In message , at 19:46:32 on Sun, 5 Aug 2012,
Robin remarked:

1. The nearest other Waitrose is Canary Wharf which is a bit of a bloody
pain to get to compared with Westfield for a lot of us locals. For a
decent size M&S it's Oxford Street:

Would it kill you to shop at Tesco for a day or two?
--
Roland Perry

Would it kill you to shop at Tesco for a day or two?

No. But then I did mention I wanted something special. I also know
full well that the Tesco stores within easy reach of here during the
games cannot be relied upon to have the full range of Finest food.

It also would not have killed the Games organisers to tell us about road
closures earlier than 2 weeks before the games. It would also not have
killed them to have avoided lying about the arrangements for parking
permits (eg arguing repeatedly that it was impossible lawfully to buy a
car without getting a V5C, and that DVLA would process a change of
ownership within 5 days). I don't expect perfection but I can assure you
I am not the only person living near the site who is fed up with their
"never apologise, never explain" approach.
--
Robin
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"Robin" wrote:

No. But then I did mention I wanted something special. I also know
full well that the Tesco stores within easy reach of here during the
games cannot be relied upon to have the full range of Finest food.

What's the phrase - "first world problem"?

Neil
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"Robin" wrote in message ...


Would it kill you to shop at Tesco for a day or two?

No. But then I did mention I wanted something special. I also know
full well that the Tesco stores within easy reach of here during the
games cannot be relied upon to have the full range of Finest food.

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You mean that you can tell the difference.

You must be the only one :-)

tim

In message , at 23:01:24 on Sun, 5 Aug 2012,
Robin remarked:

It also would not have killed the Games organisers to tell us about road
closures earlier than 2 weeks before the games.

I thought all the arrangements for road closures had been trailed for
months.
--
Roland Perry

I thought all the arrangements for road closures had been trailed for
months.

If only. We had a letter on 8 July about a nearby "vehicle permit
checkpoint". I emailed ' on 14 July as
it was not clear if its references to residents covered us and if so if
our temporary Olympic parking permits sufficed. I had a reply on 19
July telling us that access was for taxis, PHVs and games vehicles only
(plus I think the residents on the travellers site on Hackney Marshes).
So we had in effect less than a week's notice of the closure. I suspect
it was a very late decision because the letter said we could find out
more at getaheadofthegames.com but the control point wasn't even shown
on the map there until I pointed out its omission.

The closure (to the public) was probably the only practicable thing to
do following the re-phasing of the traffic lights at the Lea
Interchange. But the communication was about as opaque
as they could make it; and there was of course no hint of an apology for
the late notice, any inconvenience caused etc.

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Robin
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On Mon, Aug 06, 2012 at 09:28:42AM +0100, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 23:01:24 on Sun, 5 Aug 2012,
Robin remarked:
It also would not have killed the Games organisers to tell us about road
closures earlier than 2 weeks before the games.
I thought all the arrangements for road closures had been trailed for
months.

Hardly. I didn't know which roads were closed the one time I was
foolish enough to go into town during Marketing 2012. I only found out
when I turned the corner and ran into a line of barriers and a helpful
copper.

And the bulletins that TfL sent out every day about the transport
problems they were expecting the next day pretty much ignored bus users.
Sure, there was a list of bus routes that would be affected, but it
didn't say *how* they were affected - which ones were curtailed, which
ones were diverted, and what the diversions were.

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