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 Post subject: black/mad friday
PostPosted: Sun Dec 21, 2014 9:49 pm 
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So how did we all do this weekend?

Wasn't particularly busy either night round here and a lot quieter that previous years! Still did ok though with office parties etc. How was everyone else's area? In 2 twelve hour night shifts this weekend I probably had 2 or 3 idiots, I call that a result.....


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 Post subject: Re: black/mad friday
PostPosted: Sun Dec 21, 2014 10:23 pm 
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I had my best week, but that included my school, a monday night local restaurant return and a friday night brum return (chaos in the city centre) and an average saturday day shift 10am-6pm

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 Post subject: Re: black/mad friday
PostPosted: Sun Dec 21, 2014 10:39 pm 
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I was going to post the same question.

I use the High St as a barometer as to how the National economy is, basically what is happening in my back yard...is mirrored around the country.

On Friday I did well on the back of streets that were not overly full, Saturday was a little bit quieter than normal. My take on this is that the sh!t has yet to hit the fan, we are likely to be in this mess for years to come, with I believe worse to come..........much worse.

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 Post subject: Re: black/mad friday
PostPosted: Sun Dec 21, 2014 10:49 pm 
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You could be right there... If it's not busy out the weekend preceeding christmas, then when will it be? I had a Cardiff drop off last night (20 odd miles away) and there were lines and lines of hackney cabs with not much business. One guy was asleep in his cab!


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 Post subject: Re: black/mad friday
PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2014 12:21 am 
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Both Friday/Saturday where great ,non stop all night.


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 Post subject: Re: black/mad friday
PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2014 2:44 am 
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youbeenbusy wrote:
Both Friday/Saturday where great ,non stop all night.


I think that you have to define what part of the country that you are from as it is/will be fragmented. In my case I did well.....but you could see that the streets were not exactly buzzing. Having said that; facts and figures state that we are experiencing an increase in unemployment.....nothing new on that one :roll:

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 Post subject: Re: black/mad friday
PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2014 2:55 am 
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Cabby John 1 wrote:
youbeenbusy wrote:
Both Friday/Saturday where great ,non stop all night.


I think that you have to define what part of the country that you are from as it is/will be fragmented. In my case I did well.....but you could see that the streets were not exactly buzzing. Having said that; facts and figures state that we are experiencing an increase in unemployment.....nothing new on that one :roll:



Youbeenbusy, plays at being a taxi driver. Don't take it to heart CJ1. :-|

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 Post subject: Re: black/mad friday
PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2014 10:15 am 
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Just an Average Friday night, and Saturday less than average...that said the next few days look busier as folk are looking for pr booked Station Pickups...then if you take away the School work for two weeks and the following post Holiday slump it turns into an over all nett loss of income and never a net gain.

You just Have moments of Exhileration followed by Extreme emptiness...It's like Business Manic Depression .


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 Post subject: Re: black/mad friday
PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2014 10:42 am 
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non stop fri/sat and decent sunday up to about 8 pm here on the sunshine coast.


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 Post subject: Re: black/mad friday
PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2014 2:34 pm 
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No Comment :D

Still recovering :lol:

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 Post subject: Re: black/mad friday
PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2014 5:37 pm 
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What's mad/black and now panic Monday,Christmas off with family for me.Be back in the sh1tcart in the new year.All the best and have a safe one.


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 Post subject: Re: black/mad friday
PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2014 5:47 pm 
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blackpool wrote:
What's mad/black and now panic Monday,Christmas off with family for me.Be back in the sh1tcart in the new year.All the best and have a safe one.



Enjoy it comrade =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> you could win the lotto before the new year =D> =D> =D> =D>

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 Post subject: Re: black/mad friday
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Saturday (day) wasnt hardly average, today was crap, cant see me sticking it much longer

time for a sherry

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 Post subject: Re: black/mad friday
PostPosted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 5:21 am 
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Friday was mental, I lost the plot at 8pm and turfed the first one out of the car, he thought it was clever to snort cocaine in the back. Apart from that it wasn't a bad night at all.

Saturday was also a decent night.


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 Post subject: Re: black/mad friday
PostPosted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 9:31 am 
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Nidge2 wrote:
Friday was mental, I lost the plot at 8pm and turfed the first one out of the car, he thought it was clever to snort cocaine in the back. Apart from that it wasn't a bad night at all.

Saturday was also a decent night.


Aren't you supposed to be doing plant hire by now?

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