If its an addict they wont want to take the time to earn anything. We alsomhave a rule in our orientation stating that drugs alcohol and cigs are strictly forbidden. If they must smoke, they have to go out of site. If they come intoxicated they are forever banned. We snap a picture of them and ban them we also turn away people who try to sell stolen bikes
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On Oct 14, 2013, at 10:46 AM, Recycle recyclebikesforkids@gmail.com wrote:
Ron King here in Little Rock, AR. We have an earn a bike program and limit it to one bike only. If it is stolen or lost bring us the police report and you can work for another one. As for what they do with it once they have earned if , we can't control that, it's their bike. Once we made that decision our life became a lot easier. Hope this helps
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On Oct 14, 2013, at 9:38 AM, Mark Friis iebafriis@gmail.com wrote:
Have an uncomfortable question to ask. How does a shop deal with some of the more questionable customer? By questionable I mean the type of people that are volunteering to earn a bike for the purpose of selling it or using it to get a "fix".
The reason I ask, is we had one of volunteers bikes stolen from inside the shop with people there. Didn't care if was caught, yet somehow no one saw him. Lately we have been having a lot of addicts and such coming by looking to get a bike but have little money so we offer them up a cheap Walmart type bike. It was a great way to get rid of the garbage. But now we find that we might be catering to them too much at a cost to those that want to use the shop for what it was intended to be, a place to teach bike mechanics. Any thoughts? Thanks Mark Friis Executive Director, Inland Empire Biking Alliance PO Box 9266 Redlands, CA 92375 909-800-4322 mfriis@iebikingalliance.org WWW.IEBIKE.ORG _______________________________________________ Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to TheThinkTank-leave@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit: http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
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