Checkers Sixty60 under fire

RedViking said:
I don't mind if a Nigerian Prince deliver my groceries, as long as it is fresh and quick.
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And they don't kill me driving the wrong way up the sidewalk, or backwards into traffic 🏍️
 
Goolam alleged that Sixty60 had created 9,987 jobs, around 9,900 of which were held by foreign nationals. That works out to roughly 99.1% of the total workforce.
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Damn, what a coincidence!
 
Motorcycle Safety Institute of South Africa founder Hein Jonker previously raised concerns over the driving qualifications of on-demand delivery service drivers.

Hein Joinker has to either be ignorant or disingenuous. 9 out of 10 times it's middle class cyclists, who drive like maniacs and exhibit road rage. The guy's organisation is a joke.
 
Fulcrum29 said:
I am curious what will happen when this labour source is made unavailable?
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Locals on their Hondas and Harley Davidson's will take over. Be prepared for residual road rage when it's delivered to you. Also your tip better come in blue notes or you'll get called out to a fight.
 
LCBXX said:
Won't happen IMO. Migrant-labour builds countries.
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Here it's lazy people who earn little and spend what they earn on deliveries. Drive to the mall yourself, and do your shopping that way. Or deliver by van once or twice per week max.
 
Mirai said:
Motorcycle Safety Institute of South Africa founder Hein Jonker previously raised concerns over the driving qualifications of on-demand delivery service drivers.

Hein Joinker has to either be ignorant or disingenuous. 9 out of 10 times it's middle class cyclists, who drive like maniacs and exhibit road rage. The guy's organisation is a joke.
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Clearly driving his own agenda
 
Another angle. The supermarkets at malls are usually the anchor tenants that attract people to malls who become aware of other businesses in the mall. Deliveries are eroding this customer base. Will malls increase rentals of anchor tenants due to this, making those deliveries more expensive?
 
Cosmik Debris said:
Another angle. The supermarkets at malls are usually the anchor tenants that attract people to malls who become aware of other businesses in the mall. Deliveries are eroding this customer base. Will malls increase rentals of anchor tenants due to this, making those deliveries more expensive?
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Well, at some point, the Mall owners will lose those "anchor" tenants, as you do not need a Mall premises, to run a delivery operation from.
 
elf_lord_ZC5 said:
Well, at some point, the Mall owners will lose those "anchor" tenants, as you do not need a Mall premises, to run a delivery operation from.
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Then the mall will die.. I've seen malls that have anchor tenants move out.
 
At the risk of gaining a plethora different unsavory hate rooted labels, the further north you travel in ZA the worse the work ethics gets of the unskilled labour.

Sometimes you just need to use the consistently available labor.
 
Driver's licence checks would be nice.

Latest incident: about to turn left into a driveway with indicator on. Delivery numpty comes whizzing by on the left from behind, almost t-boning vehicle. 90% of these guys are taxi-level morons on the road.
 
Mirai said:
Here it's lazy people who earn little and spend what they earn on deliveries. Drive to the mall yourself, and do your shopping that way. Or deliver by van once or twice per week max.
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I'm lazy for using Checkers Sixty60? Lmao
 
elf_lord_ZC5 said:
Happens
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Sure, it does. Now you have the socio economic effects of the rest of the desirable businesses moving out and cheap businesses moving in. This results in the neighbourhood property prices dropping and the area around the mall becoming less desirable. Resulting in residents moving out and as fast as they can and a decline in the desirability of the area. The desirability and income of the area were the reason for putting up a mall in the first place.

It's exactly what happened in US cities that refused to prosecute shoplifting. The businesses moved out and the area became a crime hellhole.

Every effect has a knock on effect. People never look further than the tips of their noses when it comes to selfish convenience.
 
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Cosmik Debris said:
Sure, it does. Now you have the socio economic effects of the rest of the desirable businesses moving out and cheap businesses moving in. This results in the neighbourhood property prices dropping and the area around the mall becoming less desirable. Resulting in residents moving out and as fast as they can and a decline in the desirability of the area. The desirability and income of the area were the reason for putting up a mall in the first place.

It's exactly what happened in US cities that refused to prosecute shoplifting. The businesses moved out and the area became a crime hellhole.

Every effect has a knock on effect. People never look further than the tips of their noses when it comes to selfish convenience.
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That is par for the course, these days especially.
 
elf_lord_ZC5 said:
That is par for the course, these days especially.
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What is disturbing is that you just accept it and aren't prepared to put a stop to it because it's convenient to have your groceries delivered. Just roll over when told to. Until they move onto your pavement. Too late then to stop standards dropping.
 
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