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suggest a new name for bang bang bar

Jesus. Naming a bar after a song by the Manics would arguably be more tragic than attempting to capitalise on two local shootings in a 'witty' advertising campaign.
 
I think his credibility is way beyond repair. For gawd's sake I've tried to cut the bloke some slack - hospitality's a difficult enough industry to begin with - but his jaw-dropping stupidity keeps on taking me aback. From the way he fucked everyone off from Neon, through to the sorry saga of the 'bang bang' naming saga, he's hardly covered himelf in glory.

The final straw was when he seemingly lied to IanW on pm, claiming that Bang Bang was under a different management team to Neon, washing his hands of the past affair. The only problem is that it's the same blinking owner/proprietor/name in every press release and official letter since Neon opened - Marco Rebora. It's as if he's ashamed of the past, yet can't change the pattern of deception and lousily thought through customer service.

You'd think he'd have learnt by now. It's over 5 years since Neon opened in a blaze of positive press. And he's been pissing away customer support ever since then.
 
He's apologised for the Bang Bang business, can't he just be left to get on with it, and his business succeed or fall on it's merits or otherwise?

This is beginning to look like an obsession!
 
OpalFruit said:
He's apologised for the Bang Bang business, can't he just be left to get on with it, and his business succeed or fall on it's merits or otherwise?

This is beginning to look like an obsession!


Has he apologised for the deceit, the attempts to revive his bar's prospects by pretending to not be involved?
 
OpalFruit said:
He's apologised for the Bang Bang business, can't he just be left to get on with it, and his business succeed or fall on it's merits or otherwise?
cos he wants our dough, having already given short weight with neon?
 
Red Jezza said:
how about 'nolocals'?

To be fair Jez I knew plenty of locals who rated Neon at one time. Old Marco wasn't discerning like that - he got on the tits of both locals and 'incomers' with equal foot in the mouth prowess
 
tarannau said:
To be fair Jez I knew plenty of locals who rated Neon at one time. Old Marco wasn't discerning like that - he got on the tits of both locals and 'incomers' with equal foot in the mouth prowess
fair enough - I only went there once, towards the end of it's run, and it was a truly depressing experience all round
 
OpalFruit said:
He's apologised for the Bang Bang business, can't he just be left to get on with it, and his business succeed or fall on it's merits or otherwise?

But he hasn't apologised for lying about not being involved in Bang Bang, and his apologies over the Bang Bang marketing campaign don't exactly reek with sincerity.

Even before the McD's shootings, the name Bang Bang was in poor taste. But lots of things are in poor taste, and if you look back through the other threads, you'll find people willing to give the new business a chance, dodgy name and all. But, post the McD's shootings, to then try and capitalise on and even try and squeeze some sense of glamour from a truly terrible event, is simply unforgivable in my book. "Would you come to Brixton for a double shot?" I don't believe the flannel that they were trying to show another side of Brixton. They were trying to tap into the supposed glamour of gun culture, and it - oh the irony - blew up in their faces.

I think rather than waste his time threatening Dub on the phone, I believe the bar owner should come on here, and try and atone for his many, many mistakes.

All that this sorry affair has needed from the very start is some honesty. But it's something this bloke seems incapable of.
 
Bing Bing
Bong Bong
Beng Beng
Bung Bung
Bling Bling
Bonk Bonk
Dung Dung...

the possibilities are endless! :cool:
 
Damp Squib?

In all my years of drinking in Brixton I've been everywhere but Neon/Bang Bang, not out of choice, just one of those things, and this sorry episode isn't likely to change that.
 
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