Yet as a result of these measures, Matthew, local businesses will suffer. For us to make a delivery to Grove Park now requires what precisely? An application? An audit? Our first born? Is it a one-off process or done each time an order comes to us from that neck of the woods? And please spare me the links to cargo bikes. You may have noticed trade has been severely compromised for the past 6 months. You may have noticed rent is accruing and rates - well, hell, we really just don't know just yet. You may have noticed we're on the cusp of another lock down.So sorry, but I have a car for other means so it doubles as a delivery vehicle. It is not branded so not "recognizable." To duplicate a transport line item at a time when we'd really rather pay the staff and give whatever we can to the landlord seems a bit more urgent. Today I delivered a 3-layer 12" cake to Greenend Road. Not something that can be carried. Not entirely sure where that was I plugged it in to the phone. The route took me up TGT. But I went the long way around because I knew better. That's more time. More fuel. More money. Same cost. The margin gets squeezed. But get this, Matt, I coordinated it with my usual supply run. Because SME's think like that. Every second of every minute of every hour is critical to us. Especially now. But you'd rather have us risk a penalty and sit in unnecessary traffic so something can "bed in" when we all know there exists ZERO data for any scheme like this to "bed in" during a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic situation. Sorry, but the data is now irrelevant. Unless, of course, you can point to an example of how that worked in Holland during the last pandemic. Which you can't. Because there is none.
David Lesniak ● 2230d