I've been going down Notting Hill Gate for about 10 years as well... Chef (I think his name is Sean 'The Knowledge' P) is certainly one of the more polite members of staff - The guy with the teeth is ok... however I can't comment on the rest, once I was in there one member of staff was looking through a pile records and I noticed a couple of original early KMS 12"s, I started to enquire about them and he instantly held them to his chest and just stared at me without saying a thing...
David Anthony Parsons Senior Design Consultant The Internet Applications Group Allied House, 29-39 London Road Twickenham Middlesex TW1 3SZ United Kingdom website: www.intapps.com office: +44 (0)20 8744 3027 fax: +44 (0)20 8744 3028 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 21 March 2003 14:10 To: David Hampson; 313@hyperreal.org Subject: RE: (313) Subject: RE: (313) Records Stores In London I've been going down Notting Hill Gate for about 10 years (in fact I'm there tomorrow), I can't believe you call him "chef" but it's so very true!! "Chef" is definitely the nicest but even he don't smile much!! He use to be in the basement when they had another dance shop 2 or 3 doors along..... and they won't haggle either...... ever!! (They still have some rare records or bargains though to be found) Rob -----Original Message----- From: David Hampson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 21 March 2003 13:39 To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: (313) Subject: RE: (313) Records Stores In London Some of the staff at the Music and Video Exchange shops in London are by far the most moody staff in the world - once one of them threw records at me and stormed off, and another time one got really pissed off as I questioned whether he had correctly added up a pile of records (he was right but only because some of the prices were wrote on incoherently). If you do end up there, the cyclist guy with the teeth is always friendly and polite, and the chef guy is never rude. The award for moodiest record store staff of all time goes to Kenny at Spinn Inn in Manchester back in the late 80s, early 90s - I figured they closed down because people couldn't take being in the presence of the moody c***! David
