Mumsnet in The Independent

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I read in yesterday's Independent that MN is objecting to Marks & Spencers, because they have decided to sublet their Simply Food store in Bristol to US food chain Hooters - as part of the 'Let Girls be Girls' campaign.

Isn't this just interfering a bit in M&S's running its own business? Isn't also just a little bit random - after all, the high street is littered with things that don't help 'girls be girls', for example, shops that sell newspapers with p3 or similar. Why focus on M&S in Bristol?

Who am I to say? I didn't say. I explained the reason why it had been said.

"Who are you to say who can and can't post on mumsnet anyway?" - posters can say (within reason) what they like on here - OP wasn't obliged to (and didn't in fact) listen to GOML - she's still entitled to say what she thinks. Who are you to tell GOML what opinions to post - its a mad argument, see!

Oh sure, like everyone searches before they start a thread just to make sure it's not been covered before?

Sorry, I didn't realise you were a moderator. I've not been here that long and am still figuring things out but thanks for the tip about starting threads. It's a wonder there are any new threads left to start then eh?

I think we should have lots of threads on Hooters, personally - the more the better

there are lots of threads about religion, perhaps we should pop up and tell them all to post on the one thread.

rude? meh, this ain't netmums you know, I thought you were used to 'rude' on mumsnet.

I did NOT say search - I said a quick cursory look at what was on active convos.

Thoyght the OP woyuld be interested in seeing the 600 posts on the subject which she referred to the the independent article.

I am not going to waste any more time engaging with you Btino as you seem an obstreperous fool, frankly.

Obstreperous?

Oh the classic putdown! Yes I was waiting for that, with a big word thrown in to illustrate your superiority over me - you just made my day with that!

I love exposing the stereotypical mumsnetter!

ooh haven't used that for a while

BTino there's a difference between starting a thread to ask for advice on a specific personal experience / problem with breastfeeding, and starting a thread on a news story specifically pertaining to MN... surely you can see that?

In both cases actually it makes sense to have at least a brief search first, because in the former example there may have been advice already given that helps (I've lost count how many times I've done that and been helped by it, am v grateful for the archives of MN!) but in the second example it makes discussion fragmented if the same discussion is happening in several places across the boards.

I don't think anyone needs to get defensive about that, surely it just makes sense! And fair enough, the OP hadn't seen it, so GOML pointed the way.

there is no compulsion to check if any topic is currently active. search and etiquette dictates do so?- not so.that is perhaps yuor individual preference, isnt mn orthodoxy.if people only kept to one thread-one topic mn would be a very quiet. numerous sahm/nursery/feeding/mil is a goblin threads.they dont all herd onto one thread

all smacks of we did that already/search the archives/i'll get the popcorn

When I asked the original question, as a relatively new MN member, I admit I hadn't done a scan for similar threads. Will do so in future. I'm quite surprised by how my original question has generated so many responses about MN etiquette.

welcome to mumsnet.

You're just lucky the conversation didn't turn to bumsex and biscuits.

Things kind of veer off course here!

bumsex?!

jammy dodgers remind me of bumsex for some reason?

ScottishMummy you're right about the big themes - breastfeeding, SAHM vs. WOHM mums, etc. But this is a thread about a specific Mumsnet response to one specific news story. Wouldn't it make sense for GOML to point the way to the massive thread already discussing the news story, and the action being taken?

Welcome Ginger, anyway. Hope you stick around and enjoy MN.

SM - nah, that pisses me off as well, the whole 'fgs this has been done to death' re popular topics. Hate the whole search the archives thing - if you want to talk on a chatroom about a particular subject, why would you want to search archives to read what someone said asbout the subject in 2008? You want a current chat - hence the term chatrooms.

But if I want to start a thread re a subject I look at active convos to make sure that there isn't another one going about exactly the same subject.

Like I said, wasn't meant to be rude, was just pointing out to the OP that there weer 600 posts of the exact same subject over there

Ginger - welcome to MN . Now, what do you think about mother and baby parking spaces in the supermarket?

Ginger, I'm quite new too. Heard a lot about mumsnet and avoided it like the plague. A lot of what I heard turned out to be true, just don't take any of it seriously. There are head girl types everywhere.

BTino - like your style.

But tell me, what's all this about jammy dodgers and bumsex?

Haven't a clue, I just happen to think that jammy dodgers look like a case of bumsex gone badly wrong.

You've got a fair point BTino

personally I like my ethical businesses to be ethical in all aspects of their activities.

M&S had the power to stop Hooters opening in Bristol simply by not agreeing to sublet them the site.
They chose not to exercise that power. Fine. I and many other people are now choosing not to shop there.