Closed for lunch

Mint Sauce · 31-07-2013 01:49PM #1

Why do so many shops and businesses do this?

For alot of people that work its pretty much the only time of day, that they can deal with something that requires a face to face conversation, where using a telephone or an online service won't do.

Why can't the one man/woman business take their lunch maybe an hour later, or the businesses with more than one employee stagger their lunches.

3 places I gad to to today, all either closed, or closing, all with at least a few members of staff.

Celly Smunt · 31-07-2013 01:51PM

Why can't banks open in the evening :mad:

SEPT 23 1989 · 31-07-2013 01:52PM

Why do birds suddenly appear?

The Narrator · 31-07-2013 01:53PM

Indeed, how dare people take lunch at lunch time.

Hank Scorpio · 31-07-2013 01:53PM

A mans got to know his limitations

Pretty Polly · 31-07-2013 01:54PM

Celly Smunt wrote: »

Why can't banks open in the evening :mad:

This. Or even late night opening until like 6pm one night a week.

BluesBerry · 31-07-2013 01:55PM

Yes it would be nice if the can stall staff lunches to send one or two at a time so that there is always cover

mattjack · 31-07-2013 01:55PM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Why do birds suddenly appear?

every time you are near ?

jester77 · 31-07-2013 01:57PM

Celly Smunt wrote: »

Why can't banks open in the evening :mad:

I haven't been inside a bank since 1999 when I setup a student AIB account. What are people doing that requires going into a bank?

Cody Pomeray · 31-07-2013 01:57PM

Mint Sauce wrote: »

Why do so many shops and businesses do this?

Because they are often one man operations, or else the carrying on of business requires that certain people be in the office.

Why can't the one man/woman business take their lunch maybe an hour later, or the businesses with more than one employee stagger their lunches.

Maybe they have business to attend to at lunch time.

Lunch time is a predictable time to close the shop. If they were closing at arbitrary times, customers would find the service, well, arbitrary.

This makes the business appear less reliable than if they simply close at lunch.

SEPT 23 1989 · 31-07-2013 01:58PM

mattjack wrote: »

every time you are near ?

exactly

Tiddlypeeps · 31-07-2013 02:03PM

jester77 wrote: »

I haven't been inside a bank since 1999 when I setup a student AIB account. What are people doing that requires going into a bank?

Anything that isn't an everyday transaction. Opening a new/second account, applying for a loan/mortgage, cashing a cheque etc.

I've had a cheque sitting in my desk drawer for about 5 months now because I would have to take time off work to be able to go to a bank to cash it. It's only for €40 so definitely not worth taking time off for but it's still kind of crazy.

shruikan2553 · 31-07-2013 02:05PM

I'm pretty sure banks just dont want people to use them. Last time I went into a bank and needed something that couldnt be done by the machines she acted as if I just told her to put all the money in a bag and no one gets hurt.

BeerWolf · 31-07-2013 02:05PM

Aww, tried to find a picture of a restaurant with a "Closed for lunch" sign on it... don't exist

listermint · 31-07-2013 02:07PM

The Narrator wrote: »

Indeed, how dare people take lunch at lunch time.

I wouldnt open a business if this is how youd run it.

Why would you close up shop at a high point in the day for custom ?

Wouldnt it be smarter to move the lunch break either side of the heavy traffic periods ??

Jeju · 31-07-2013 02:09PM

The internet is open 24/7, maybe bring your business there.

jester77 · 31-07-2013 02:11PM

Tiddlypeeps wrote: »

Anything that isn't an everyday transaction. Opening a new/second account, applying for a loan/mortgage, cashing a cheque etc.

I've had a cheque sitting in my desk drawer for about 5 months now because I would have to take time off work to be able to go to a bank to cash it. It's only for €40 so definitely not worth taking time off for but it's still kind of crazy.

Do cheques still exist

Haven't seen one in over 15 years, the last one I got I cashed in a pub. As for the others, they can all be done from the PC.

I.S.T. · 31-07-2013 02:11PM

shruikan2553 wrote: »

I'm pretty sure banks just dont want people to use them. Last time I went into a bank and needed something that couldnt be done by the machines she acted as if I just told her to put all the money in a bag and no one gets hurt.

I just post cheques to the bank. Haven't been in the branch since the day the account was opened.

