Closed for lunch

frank reynolds · 31-07-2013 04:18PM

it's Ireland. they simply couldnt be arsed.

Wattle · 31-07-2013 04:25PM

There's a chemist near me that used to close for lunch. It drove people who were on their lunch-breaks and needed prescriptions mad. Then a new chemists opened a few doors down and started taking all the lunchtime trade. The first chemist no longer closes for lunch.

michellie · 31-07-2013 04:31PM

Because its lunch time !

We have a scheduled lunch break and we constantly have people walking around the back of the building and opening fire exits and shouting in the canteen window when were on lunch. Bloody annoying.

Shenshen · 31-07-2013 04:34PM

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.

A friend of mine received a cheque from Ryanair yesterday, to cover costs they incurred while being stuck in Portugal for 2 days while airports were on strike there. So they do still exist indeed.

As for applying for a mortgage online, I wish!
We got ours 4 years back, the amount of times we were required to show up at various banks we had applied to was absolutely unreal, I ended up having to take unpaid leave from work because I ran out of holiday entitlement.

OneArt · 31-07-2013 04:35PM

Larbre34 wrote: »

Any they have the neck to lecture us on productivity?

German efficiency is a lie.

Czarcasm · 31-07-2013 04:36PM

When you call a homeless person shelter at half one in the day and you get the answering machine telling you they're out to lunch...

The inefficiency and bureaucracy in this country beggars belief sometimes.

rubadub · 31-07-2013 04:50PM

The Narrator wrote: »

Indeed, how dare people take lunch at lunch time.

Many foolish businesses do dare/risk it. And loose out like the chemist example.

Many businesses do not see any upsurge in potential trade at lunchtime so take it then.

Dunno what goes through the minds of some people, it'd be like Trabolgan closing down for the summer months, "our staff have to take holidays you know". Or a pub closing on christmas eve or new years eve.

The tesco beside me has cooked food at 7 or 8am, full roast chickens, the place is deserted but mountains of food at the deli. When I go in at 6pm its finished up, really bizarre, when you think most people would be in after work to pick up a chicken for dinner.

When the good friday pub closure issue comes up there is always the usual comment of how publicans might like it, since they can get work done etc. There is no way any publican would choose to close on a friday if given the choice. Also if there were 2 pubs beside each other they would be crazy to both close on the same day.

endacl · 31-07-2013 04:53PM

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?

Lodging coins, foreign exchange, meetings....

Mince Pie · 31-07-2013 04:56PM

Its not possible to do all transactions online or indeed on the phone as I have just found out.
Tried to sort a Direct Debit problem online and couldn't do it, then proceeded to ring said financial institution to sort and still not possible.
No I have to go into work late in the morning to attend the bank between the hours of 9.30am to 4.30pm to sign of piece of paper to enable them to alter said Direct Debit.

Blisterman · 31-07-2013 05:00PM

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.

A lot of businesses such as electricity suppliers send you refunds etc as cheques in the hopes that you won't bother queuing in the bank for such a small amount.

Of course they're perfectly able to take money out of your account electronically.

jester77 · 31-07-2013 05:04PM

Shenshen wrote: »

A friend of mine received a cheque from Ryanair yesterday, to cover costs they incurred while being stuck in Portugal for 2 days while airports were on strike there. So they do still exist indeed.

As for applying for a mortgage online, I wish!
We got ours 4 years back, the amount of times we were required to show up at various banks we had applied to was absolutely unreal, I ended up having to take unpaid leave from work because I ran out of holiday entitlement.

I got a mortgage recently and didn't have to go to the bank once. They came to my apartment when it came to signing the papers, and they did it at 6pm so I didn't have to take any time off work.

jester77 · 31-07-2013 05:05PM

Blisterman wrote: »

A lot of businesses such as electricity suppliers send you refunds etc as cheques in the hopes that you won't bother queuing in the bank for such a small amount.

Of course they're perfectly able to take money out of your account electronically.

Cheeky. I would send it back and tell them to credit your account with it.

Shenshen · 31-07-2013 05:07PM

jester77 wrote: »

I got a mortgage recently and didn't have to go to the bank once. They came to my apartment when it came to signing the papers, and they did it at 6pm so I didn't have to take any time off work.

