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Liphook needs to do better for it's people. - paul (28th Aug 2023 - 19:57:12) Hi Tried to order a takeaway from Lee's Garden Midhurst road, and told a one hour wait. This is not good for our community to support local business. Clearly the ever growing of our so-called village, residents do not cope with eating demands.

Re: Liphook needs to do better for it's people. - Helen (29th Aug 2023 - 11:01:11) If this was a Friday or Saturday night I would say totally normal and probably perfectly acceptable to most as indicates they are: a) busy because the food is popular and liked by many b) cooking fresh food to order Isn't that what we all want?

Re: Liphook needs to do better for it's people. - Russ (29th Aug 2023 - 14:07:12) Quite agree Helen when food is cooked to order it takes time not unreasonable lots of orders more wait. Had a takeaway from the Green Dragon the other evening one hour wait but so well worth it fantastic food . When I went to pick it up they apologised for the wait but they were heaving with people completely acceptable.

Re: Liphook needs to do better for it's people. - Sam (29th Aug 2023 - 17:37:48) Never complained let alone was overly disappointed with any fast food I purchased in my life yet 2-3 of the establishments serving it in Liphook shouldn’t be in business at all. Standards need to climb a bit in Liphook, there is plenty of deep fried frozen cardboard being served to customers happy to gobble it up We all go to Haslemere or Grayshott to get better quality, am very sure no one from those locations come to Liphook for our fast food joints.

Re: Liphook needs to do better for it's people. - Local (29th Aug 2023 - 19:08:30) No we all don’t go to Grayshott or Haselmere had fish and chips from Grayshott very disappointed not worth the travel . Can agree totally about the Green Dragon exceptional food and same menu for takeaway but cheaper.

Re: Liphook needs to do better for it's people. - Paul (30th Aug 2023 - 10:03:17) @paul (lower case 'p'). What a ridiculous thread. Calling it 'Liphook needs to do better for it's people'?! As in - all of Liphook - every single bit? The people, buildings, roads, retailers, air, soil, pets, worms? Even you? Boo hoo, so you had to wait a bit for some take away. My heart bleeds for you. Better still - cook some locally sourced healthy food in 30 minutes. Would probably be better for you, perhaps make you sound less miserable. +1 as a thumbs up for the hard-working fast-food outlets locally. They serve a purpose, and well done them for working hard for us. On behalf of Paul's everywhere, I apologise for lower-case 'p' paul.

Re: Liphook needs to do better for it's people. - Pete (30th Aug 2023 - 12:54:01) Are paul and Sam an AI experiment someone is conducting as the structure of the posts is a bit nuts.

Re: Liphook needs to do better for it's people. - Debbie (30th Aug 2023 - 15:07:48) Maybe this was because Top Chef was closed which made Lee's busier than usual.

Re: Liphook needs to do better for it's people. - Peter (30th Aug 2023 - 17:17:58) Well said Sam What a sad bunch of comments to a pointless post. So typical of this kind of site

Re: Liphook needs to do better for it's people. - paul (31st Aug 2023 - 22:34:46) Hi, This is not a pointless post, it is to improve our location, and life in Liphook.

Re: Liphook needs to do better for it's people. - Joe (1st Sep 2023 - 06:33:58) Posting a comment on line will have no effect at all. Only a mass boycott would affect someone’s take away trade. If they close down you could get something worse. Why not try the Italian restaurant for a pizza takeaway?

Re: Liphook needs to do better for it's people. - Grumps (1st Sep 2023 - 09:27:06) In that hour you could have done some good for the village Pick litter?clean dog mess? Help.out neighbour But no moan moan moan

Re: Liphook needs to do better for it's people. - paul (1st Sep 2023 - 09:55:03) Hi Joe, I found the Italian restaurant Guido's, their takeaway pizza's very underwhelming. For dine-in the Links Tavern have very good pizza's, cooked in a clay oven. Their promo is 2 for £22, Mon - Thurs, good value and tasty.

Re: Liphook needs to do better for it's people. - D (2nd Sep 2023 - 09:11:18) Paul makes a very good point, Liphook's past is littered with failed businesses who, despite the support of the locals, went to the wall because they eneded up viewing customers as an irritating inconvenience. We used to have a hardware shop (Coots? Kites? Can't remember) one used to wait so long to get served there it was quicker to get in your car and drive elsewhere.