**Vai** · 31-07-2013 02:18PM

OP what shop was it? Surely every business, with an owner using more than 6 brain cells, staggers there lunch breaks?

hoodwinked · 31-07-2013 02:22PM

Celly Smunt wrote: »

Why can't banks open in the evening :mad:

they do now, well the aib kiosks do, saw one in Cork city open on a Sunday!

Tiddlypeeps · 31-07-2013 02:29PM

jester77 wrote: »

Do cheques still exist Haven't seen one in over 15 years, the last one I got I cashed in a pub. As for the others, they can all be done from the PC.

It's the first cheque I've seen in a good while too, they are very slowly being phased out. Still in use tho, just a lot less common.

AnonoBoy · 31-07-2013 02:38PM

I used to run a shop that sold 'Closed for Lunch' signs a few years ago.

We closed after a few weeks though.

No matter how many people came up to the door of the shop they never entered.

Never figured out where we went wrong.

homerjay2005 · 31-07-2013 03:14PM

The Narrator wrote: »

Indeed, how dare people take lunch at lunch time.

nonsense....typical Irish reaction as they say.

they could alter their schedule to do it apart from 12-2 for example or have staff go at different times, to avoid closing the place.

you provide a service, you should be there when people need it.

anncoates · 31-07-2013 03:39PM

Tiddlypeeps wrote: »

Anything that isn't an everyday transaction. Opening a new/second account, applying for a loan/mortgage, cashing a cheque etc.

I've had a cheque sitting in my desk drawer for about 5 months now because I would have to take time off work to be able to go to a bank to cash it. It's only for €40 so definitely not worth taking time off for but it's still kind of crazy.

Go in and deposit in the cheque lodgement machine. Never a queue for that.

I go in once a month to get s sterling bank draft, that's it.

MrPudding · 31-07-2013 03:55PM

Mint Sauce wrote: »

Why do so many shops and businesses do this?

For alot of people that work its pretty much the only time of day, that they can deal with something that requires a face to face conversation, where using a telephone or an online service won't do.

Why can't the one man/woman business take their lunch maybe an hour later, or the businesses with more than one employee stagger their lunches.

3 places I gad to to today, all either closed, or closing, all with at least a few members of staff.

Do not go to France, you will not have a good time.

MrP

Mr Benevolent · 31-07-2013 04:01PM

MrPudding wrote: »

Do not go to France, you will not have a good time.

Nobody has a good time in France.

OneArt · 31-07-2013 04:03PM

BeerWolf wrote: »

Aww, tried to find a picture of a restaurant with a "Closed for lunch" sign on it... don't exist

Saw a restaurant that was closed for lunch from 12-2

It's Germany though, businesses are weird here. Kebab shops often close for a whole month, as do a few restaurants. The nearest pharmacy to me is open only three days a week:mad: and closes for lunch for three hours. I'm sorry, but dispensing medication isn't THAT exhausting.

luckyboy · 31-07-2013 04:05PM

A lot of Spanish businesses close down for the month of August, particularly in Madrid where - to be fair - it does get exceedingly hot and stifling at this time of year

Cody Pomeray · 31-07-2013 04:11PM

homerjay2005 wrote: »

nonsense....typical Irish reaction as they say.

they could alter their schedule to do it apart from 12-2 for example or have staff go at different times, to avoid closing the place.

you provide a service, you should be there when people need it.

It's not some sort of public service, it's a business. They can run it as they see fit. I know a local veg shop back home that has been closing for lunch every day for decades, has seen a lot of retail 'entrepreneurs' come and go in that time.

Larbre34 · 31-07-2013 04:16PM

OneArt wrote: »

Saw a restaurant that was closed for lunch from 12-2

It's Germany though, businesses are weird here. Kebab shops often close for a whole month, as do a few restaurants. The nearest pharmacy to me is open only three days a week:mad: and closes for lunch for three hours. I'm sorry, but dispensing medication isn't THAT exhausting.

Any they have the neck to lecture us on productivity?

Tiddlypeeps · 31-07-2013 04:17PM

anncoates wrote: »

Go in and deposit in the cheque lodgement machine. Never a queue for that.

I go in once a month to get s sterling bank draft, that's it.

The critical flaw with that plan is that it still involves being in a bank between the hours of 10 and 4. I work 9 to 6 Monday to Friday and the nearest AIB branch is at least a 45 minute walk away.

Closed for lunch

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