"Arthur" wrote in message
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My wife ("Spider" in this group) went to the local garden centre today to
spend the gift vouchers she received for Chistmas. After browsing the
outside rows of shrubs, she carried her choices to the shop only to find
that they had closed up, locked the gates and gone home at 2.30pm. The
premises are surrounded with high fences, spikes and barbed wire.
Fortunately she had her mobile phone and was able to call for help. The
local police couldn't contact the keyholder so they called out the fire
brigade with their ladders to get her over the back wall.
And she had to leave the plants behind ...

- Arthur



Arthur I see the funny side of this as all of the other posters have, but I
can also see the consequences which 'could' have happened and I ask myself
the following questions as to the competence of the managerial side of the
Nursery.
1) Why wasn't there a thorough search before locking up?
2) What if there were an Intruder Alarm set and your wife triggered it and
been seen to de an 'intruder'? Whose going to believe her story?
3) What if she had collapsed or been taken ill or for example cut herself
and wanted help?

OK all 'what if's' and as it happened everything turned out OK as usual, but
I still feel that Management has a lot to answer to here. "Who" locked up? A
junior who had been wanting to get away since they opened up in the morning?
An undermanager who had pulled the short straw and had to open up against
his/her will?

Mike