Annoying bearded numpties selling cereal for £3 a bowl in poverty zone

[AZ Gull]

I read a different article about these guys yesterday - So I visited the Cereal Killer Cafe and what happened next surprised… ME!

The author's colleagues hated the very idea of the business, and asked him to go along for his cynical take.

The article didn't turn out as he expected.

This paragraph, in particular, struck a chord with me:-

I wonder if we’re all walking around in a sea of cynicism, fuelled by social media, competitive negative opinions, hating everything?

 

[The Fifth Column]

Spot.On

 

[The Fifth Column]

This could become a thread of beardy twats:

 

[W.C.]

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[sneakychef]

You would have thought channel 4 would want them to make as much profit as possible so they can pay the poor local council more business rates and help improve the impoverished parts...

 

[beardy gull]

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He's got a point.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

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He's got a point.

Agree. I'm on TeamHipster now.

 

[Hyperion]

That Beardo is odious. Just please **** off you hairy bore

Anyone prepared to pay that to eat a bowl of cereal has a screw loose.

 

[looney]

I dont have a problem with someone doing business, even if it is idiots fleecing bigger idiots, and they are employing people in a poor area so that's a plus.

He should of stuck to that and attacked the piss poor journalism instead of the self righteous whine about charity and curing embola. But if they've got a market for their stuff then all well and good. I have a feeling though that like the hipsterish cult itself it will be a short lived fad and although not here today gone tomorrow could well be gone in a few months once their imo shallow clientele get bored and move on.

 

[drew]

https://twitter.com/search?q=cereal killer cafe&src=tyah

Some perspective.

 

[beorhthelm]

He's got a point.

rubbish, he agreed to an interview for reasons in between "yeah channel 4 interview is so cool" and "yeah, excellent coverage of business.". play with media, get burnt.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Wooohooo go Beardo's!!

 

[carlzeiss]

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...fe-targeted-by-anti-gentrification-protesters

 

[Albumen]

I read about this yesterday. Stupid choice of enemy, and I'm not a fan of paying £3.50 for a bowl of cereal.

 

[HitchinSeagull]

Just a point of order, Hoxton is not a poverty zone, in many places in Hackney the flats are more expensive than areas of Hampstead, there is plenty of social housing in the area but flats on the open market including ex council in Hoxton go for eye watering amounts.

 

[skipper734]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/artic...-affordable-housing-protesters-in-east-london

 

[HitchinSeagull]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/artic...-affordable-housing-protesters-in-east-london

Cant read the article on my phone but that makes more sense, funny idea though its like me saying Id love to live in Brighton where I grew up, so can I have some affordable housing overlooking the sea or on Dyke Road please!

 

[Leyton Gull]

http://www.channel4.com/news/cereal-cafe-opens-in-london-but-can-it-survive?1

Just checked and the foodie / hipster scene has officially reached it's nadir. How long can you watch the interview for without throwing something at the screen and / or screaming? I lasted 15 seconds.

blame the customer

 

[Leyton Gull]

It's not compulsory to buy it, as far as I'm aware.

 

[spring hall convert]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/artic...-affordable-housing-protesters-in-east-london

Pathetic. People are free to think what they like of the idea but they are focusing their ire on the wrong things here. As the evils of gentrification goes these guys are merely symbolic. Government and big business have far more to answer for.