalators could get slippy though.

NoDice

When you say New Douglas Shopping Centre, do you mean the old one but with the new Tesco?

Bill-e

^NoDice you pedantic langer ya

I haven't slipped on it yet and I'm in there every week or so.

A friend of mine was running with a trolly onto the escalator and the auto brake things on the trolly kicked in. He mashed his sack into the yoke you put your euro into and had to sit on the ground he was in so much pain.
I nearly fell over myself laughing at what had happened :P

MunsterCycling

Sorry but thats is F**king funny! LOL

DamienH

Ha ha ha, must be fairly common I'd say.

NoDice

Ha ha ha wow I've never been called a pedantic langer!! :cool:

I really wanted to know! I haven't been in D-las in ages so was genuinely asking! The new tesco, only been there once when it opened cause they had all their drink for dirt cheap! Came out with a trolley of cans and spirits! Delighted!

Felt like cattle though. You're shoved in one end and shuffled out the other. So weird!

Hilarious story btw!

Hogzy

NoDice wrote: »

Felt like cattle though. You're shoved in one end and shuffled out the other. So weird!

What do you mean?
Its the same layout as any other tesco!

And tbh if your only experience is from the first week it opened then go back again. First week was mayhem!

NoDice

Hogzy wrote: »

What do you mean?
Its the same layout as any other tesco!

And tbh if your only experience is from the first week it opened then go back again. First week was mayhem!

Actually you make a really good point here man. You're absolutely right. It felt like that because the place was so packed you really had to follow a line and not stop and not go left or right cause everyone kept moving in one direction!

Cadyboo

What annoys me is when you go up to the clothes section in tescos, and the automated voice says... 'please prepare to push your trolley off the escalator' My fella finds it fierce funny to push me off!!!

curly from cork

actually its " please prepare to push your trolley off the end of the conveyor belt " !!!!!!!!!! but yeah soooo annoying. imagine working there, you d be driven demented.
noticed lifestyle sports is closed down. apparently it went over night not even the staff knew.

PcAngel

Are Marks and spencer going to Douglas?

LilMrsDahamsta

Bill-e wrote: »

A friend of mine was running with a trolley onto the escalator and the auto brake things on the trolley kicked in.

What I want to know is why do all the people without trolleys step onto the travelator and stop walking?!! It's ridiculous. They do the same in Mahon Point too and it drives me nuts. Does the mechanical device remove the power of their legs from them or something? And if they're tired of walking, can they not stand to one side so the rest of us can get on with going to where we want to be?*

* Sorry for the rant - I had to go into Mahon Point this afternoon 'cause I forget to post a letter elsewhere and was reminded once again how utterly infuriating this is!

LilMrsDahamsta

LilMrsDahamsta wrote: »

What I want to know is why do all the people without trolleys step onto the travelator and stop walking?!! It's ridiculous. They do the same in Mahon Point too and it drives me nuts. Does the mechanical device remove the power of their legs from them or something?

I do that When I go to Mahon Point (rare enough as I'm in Galway Monday to Friday) I would be there in a big relaxed chilled out mood Apologies

DamienH

Everyone knows you stand on the right, if you wanna pass me go for it!

Ludo

DamienH wrote: »

Everyone knows you stand on the right, if you wanna pass me go for it!

Nah, they dont unfortunately. I have notice this a lot in MP also.

The only people who know to stand on the right are those who have been on the London Underground where you get mowed down if you don't stand on the right

parsi

Ludo wrote: »

Nah, they dont unfortunately. I have notice this a lot in MP also.

The only people who know to stand on the right are those who have been on the London Underground where you get mowed down if you don't stand on the right

Same applies in Germany:

Links gehen, rechts stehen. (move on the left, stand on the right).

Bill-e

I shout "ON YOUR LEFT!!!" as I march past them all.

curly from cork

Just heard that Welch Sports are opening in May , in the old Lifestyle unit. woooo hoooo. The centre needs a few more tenants, I like the feel of the centre though, some nice new shops in it now. Any up date on the Marks and Spencers rumour anyone?

Max001

Was chattin with a friend who leases one of the units and she's been told nuthin regarding M&S for some time and has no idea when or if they're moving in.

curly from cork

marks are def coming :D:D yippeeee. opening pre christmas !

Owen

I feel sorry for the traders in there though. They've had to endure building works, and now with the lack of tenants no one bothers going through the centre to browse. They come down the escalator, into Tesco, maybe in to the Coffee Shop next to Tesco, and then back up the escalator. The design is terrible and must be costing the various businesses there a fortune. The planners should have just put the escalators coming down into the middle of the centre to encourage footfall.

bladebrew

curly from cork wrote: »

marks are def coming :D:D yippeeee. opening pre christmas !

to douglas village
where did you hear that?,

PcAngel

I really hope that is true!

