Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

Just how much do Sainsbury's care about their cyclist customers?

A few days back, we had another post about the theft of bicycle parts from bicycles parked at Sainsbury's. Over a year ago, after writing to Sainsbury's following the theft of his bicycle wheel at Sainsbury's, Osbawn was told:

We are still looking into providing signs warning of theft. They’re currently discussing the best way in which these signs can be worded and how they can be displayed effectively in the car park.

I guess this is either something that takes one helluva lot of 'looking in to' or cyclists are not a priority for Sainsbury's.

I'm not a cyclist and don't rank the needs of cyclists above my right to be a gas guzzling motorist. On this occasion however, I think Sainsbury's are being negligent of their customers' interests and it's a tale that warrants telling. So when I popped over to Sainsbury's for some shopping just now I took a look at the set up for cyclists.

This is what I saw.

This notice in front of the shopping trolley park outside the main door suggests that the store care about their trolleys - and thank goodness about children too. It looks like they even have CCTV protecting something, (but apparently not the cycle park).

This notice shows how much they really do care about their trolleys.

And they care about their disabled customers too, which is appreciated.

Yes they really care about children and disabled customers. They'll even fine you if you don't respect that.

And they also clearly really care about their motorist customers - and they'll fine you if you inconvenience other motorist customers by overstaying.

But it's not clear quite how much they love cyclists. If you stand just in front of the cycle park (next to the petrol station) eleven other warning notices are in visible in just this small part of the car park, but not one related to the protection of bicycles and there's certainly no sign of any security cameras.