[Closed] ASDA the jewel Edinburgh do they just not like cyclist?

Asda's behaviour is just typical of any company that has a monopoly. They get arrogant.

Asda has a monopoly?

Yes, it's Monopoly is at aisle 5.

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druidh - Member

Asda has a monopoly?

Oh yes didn't you know?.....

To sell the most rank fruit & veg that if made of wax & old plastic bags would taste the same 😉

Oh and round these parts its "thu Asda"

lock your bike to the electric mobility scooters inside the front door. That'll get you some attention. That crap is going to be outside till August so get used to it, new type directive from ASDA house - fill up any spare outdoor space with awkward "outdoor living" gubbins. we've got 4 massive pallets of compost and a ****in 12ft trampoline to shift in and out as well as all that crap in your pics. There's only 5 0r 6 of those big loop cycle lock things at our store, but they aren't surrounded by crap. yet. If you manage to reclaim the cycle parking space I'll be impressed Kaesae!

Asda has a monopoly?

Went to asda today and wasn't surprised too see they're shit talkers as well as inconsiderate ass hats, crap is still there!

Don't see the point in saying it's getting moved when it's not,
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Does anyone else think the coucil we do anything about this?

do a jobby on it if you feel so strongly

Maybe it'll take them more than a day and your wishes aren't their priority?

Have you gone mad TBC or have you simply forgotten about DNA 💡

I might get some local jakies too piss on it, could pay them in white lightning 😀

Maybe it will take them more than a day which is why I'm willing too wait until monday before I contact my local council and also one of my local MP's.

That said it does show asda's commitment to being complete and utter bankers and their willingness to descriminate against cyclists and lack of support for environmentally friendly forms of transport.

discrimination is very close to stupidity and ignorance in all but the dictionary. The irony is no one will have thought about it. Therefore there is no malice towards cyclists.

Perhaps they are barely used an no-one thought it would be a problem.

2 sides n all that.

Kaesae: those two photos are the same.

Kaesae: those two photos are the same.

LOLs - address please. You just won an inner tube or something of equivalent low value! 😀

but a lot of cyclists are coming along then wandering about looking for somewhere else to put thier bikes, seen 5 riders donig that shit already.

[url= http://www.thebikechain.co.uk/Surly-XL-Tube-2010101406/ ]One of these low value tubes?[/url]

Either speak to the gsm (store manager) or call asda house. What's the point in moaning on a forum., if you don't like it then do something about it. Although I seriously doubt there isn't some other piece of street furniture you could lock your bike to.

if you can't find somewhere to improvise locking a bike to, like we all did before bike racks appeared everywhere then you probably shouldn't be wandering round ASDA without your carer.

Maybe it will take them more than a day which is why I'm willing too wait until monday before I contact my local council and also one of my local MP's.

Fingers crossed they get an emergency team in Sunday to dismantle it.
I am not sure they need planning for that decking as it has no foundations so i am not sure what you expect the council to do...out of interest what do you expect them to do?

bruneep - if he has a Pug then that's what he gets.

I am not sure they need planning for that decking as it has no foundations so i am not sure what you expect the council to do...out of interest what do you expect them to do?

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pebblebeach truth

I was in tesco at hermiston gate the other evening with post pentland ride munches. There was no bike racks there either nor at halfords and decathlon next door but they all sell bikes. Odd!

You have the internet so why not do home shopping, and then you don't have to worry about such insignificant things again...

Mind you there is the fact that public toilets never have bike racks, now that's worth annoying a few people about and taking up their time that could be better spent doing other things

Moving the display out won't happen...if they move it out enough to use the bike rack as designed, it will block the pavement, giving pedestrians the choice of using the road, or pushing the bikes in the rack out of the way.

Beats me why you're shopping there in the first place.

It's not the issue of needed planning permission for the decking it's the use of the bike store as additional retail floorspace which I am sure there will be conditions limiting the gross/net floor space for retail uses. There are probably other conditions limiting the use of the car park and travel options. The council will serve enforcement notice if you ring up enforcement and it is against the approved plans and legal agreements.

