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Thread ID: 141538 2016-01-04 09:33:00 DSE in do-do's wainuitech (129) PC World Chat
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1414042 2016-01-06 02:13:00 Difference is, Bunnings is a switched on outfit, where as Since Dick left there has been a downhill trend.

That's the way I see it too.
B.M. (505)
1414043 2016-01-06 02:30:00 Perhaps DS should have remained as Chairman to steer the company onward, may have made a difference for DSE.

As for Bunnings/Mitre 10 I have been served by "mature" staff. I think they were former tradesman, since they also deal with well...trades people as well. Need that knowledgeable service. One man that served me looked in his 70's, and knew all the various torx/hex bits, sockets, and angled drivers and the brands I wanted. Keen and very helpful.
kahawai chaser (3545)
1414044 2016-01-06 02:41:00 As for Bunnings/Mitre 10 I have been served by "mature" staff. I think they were former tradesman, since they also deal with well...trades people as well. Need that knowledgeable service. One man that served me looked in his 70's, and knew all the various torx/hex bits, sockets, and angled drivers and the brands I wanted. Keen and very helpful.

There was an older guy in the Henderson Bunnings like that. Brilliant.
The other staff knew their stuff too, paint dept, tool dept etc....

Sadly it's gone and the huge one in New Lynn isn't as good, well the staff we met anyway.....
They should have rehired the Henderson guy.
pctek (84)
1414045 2016-01-06 07:51:00 Difference is, Bunnings is a switched on outfit,

They just pay badly and have draconian contracts.

As an ex tradie now working at Mitre 10, I actually enjoy catching up with the other tradies who shop there, most of them I already know, but then I'm not on the shop floor, I do the quoting for the trade dept.
gary67 (56)
1414046 2016-01-06 10:24:00 They just pay badly and have draconian contracts.As an ex tradie now working at Mitre 10, I actually enjoy catching up with the other tradies who shop there, most of them I already know, but then I'm not on the shop floor, I do the quoting for the trade dept.Really? Father works there. He would say different. And from what I heard I would say very good for a chain store. And he is not a ex tradesman plod (107)
1414047 2016-01-06 17:44:00 Wonder why they have been out on strike a fair bit recently? gary67 (56)
1414048 2016-01-06 18:08:00 I reckon they might have a chance if the branches were sold off as franchises. To me at least they still have a good reputation. I'd be in if I had the cash. Greg (193)
1414049 2016-01-06 19:20:00 Wonder why they have been out on strike a fair bit recently?Because unions like **** stirring. Nobody from my father's branch striked. It was most the younger staff that don't like being told what to do plod (107)
1414050 2016-01-07 01:05:00 Certainly agree with that. Just went past their Paraparaumu shop and it is still open, which surprised me somewhat.

IIRC the Pram one is a franchise, not end by JAYCAR
nmercer (3899)
1414051 2016-01-07 01:10:00 Because unions like **** stirring. Nobody from my father's branch striked. It was most the younger staff that don't like being told what to do

That's millennials for you
nmercer (3899)
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