Re: Liphook needs to do better for it's people. - Oldie (2nd Sep 2023 - 10:42:53) O dear D you must have a huge chip on your shoulder about liphook it must be so hard for you to get about. Seems you haven’t lived here that long perhaps 20 years or so. Everywhere changes just look around petersfield for instance shops all closed very run down. Liphook has changed over the years different businesses come and go that’s the way it is . But liphook still has a fantastic history and the same community spirit survives. As for co Coyte,s absolutely marvellous shop you could just about get anything in there still have some gardening tools from there fantastic quality and of course the coyte family have given so much of their time to liphook over many decades and still doing so . Perhaps D you would be better off living somewhere that you liked.

Re: Liphook needs to do better for it's people. - er (2nd Sep 2023 - 10:52:29) Very interesting, first world problems! So the benchmark of whether Liphook is doing right by it's people is whether we can get fast food, fast, £22 for two pizzas is a bit of a luxury for most families! Anyway, I'll bet in a blind test 99% of you couldn't tell whether your pizza or chow mein was cooked in a clay oven, clay pot, metal oven or bought from Ocado and stuck in a microwave, it's all in the mind, especially after a few pints, now wait for all the 'oh no I I could tell at 100 yards', sure, you could tell only if you cooked it yourself or watched it being cooked!

Re: Liphook needs to do better for it's people. - Joe (2nd Sep 2023 - 11:03:43) I do not think that it is the fault of the shop these days? My neighbours have everything delivered to them, supermarket food and drink, takeaways from a different town white goods they work from home and very rarely leave the house.

Re: Liphook needs to do better for it's people. - Penny Williamson (2nd Sep 2023 - 11:21:29) D IMO Paul does not make a very good point. I imagine him waving his hand airily when he posted that "Liphook needs to do better for it's people." I wonder what he means by that as Liphook is not a person or a single organisation. It is comprised of people from all walks of life, young, old and not so old, businesses and shops. Who is Paul referring to? Would he have posted this post if he had had much quicker service at Lee's Garden? I think it is "below the belt" when people such as Paul and yourself criticize anything and everything on this site ie you refer to a hardware shop in Liphook. I don't know how far back you have gone but the present hardware shop - Liphook Hardware in Station Road - is an excellent shop. I have used it many times and they go above and beyond to be helpful. I know it has changed hands recently but the new owners give an excellent service. I know I have said this before, but the people who constantly moan and "bad-mouth" people and businesses like you and Paul are the very people who do absolutely nothing to contribute and work to make our world a better place. People who are working to do that are far too busy to waste time moaning and complaining. To conclude I am not saying one should not complain when a complaint is justified but the complaint should be addressed directly to the company, business or person(s) themselves in a respectful and polite manner.

Re: Liphook needs to do better for it's people. - D (2nd Sep 2023 - 12:45:21) There is a definite "baying mob" culture on this website. Rather than polite debate over differences of opinion, rude insults are traded instead. Disappointing in an affluent middle class area such as this. I go to some of the roughest poorest places in the country and have never seen the language and attitudes displayed here. Hang your heads in shame all of you.

Re: Liphook needs to do better for it's people. - Resident (2nd Sep 2023 - 14:59:13) Kettle Black comes to mind D you slagging of coyetes saying all sorts on this site longmoor road lay by twitching curtains comes to mind and a few other comments. D I’m amazed you still want to live here if you dislike it so I personally love it walking around talking to people newcomers asking about liphook and the feedback is most positive most say what a lovely place it is so many things to do and so many volunteers to help everyone some say they have never lived anywhere like it . So it can’t be that bad as no one would want to stay here.As for the shops and businesses all I can say everyone I have met and used have been so helpful.

Re: Liphook needs to do better for it's people. - paul (2nd Sep 2023 - 15:11:03) Hi D. You are quite right, affluence clearly does not help people in local Liphook. Other community websites that I have checked, including Haslemere (that is possibly more affluent) in comparison. They are kind, caring, and helpful to their online presence to other residents. Liphook seems to have a strange behaviour, in shouting down a contributor no matter what the subject. Not a way forward to our village which we live in, or to be proud of for our next generation of our children's lives.

