Thursday, July 10, 2008

On top of Old Smokey

This is a follow-up to "Smoke gets in your eyes..." which rather than relegating to a comment I think deserves its own space. I have been given the minutes of the first Market Trader Representative Meeting held on the 20th April 2008. GSM/USM were represented by Barny, Patrycja, Ben and John Burton.

Item 3 concerns the new Wednesday market.
The traders asked: Can we cook on site?

GSM/USM replied: This will depend on the individual e.g crepes or bain marie or microwave ok. No smelly or smoky activity allowed, nor a common seating area. Individual seats at stalls allowed.
I repeat; No smelly or smoky activity allowed.

So why the change? And if they didn't find it acceptable for Wednesdays, why is it now allowed on every trading day?

There's a new old joke doing the rounds in the market: How can you tell if the market managers are lying? Their lips move.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Rules & agreements are only there to make the management look good on paper.
After that the "screw you" attitude comes into play & they do what they like.

Anonymous said...

Whoa slow down there whistler! You're really trying to make something out of this cooking smell thing!
It would be good to hear from some non food stall holders because I don't believe it's much of a problem yet.
The problem is coming home to roost (or should that be roast) when every food trader starts cooking. Believe me, they are gonna have to because those that don't are facing their business fading to nothing in the face of the new competition.

Anonymous said...

I'm a non food trader and I can say it stinks... get it out in the open where the smell can drift off without polluting the rest of the market.