Ollieargyle9":2sny3451 said:
GreenSam":2sny3451 said:
Ollieargyle9":2sny3451 said:
jacobmilton":2sny3451 said:
i was down the front where the flethcer out banner was being held and the stewards where right over us and toke the flag away. now surely we should be allowed as paying customers to be able to protest in a peacful manner to get our opinion herd ?
Don't know about that, if you went into your local Sainsburys with a banner that read "DAVE ON CHECKOUT 9 OUT!" I think you would probably be removed from the premisis, your opinion on Dave may be taken into account but the company will not allow you to abuse its members of staff. Hope that helps :thumbs:
Similar though, I imagine a fairly dim view would be taken of loitering around the place with a "DAVE ON CHECKOUT 9 WE LOVE YOU!" banner. It's not the most comparable situation.
I think thats heavily dependant on context, if it was a group of Dave's mates on a wind up then yes it would be consdiered completely innapropriate however if it was done by the average customer who had no opinion on Dave until he served them instore then although it would be considered an odd way to show your gratitude for providing good customer service it would be seen as a nice gesture.
Back to my point however I know the two aren't directly comparable but I wasn't looking for a like for like situation I was looking for a simple example to back up my point which was that an organisation will not tolerate the abuse of its members of staff, if they can find a way of preventing their staff from being subject to abuse then they will take this route, the theory of "the customer is always right" only stands whilst that customer remains reasonable and a step too far in this case would be to smuggle a banner into the ground to send abuse to a manager doing his very best by the club to the best of his ability. Ok you can sing and shout "Fletch out" Argyle can't stop that especially as they are backing a fans group based around chanting which will follow the trends set by results however when the club does have the ability to stop abuse of its employees then it will stop abuse of its employees...
:lol: This is the most bizarre analogy I've ever heard.
Do thousands of people pay to turn up to Sainsbury's, hand over 20 quid for the entrance fee alone (or customer service experience, as you have decided to draw the parallel), chant "Dave, Dave, give us a wave!" from the checkout queues, and then leave? Do Tesco customers walk around Sainsbury's with banners - 18 UK titles, and 4 times European trophies for best supermarket of the year? "You're all shiit, AAAAAAAGGH"
Argyle is a football club, like thousands of others, part of our community history, our own personal memories, and passions run deep. This isn't 'just business'. The only part of it that has any parallels with business studies A-level is that the club needs to pay its taxes, its debts, and try and make a profit. The other theories people use from business, such as for deciding an appropriate time to sack Fletcher amongst other things are totally inappropriate.