Re: Liphook needs to do better for it's people. - Penny Williamson (3rd Sep 2023 - 09:37:05) Paul what is typical of this site is that there are some people who cannot accept any sort of criticism however well worded and politely posted and resort to ill founded and misplaced replies such as D's statement "I go to some of the roughest poorest places in the country and have never seen the language and attitudes displayed here." and your statement "Liphook seems to have a strange behaviour, in shouting down a contributor no matter what the subject." I agree with Resident Pot and Kettle comes to mind. I asked in my previous post a question directed at you in answer to the heading of this post ie "Liphook needs to do better for it's people." To whom is this statement directed? As I said Liphook is not a person but comprises a large and varied community with many brilliant organisations which exist because of the work and time given voluntarily and without monetary gain by members of our community. You never mention them. "Glass half full" comes to mind. I apologise in advance if you think that this post is slagging you and D off - that is not my intention. I am merely trying to highlight all the good in our community.

Re: Liphook needs to do better for it's people. - Darren (3rd Sep 2023 - 10:26:11) Totally agree with Resident and Penny. D’s last post is just nonsense and irrelevant as per their usual ludicrous comments,strange behavior most certainly on display from paul and D.Both bonkers.

Re: Liphook needs to do better for it's people. - passfield resident (3rd Sep 2023 - 10:43:54) D-if you talk rubbish, people will disagree with you. As someone else said, Coyte's was an excellent shop run by a family who contributed to the community. What do you do?

Re: Liphook needs to do better for it's people. - Sam (3rd Sep 2023 - 15:23:56) I normally only read the name on each post, if it’s some hidden code name like D ER pass field resident etc I don’t read what they have written. You should try it, simply skip through the hidden peoples posts and read only those that are prepared to reveal their name and this site on the whole isn’t actually that bad. If I met someone I didn’t know and introduced myself as S you would think am a bit weird… just ignore them, they obscure who they are for a reason and that reason is they know they are unloading nonsense into the site and need to hide themselves

Re: Liphook needs to do better for it's people. - Ian (3rd Sep 2023 - 17:39:00) Paul and D. Most of your contributions provoke a negative reaction, it is not abuse, intolerance or bullying, just reaction and comment to your opinions. I suspect you are both just plain simple trolls, probably getting off on the reactions you provoke. I’m sure Paul that in some perverse sort of way, your ego has been well and truly boosted by the volume of responses to your original post. Bit sad and pathetic really.

Re: Liphook needs to do better for it's people. - passfield resident (4th Sep 2023 - 09:18:47) Sam-can you give an example of something I have put on here that is nonsense? Perhaps you should include your full name if you are in favour of transparency.

Re: Liphook needs to do better for it's people. - QWERTY 17 Bob er (4th Sep 2023 - 11:23:34) Sam, a little self righteous there don't you think, do you also do cancel culture or just not understand the internet😂 Can you read read books by authors who for various reasons chose to use pseudonyms, Mary Shelley, Agatha Christie, CS Lewis etc, the comment sections in major news sites other than Facebook, a large percentage of Facebook profiles aren't real either (sorry) in fact maybe you are just being a little delicate about it, the world is full of scary acronyms and false names ( note: false 'realistic' names are more dangerous than honest acronyms)! Sam, we all know Sam, a name on the internet, might as well be Steve, Bob, Bill, Mary, isn't Sam a contraction for Samantha or is it Samuel, how does that make your comments more relevent, because you're a Sam? I'm taking it your favourite artists aren't J, Lil B, Z, Ye, Ice-T, Eazy-Eee, Heavy-D or P-Diddy! So there are many reasons why people use an acronym or pseudonym, it's a sensible choice for many, it's a free choice in the free world, we shouldn't belittle choice, it has saved lives, sounded alarms that might not otherwise have been sounded, often by vulnerable people or workers, allowed freedom of expression that might otherwise have been suppressed,. It enlivens the average village website where Mary says the church flowers look lovely and Arthur says yes I cant wait for the village fete and Joan agrees. Liphook is not a chocolate box village, this site is sharper, more inclusive of a wide range of opinions, and I think that's because the Editor allows it to be, yes we can write about our shock horror at some parish council decision and the next day sit down with the Chairman or Chairwoman at lunch without a family or village rift, there are pros and cons to everything, trick is to try and see both and value them, then we are truly free🤔

Re: Liphook needs to do better for it's people. - passfield resident (4th Sep 2023 - 15:09:06) Qwerty-well-explained.

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