There are those businesses who will go out of their way to continue to provide a the best service they can in the inclement weather, and there are those who will abandon even their regular customers in the snow - "fair weather friends". It's been interesting to learn who falls into which group this morning!

One of our team lives in Chippenham, and has a car which sometimes plays up. But - no big deal - there's a train from Chippenham to Melksham at 06:30 which will 'do very nicely', thank you. Except that, this morning with 3 inches of snow, they decided to abandon their services via Melksham completely. And no suggestion of alternatives on their web site. So I drove in and took over the early shift.


Newspapers hadn't arrived at the local garage when I popped in on my way in to the hotel this morning (see - the roads are open for me!) ... but they went that extra mile and phoned me when they had arrived - "I thought it would still be in time for your guests" they said and we truly appreciate their thoughtfulness.


I called our regular Baguette supplier to order a delivery of lunches for today - being the last day of the course, we want to keep the lunch break down. But, alas, they have abandoned their customer base when they're most needed and aren't doing deliveries today, even though the roads were perfectly passable by lunch time


It would be easy enough for me to jump in the car and collect, but I popped round to the Spa Road garage instead, even though I had hoped to serve something slightly more upmarket that Spar wraps.
(written 2009-02-05 19:18:40)

 Z100 - Daily life
  [2580] C course inspires new teaching examples - (2010-01-16)
  [2450] Family Gathering at 404, The Spa - (2009-10-11)
  [2371] Quiet summer days? I think not! - (2009-08-22)
  [2264] Learning about others private lives - (2009-06-30)
  [2217] Enjoying the summer weather - (2009-06-04)
  [2164] Updating my public profile - Graham Ellis - (2009-05-09)
  [2159] A long day to guess where - (2009-05-06)
  [2141] Town Crier competiton - (2009-04-25)
  [2121] Out in the Vale of Pewsey - (2009-04-07)
  [2118] Spring Sprung - (2009-04-05)
  [2106] Learning to Twitter / what is Twitter? - (2009-03-28)
  [2105] Hire Car, from Atlanta Airport - (2009-03-27)
  [2090] Melksham to Georgia - (2009-03-19)
  [2068] Playing Catchup - (2009-03-06)
  [2064] East of Melksham Countryside - (2009-03-02)
  [2034] Through Snow and Flood to Linux and Tomcat - (2009-02-10)
  [2030] The final step to being British - (2009-02-07)
  [2024] Carry on Training - in spite of the weather - (2009-02-03)
  [2008] The Month Ahead - What is happening in Melksham - (2009-01-25)
  [2000] 2000th article - Remember the background and basics - (2009-01-18)
  [1979] Looking forward, in Melksham, in 2009 - (2009-01-05)
  [1953] End of Training, 2008 - (2008-12-20)
  [1810] Middle aged subsidise young and old - (2008-09-26)
  [1429] Remembrance day - inside a church and inside the day - (2007-11-11)
  [1303] Heading Upstate New York - (2007-08-14)
  [1272] Behind closed doors? - (2007-07-22)
  [1189] Meet, greet and welcome - (2007-05-16)
  [1178] Ducking stool for Melksham? - (2007-05-06)
  [1151] Gordon Dodge, R.I.P. - (2007-04-16)
  [1138] The Holiday - unlikely romantic comedy? - (2007-04-08)
  [1100] Wondering where I have been - (2007-03-06)
  [1061] Take vehicles off the road - put all the passengers into one - (2007-02-01)
  [1057] Selling by phone and Skype - our policy - (2007-01-30)
  [1056] Another frantic posting! - (2007-01-30)
  [992] Enthusiastic, but .... - (2006-12-16)
  [978] Wellhouse Manor, Hotel, Melksham - (2006-12-10)
  [921] French Exchange - (2006-11-11)
  [911] Letter Home - (2006-11-01)
  [908] And so to Inverness - (2006-10-29)
  [897] Too much for the National Trust - (2006-10-18)
  [882] Rocks, hard places, trains and funerals. - (2006-09-30)
  [843] To join an organisation? - (2006-08-23)
  [777] On Crosby sands - (2006-06-25)
  [752] Over zealous police activity? - (2006-06-09)
  [724] Helping mental health through diet, exercise and other lifestyle matters - (2006-05-18)
  [706] May day away - (2006-05-01)
  [698] Catch up weekend - (2006-04-24)
  [692] Healthier eating - (2006-04-20)
  [655] Can some food be TOO different? - (2006-03-23)
  [654] Making use of disabled facilities - (2006-03-22)
  [645] Lost Camel - (2006-03-14)
  [635] Odd one out. - (2006-03-06)
  [623] Behind every face is a person and a story - (2006-02-25)
  [613] Greetings from Dublin - (2006-02-20)
  [612] Coming or going? - (2006-02-18)
  [605] Design your day with a walk - (2006-02-13)
  [584] Loosing breath with Gerald - (2006-01-31)
  [580] What to do with milk - (2006-01-28)
  [516] Open source questions? Anyone can ask. - (2005-12-03)
  [474] Vintage Bus Day - (2005-10-23)
  [473] Looking different in town - (2005-10-22)
  [455] A Stengthening day - (2005-10-04)
  [446] Up early - (2005-09-16)
  [363] Greetings from Edinburgh - (2005-06-29)
  [330] An O level comes in handy - (2005-05-30)
  [307] Farming yesterday - (2005-05-10)
  [283] Natural or man-made? - (2005-04-18)
  [238] Difficulties with a trolley - (2005-03-07)
  [232] Diverse activities - (2005-03-01)
  [228] Beard Justification - (2005-02-26)
  [206] Fox and Python - (2005-02-08)
  [149] Fish stocks - (2004-12-12)
  [110] Friday, busy week! - (2004-11-05)
  [26] Matching Cat - (2004-08-24)
  [20] Not two the same - (2004-08-20)
  [19] interesting products and subjects - (2004-08-19)

