thrown out of tesco's supermarket.

Just went to tesco's for some stuff and the same security guard i had
problems with last time stopped me and said to leave that at the door.

Last time he was happy for me to carry it. This time though i said "you
can't garantee it's safety so i'll carry it".

He chased me down and promptly "well i'm gonna have to ask you to
leave".

I asked to see the manager and was sent to the front door to wait for
him. I questioned the manager about why i can't bring this into the
store with me and he said that we don't allow them into the store like
skateboarders and bicycles and we provide a place around the corner
there to lock up your bikes classing my uni as a bicycle.

I was happy to point out that the the security guard in question is the
only one on duty which has a problem with it and I've been in dozens of
time with it in the last few weeks.

He said that his decision would be the final one and it was his choice
to not allow me to enter.

I thought fair enough, so i go around the corner to check out where you
lock up your bikes. I find 2 lamp posts with 2 signs on it. Bike
Parking, and Bicycle Parking.

No bars for locking up your bikes, nothing, just 2 signs and 2 lamp
posts.

Can say I'm quite infuriated.

Damien


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sucks to be in england supermarkets then :P


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i just leave mine with the gaurd

hes a big stroung guy and he will remember my face

no1s gonna try to steel it whith him stood there

oh and one i just put it in a trolly and he didnt notice it was there

and i pushed it around in the trolly


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Why don't you just have a lock? I carry a chain and a master lock with
me. I'll lock to anything I can find... gutters, signs, posts or
whatever. The nice thing about the chain is it's flexible and can go
around/through just about anything.

I posted a thread a long time ago about how I went to work but the door
was locked... and I usually left my uni inside the backdoor of work, so
I went into another shop to wait and left the uni right outside... like
an hour later someone came and opened the door and I totally forgot
about my unicycle, I guess I was just so used to putting inside and not
worrying about it. Anyway, few hours later I remembered it was outside
only to find it gone forever


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Looks like you have two choices:

1. Shop at Tesco's, leaving your uni with the guard or locking it up
outside like many other businesses will have you do.

2. Shop elsewhere.

Caveat on #2: They may have the same rules. Their store, their rules.
At least maybe the'll have a bike rack.

I've never heard of a locked unicycle getting stolen. If you ride
urban, and want to make stops/errands, having a lock is probably a good
idea.


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johnfoss wrote:

I've never heard of a locked unicycle getting stolen.



My friend had her Koxx one stolen from a bike rack that it was locked
to, so now you have. I've left my giraffe leaning against the door of
my tesco metrol and asked the gaurd to keep an eye on it late at night
a couple of times, no problems.


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Hmmmm, I see your problem. Your shopping at Tescos. You see,
Sainsburys is where its at.

Mike


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Argh I meant Sainsbury's Local, not tesco metro. Where sainsbury's is
'at' is the end of broard street whereas the tesco is all the way down
the cowley road, and I can't giraffe that far so I've never found out
what their treatment of unicyclists is like.


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kington99 wrote:
My friend had her Koxx one stolen from a bike rack that it was locked
to, so now you have.


DOH!!

%&@#** thieves. How did they liberate it? Bad locking job or "good"
thieves?


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johnfoss wrote:
DOH!!

%&@#** thieves. How did they liberate it? Bad locking job or "good"
thieves?



Well it was a fairly meagre chain with an integrated combination lock,
I wouldn't be surprised if they cut the chain or cracked the code, they
didn't leave the chain at the crime scene so we never found out. Her
insurance paid out in the end. There are rings of professional bike
thieves in Oxford, aswell as a load of pikey s**** who would nick
anything that looks interesting, so who knows.


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