Abbey Street uniform shop - drug using equipment? - Page 5

pipinfort · 04-09-2008, 13:55

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp;626887)[COLOR=darkorchid

To him these items have nothing to do with drugs[/COLOR]

Yeah sure.......so should i start a petition about everything i feel strongly about on Accyweb then....? I`m off to school now....i`ll ask around.

WillowTheWhisp · 04-09-2008, 13:58

Yes the thread title uses the word drugs but what I'm saying is that when I went into the shop and spoke to him about the drug using equipment he was being accused of selling he said that all he sells is stuff to do with smoking tobacco and he isn't selling drugs and does not approve of drugs.

Nevertheless if people find what he sells offensive (actually it's 'they' not 'he') then just go along and let them know. Until I spoke to him yesterday he had no idea that anyone found anythng in the shop offensive. The man is not a mind reader. How many people have actually been in and looked at what is for sale? How many have assumed it was pipes and bongs and looked like an opium den?

emamum · 04-09-2008, 14:00

lol willow....... i was in there for tys uniform last week (£20 for a sweater and a shirt!!!) and i didnt notice them.

Tealeaf · 04-09-2008, 14:04

I always thought that Tobacco was a drug which was responsible for more deaths than any other drug. But my question is this:- when did smoking accessories become part of school uniform?

WillowTheWhisp · 04-09-2008, 14:05

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Originally Posted by pipinfort

Yeah sure.......so should i start a petition about everything i feel strongly about on Accyweb then....? I`m off to school now....i`ll ask around.

Well, I am assuming that people who object to the things which are being sold would like something to be done, otherwise why bother complaining? Would you like them to stop selling the smoking paraphernalia or would you just like everyone to stop buying school uniforms there? Or do you want the shop to go out of business and close?

Personally I wouldn't like to see the shop close. I buy a lot of things there and find it a very handy shop which always has, or can get, whatever I'm in there looking for. I would rather see them stop selling one or two items than see them lose all the school uniforms etc and maybe go to the wall.

I have taken the first step by telling the man about this thread on here and then reported back here what his response was to the accusation of those things being related to drug taking.

As that does not seem to have helped then perhaps he should consult the council about it which was what he asked me if I thought he ought to do.

There must be hundreds of people who buy uniforms from that shop and maybe like me they have never noticed those things or never connected them with drug taking.

I would like to see a solution to this problem but not sure if there is anything else I can do.

WillowTheWhisp · 04-09-2008, 14:09

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf

I always thought that Tobacco was a drug which was responsible for more deaths than any other drug. But my question is this:- when did smoking accessories become part of school uniform?

They sell plenty of other things which are not school uniforms.

School kids wouldn't be seen dead in the 'grannie jumpers' as my daughter calls them which are on display outside the shop.

Tealeaf · 04-09-2008, 14:23

Is the retail establishment in question possibly the same one which recenty had full-masked hoodie tops on display in it's front window?

WillowTheWhisp · 04-09-2008, 14:37

I don't know. The only place I've seen those is at 'Reef' in Lancaster and I thought they were very silly. Apparently they are trendy and popular with Chavs.

Tealeaf · 04-09-2008, 14:39

They are popular with muggars and drug dealers as well.

WillowTheWhisp · 04-09-2008, 14:41

Maybe if they did have them somebody complained and they stopped selling them. I'll have a look next time I'm in town.

emamum · 04-09-2008, 15:03

yes they did.........the ones that are gas mask like..

pipinfort · 04-09-2008, 15:04

Out of the seven responsible parents i asked....................errr well seven responsible parents were shocked and found it totally unacceptable but like i said earlier our school is the main supplier of their own uniforms so nobady i asked had been in anyway. Mmmmm masked Hoodies he is a responsible shop owner isn`t he..........

cashman · 04-09-2008, 15:08

seems much ado about nothing to me, the butty shop up ossy that was on here is now up fer sale i noticed this week, do parents really want 1 less place to buy uniforms? thats the 10000000 doller question. its quite possible.