M106 - Well House Manor - We suggest these local businesses
  [2591] Melksham Hotel, B and B or business accommodation? - (2010-01-20)
  [2021] Short health and safety course - (2009-02-02)
  [1894] Shopping in Melksham - (2008-11-19)
  [1883] Spa Road Garage and Convenience Store, Melksham - (2008-11-14)
  [1655] A date for your diary - 16th July 2008 - (2008-05-27)
  [1559] Calling on Melksham / Trowbridge / Devizes / Chippenham businesses - (2008-02-29)
  [1394] Business to Business Networking - North and West Wilts / Melksham - (2007-10-17)
  [1257] Data cabling (Cat 5e), Melksham, Wiltshire - (2007-07-04)
  [1253] Key new contacts - (2007-06-30)
  [1250] Business speed networking - a place tonight! - (2007-06-28)
  [1223] Asda opening large new store in Melksham - (2007-06-08)
  [1208] Meet other local businesses in Melksham - (2007-05-28)
  [1085] Lawrence Webb's Melksham Taxi service - (2007-02-18)
  [894] Where quality costs less - (2006-10-15)
  [851] Emergency First Aid Training - (2006-09-01)
  [315] Supporting local business - (2005-05-18)

M301 - The Well House Manor team
  [2037] The Interview and The Lift - (2009-02-12)
  [1927] Team changes at Well House - looking forward - (2008-12-06)
  [1839] Job application - (2008-10-13)
  [1805] Carlisle High School - Class of 1973 Reunion - (2008-09-21)
  [1585] Well House Consultants / Manor - Staff - (2008-03-21)
  [1580] Congratulations, Martin and Marta - (2008-03-17)
  [1324] Well House Manor appoints a General Manager - (2007-08-28)
  [1083] Behind the scenes - (2007-02-17)
  [1065] Graham Ellis - an Introduction - (2007-02-05)
  [1002] Meet the neighbours - (2006-12-20)
  [972] Both one team and two - (2006-12-08)
  [895] Welcome, Martin - (2006-10-16)
  [849] Staff Meeting - (2006-08-30)

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