M&S dreary, rotten clothes (for men anyway, much like Debenhams) :rolleyes:

Owen

M&S has been rumoured for ages. Hopefully they'll be there soon, least it would brighten the place up a little and make people walk from one end to the other.

bladebrew

they should be in douglas, or at least somewhere outside the city,
although i cant find any mention of them opening in douglas,

edit: i think paintdoc has a good point there, i usually go down the escalator turn right into tesco, get what i need and go back out, i wouldnt even know what shops are in the centre, at least in douglas court you have to walk through the centre to get into dunnes,

babo9

bladebrew wrote: »

edit: i think paintdoc has a good point there, i usually go down the escalator turn right into tesco, get what i need and go back out, i wouldnt even know what shops are in the centre

Maybe that's what tesco wanted, no doubt they had an influence on the design, they can't have you buying your veg in the fresh fruit & veg shop or your meat in the butchers and so on can they Or even worse wandering to the other end of the centre into the village and maybe even over to douglas court for a look...

curly from cork

bladebrew wrote: »

to douglas village
where did you hear that?,

if i told you i would have to kill you :) but i heard it from a very reliable source.

beer enigma

curly from cork wrote: »

if i told you i would have to kill you :) but i heard it from a very reliable source.

I'd trust this lady's info - thanks for the Westlife tickets btw

I'll mean a lot of lonely husbands in the Douglas area on Saturdays .......:rolleyes:

curly from cork

small world !! hope your little girl enjoyed the concert.. we loved it .

beer enigma

curly from cork wrote: »

small world !! hope your little girl enjoyed the concert.. we loved it .

I'm hero Dad of the year !! - even got a mention from the school principal lol - thanks again ( yeh yeh it's off topic but this lady saved my life)

Hogzy

Announced this morning on RedFM that 150 jobs are to be created between M&S opening in Douglas Shopping Center and some other Window company in Cork.

So its defo a go-go.

bladebrew

curly from cork wrote: »

if i told you i would have to kill you :) but i heard it from a very reliable source.

fair play to yah:), you had the info days before the news did,

m&s for douglas village, i was there tonight and they were doing work on a unit,could they be starting work already

PcAngel

Thank you Curly from Cork. It's brilliant news. I love the place. Will they have a food store - that's a MUST for me.

dextero

Anyone know how to apply for a job there? I have tried their site but there is no mention on it.

Kimono-Girl

I think for jobs in Ireland they only advertise in Store and through agency's i think their website is uk based only.

Still that's great news for douglas esp as i live across the road!!

i was hoping they would get more shopper friendly chain stores in there, those boutiques are Rubbish!!!

overmantle

Great to see M&S in Douglas.

overmantle

Btw, Is there an approximate date for Marks coming to Douglas?

curly from cork

they are hoping to be open in Nov. It will be mainly food but will have some clothes.
Jobwise maybe c.v s into patrick st might work ? no idea but just a thought.

Kimono-Girl

The new shopping centre on the corner by tesco's/dino's/Four star pizza just flooded, water was seeping through the emergency exit doors by the baby aisle, they closed it off from the fish counter to the back of the new stairs! :eek:

they clearly didn't check flood management when developing the new site and building over the stream!!!

Faith

It was all flooded on Saturday night too at about 9, just outside Tesco/KCs/Topaz.

Hogzy

All this is related to a burst water main. Has nothing to do with the river overflowing. All grange area had water cut today.

2 watermains burst in the last 3 days.

Kimono-Girl

Hogzy wrote: »

All this is related to a burst water main. Has nothing to do with the river overflowing. All grange area had water cut today.

2 watermains burst in the last 3 days.

nope that was totally different, mains burst in grange yesterday so they had no water all day,


Douglas was fine until the rain started,it was so heavy it knocked out tv, blocked flood drains and flooded the road outside (we live in the village by johnno's itself) the river was gushing not flooding, i was just pointing out since they built it on a stream the would have some kind of flood management there. (or drainage to get water in the shop out) but htey had nothing! :eek:

Ludo

I have never seen rain in Ireland before like there was last night from 8 til around 8.20. It was crazy in the douglas/rochestown area. I can see why it would have caused flooding as there was so much of it in such a short period of time. VERY unusual event.

Kimono-Girl

100 jobs created by the new Marks and Spencers and they'll be open in November!


curiously right next door to tesco's!

dextero

Any idea how to apply for the jobs?

Kimono-Girl

id say apply in the one in town!

JohnK

candlelover wrote: »

curiously right next door to tesco's!

Seriously? I thought they were going to be down the other end by the lifts? It'd be pretty crap for them to be up by tescos as no one will ever go down to the front-village side of it now.

Kimono-Girl

JohnK wrote: »

Seriously? I thought they were going to be down the other end by the lifts? It'd be pretty crap for them to be up by tescos as no one will ever go down to the front-village side of it now.

http://www.douglasvillage.ie/brochures.aspx

well the unit 62 page 6 on the brochure has been painted green, has green shelves and is the only unit currently being worked on!

odd thing is its a tiny unit compared to some of the others! i heard there will be no clothes section but its tiny enough all the same!

JohnK

I've seen them do a bit of work on MSU 1 in the last few weeks so I was thinking that's where M&S would go. Size wise, I'd have thought that to be a much better fit as 62 looks to be small for a clothing & food shop and allows them very little room to grow.