I do have to ask which bank that was. BoI, AIB, Permanent TSB and Ulster all had us "arrange a meeting" with them, weekdays between 10 and 4.
First one to receive the application form we had downloaded and filled in, second one to go through that form, and third one to tell us why they wouldn't be giving us money...

Shenshen · 31-07-2013 05:08PM

jester77 wrote: »

Cheeky. I would send it back and tell them to credit your account with it.

Heh, I tried that with Board Gas a while back. They said they sent me the cheque, and didn't care if I cashed it or not, but they wouldn't be able to transfer the money.

endacl · 31-07-2013 05:15PM

Shenshen wrote: »

Heh, I tried that with Board Gas a while back. They said they sent me the cheque, and didn't care if I cashed it or not, but they wouldn't be able to transfer the money.

Quick lodge envelope. When you're passing the bank just drop it in the slot.

SHOVELLER · 31-07-2013 05:15PM

Closing for lunch is very unprofessional no matter what the business. Footfall is going to be at its highest during that time.

Also there is no excuse for any business that does not have a decent website.

Shenshen · 31-07-2013 05:30PM

endacl wrote: »

Quick lodge envelope. When you're passing the bank just drop it in the slot.

I've got a sneaking suspicion that they will need a special envelope for that, which you will have to come to a branch to pick up...

Anyone · 31-07-2013 05:41PM

Why dont people take an early or late lunch so they can go to these shops/business's when they are open?

endacl · 31-07-2013 06:07PM

Shenshen wrote: »

I've got a sneaking suspicion that they will need a special envelope for that, which you will have to come to a branch to pick up...

They do. Whenever I'm down to my last couple, I grab another stack. If I'm in anyway to lodge...

Shenshen · 31-07-2013 06:24PM

endacl wrote: »

They do. Whenever I'm down to my last couple, I grab another stack. If I'm in anyway to lodge...

That's where my problem lies.

I work in a Business Park, there are no nearby bank branches.
I have to take time off work in order to ever get to a bank. That's one of the reasons I miss Halifax, they used to be open on Saturdays and give me a chance to drop in if I needed to.

oeb · 31-07-2013 06:33PM

This thread is a bit stupid.

Why does YOUR business close at lunch? It means I can't go there when MY business closes for lunch!

This is only a problem because the place you work closes for lunch at 1-2

ibstar · 01-08-2013 12:49PM

Celly Smunt wrote: »

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

Amen to that. They're only open because of the money that working people generate. But I guess they missed the fact that people work from 9-5......

shruikan2553 · 01-08-2013 01:54PM

oeb wrote: »

This thread is a bit stupid.

Why does YOUR business close at lunch? It means I can't go there when MY business closes for lunch!

This is only a problem because the place you work closes for lunch at 1-2

Not all jobs involve dealing with the public so going off to lunch makes no difference

Shenshen · 01-08-2013 01:58PM

oeb wrote: »

This thread is a bit stupid.

Why does YOUR business close at lunch? It means I can't go there when MY business closes for lunch!

This is only a problem because the place you work closes for lunch at 1-2

My business doesn't close for lunch... it's called "employee schedule". You create it to make sure you have people covering lunch hours.

ash23 · 01-08-2013 02:08PM

oeb wrote: »

This thread is a bit stupid.

Why does YOUR business close at lunch? It means I can't go there when MY business closes for lunch!

This is only a problem because the place you work closes for lunch at 1-2

We don't close for lunch. 2 of us go from 1 to 1.30 and the other 2 cover. Then we come back and they go from 1.30 to 2. No hour long lunches here! It's frustrating to be breaking your neck into town on your half hour lunch only to find the place closed. I changed my bank for this very reason.

martingriff · 01-08-2013 02:33PM

Pretty Polly wrote: »

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

BOI stays open until 5 on Mondays

Crooked Jack · 01-08-2013 03:12PM

There was a bank in Portstewart that I had the misfortune of joining, that opened at 10, closed at 4 and was closed for lunch.
Surely the people who need the bank most are the people who are working and surely they're working during those hours

Closed for lunch

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