It's not the issue of needed planning permission for the decking it's the use of the bike store as additional retail floorspace which I am sure there will be conditions limiting the gross/net floor space for retail uses.

Yep - when ASDA was granted permission to build a supermarket the council probably stipulated conditions such as the number of disabled spaces, support for public transport options, recycling bins, [u]cycle parking[/u] etc

If that is the case and ASDA are shown to be violating those conditions then the council [i]could[/i] act (though knowing Edinburgh council, it won't).

As already stated asda agreed to move the decking on thursday night, not that the fact matters to the keyboard warriors that frequent this website.

Thanks for the input shocker and graham s, too often in the united kingdumb this kind of crap is made light off, which is why it gets more shit living here by the day.

The managers of that shop are well out of order doing this and have been told as much, maybe they will not have to move it, but I have to try and get it moved.

Good on you for trying kaesae. Yes there are bigger issues in the world, but that doesn't mean the smaller ones should just slide.

Have you considered bringing it up with [url= http://www.spokes.org.uk/ ]Spokes[/url]?

Thanks for the input shocker and graham s, too often in the united kingdumb this kind of crap is made light off, which is why it gets more shit living here by the day.

The managers of that shop are well out of order doing this and have been told as much, maybe they will not have to move it, but I have to try and get it moved.

But then I like to actually change things that I am unhappy with rather than just complain!

So is talking to ASDA management not attempting to "actually change things" then?

Seems a bit more sensible than moving countries in a huff.

Your ASDA store may have agreed to move the stuff but it is the porters that have to shift it in and out, and there are different people on each morning, and my experience is there is little communication down to the monkeys doing the job. Talk to one of the trolley pushers in Hi vis and ask 'em what they've been told..

So is talking to ASDA management not attempting to "actually change things" then?

Seems a bit more sensible than moving countries in a huff.

I'd rather commend the OP for trying. YMMV.

poly! perhaps you should check your face nappy sunshine, I think it's full 😀

Poly individuals like you are best simply ignored, your efforts are about disruption not contribution and reinforcing your own self importance, since no good can come from wasting time on people like you, until you have something constructive to actually contribute I will simply ignore you!

Well after speaking to thier head office again and the store manager, a different one this time.

Asda have agreed again to rectify the situation and hopefully this time something will actually happen!

I can see why it's not a big deal to some people. And in the grand scheme of things, it's not....there's always a lamp post, or something. But you can imagine the outcry if their little display was erected in the disabled parking bays.

Crikey, Jeremy Clarkson and James May were given permission to use a store's disabled parking bays for a feature whilst the store was closed and they made front page headlines.

And that's the thing. Because it's 'just' cyclists, no one cares. We're at the bottom of the pecking order, so ASDA for one have decided to take the p*$$. And if a massive corp like ASDA are going to take the p*$$ then we don't really stand a chance in gaining any recognition as worthy members of the human species.

If it were me, I'd be tempted to write to my local MP. And then the local papers. ASDA head office. Etc. I'd milk it.

Local papers and MP next as well as the council but hopefully they will move it, that said they already agreed to and did nothing.

I have however made it clear that I will be wanting to see thier planning permission application that the head office has if we don't get access to the bike racks and that I won't just let this go.

Cribbs Causeway in Brizzol have recently replaced the crappy 'undo the front wheel and steal the rest of the bike' stands like those with proper Sheffield stands. Unfortunalty they've put them too close to the wall to be of much use.

Planning histroy for the store:

https://citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/idoxpa-web/propertyDetails.do?previousCaseType=Application&previousKeyVal=LWWSXQEW00Q00&activeTab=summary&previousCaseNumber=11/04110/ADV&keyVal=K016Z1EW33001
Note that not all the applications have the decision notices on and the council will need to be contacted for these, if that is what you require.

some clichés now:

a storm in a teacup
don't make a mountain out of a molehill
don't sweat the small stuff

perhaps you should check your face nappy sunshine, I think it's full