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April 17th, 2001, 05:12 PM
#1
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Neighbours at work
What are the businesses around your work like? Do you get on with the people who work there, look after their computers?
I work in a complex surrounding a carpark with 6 different businesses. Generally they're a friendly bunch, especially in the data cabling place next door. We fix their computers when they have problems and they give us a good deal on networking stuff.
Anyway one morning after doing a monster wheelie and stoppie into the carpark one of the guys comes out of the home loans place across the carpark and starts yelling at me. I didn't hear a word of what he said as I was wearing my helmet but it makes me think. Maybe I'm a bad neighbour! Maybe we're missing out on lucrative service work because of my behaviour.
Any thoughts, similar situations?
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April 17th, 2001, 05:20 PM
#2
Strictly onsite now. In my old retail days, my store sat between a bank and a travel agency and across the street from a grocery store. I pulled in a lot of work from their clients. Never had any problems getting along with them.
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April 17th, 2001, 05:39 PM
#3
Across the street is one of the biggest names in streaming porno. That's probably the highlight of this neighborhood....
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April 17th, 2001, 08:17 PM
#4
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I work in Canada's oldest skyscraper, on Bay Street.(Canada's version of Wall Street) Lots of suits, shirts and ties, banks, lawyers, and stuff like that. StockHouse is in the same building, as are several other high tech firms and lawyers. We have an entire floor to ourselves so there aren't a lot of neighbours to deal with.
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April 17th, 2001, 08:18 PM
#5
I'm kinda in the slums of town. We've got a Wal-Mart & a pizza place near us, and an "Adult Entertainment" store right across from us. Plus, there's a guy who sells smack down at the corner...not sure if he's got a business license or not.
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April 17th, 2001, 10:32 PM
#6
Im in Brisbane Australia, we are in a skyscraper opposite the stock exchange, and other financial institutions, our business is in the stock market so its pretty good here.
It was like that when I got here!_ _ _ ___ _ _ _ pig's a$$.
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April 17th, 2001, 10:48 PM
#7
depends strongly on the client. I wouldnt go pulling a burn out in front of many of them, and expect them not to get upset.
All in all, we get along well with our 'nieghbours', and there is a lot of comradery and favours around our town. We are situated off the main street, with a tanning salon next door ( I love coming to work somedays....) a real estate office, and a bank. The real estate will do us favours from time to time, and the bank favours us for loans... unfortunately the tanning salon doesnt tend to send much 'business' my way
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April 17th, 2001, 11:05 PM
#8
We're next to a hair dresser and a picture framing place. Our front door opens out to the hair dressers. Around formal time (prom in americanese) it's really hard dragging myself to the daily grind.
Life is only as complicated as YOU make it.
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April 18th, 2001, 09:15 AM
#9
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I am right next to Helwett Packard. They dont ask for my help much.
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April 19th, 2001, 11:51 PM
#10
I'm on a strip with about 3 other computer places and a monitor repair house. Its good and bad. People are always coming in to compare prices. Its good when i can't get something I need, so off to the neibours to get one. (hide the work shirt.)
I'm just a little mushroom. always kept in the dark...
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April 20th, 2001, 03:23 AM
#11
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I don't use to do that, since almost all of my neighboors don't have a computer or go to another store.
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April 20th, 2001, 03:28 PM
#12
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On Site...no real neighbors....fine by me though.....
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April 20th, 2001, 04:50 PM
#13
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My last "real" job was at mcdonalds and my work neighbors were long john silvers and Subway and a car dealership....lol
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April 25th, 2001, 10:15 AM
#14
rite across the street from the courthouse and the sheriff's office. its fun to watch em herd the prisoners onto the bus to go pick up trash. also the prisoners must be really clumsy...seems to be ambulances there a lot =8^-)
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April 25th, 2001, 10:50 AM
#15
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heh, my last real job was box moving(a noble and glorious profession.... ). it wasnt near anything interesting, but across the street was an adult bookstore...right next to the christian bookstore.
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