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Speaker 1: Staying on the issues that we have been discussing this morning.

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Speaker 1: Joining me on the line right now is the co

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Speaker 1: owner of the Mad Hatter's Cafe. Shanni joins me on

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Speaker 1: the line right now. Good morning to you, Sharny.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie. How are you here?

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Speaker 1: Really well, probably much better than you guys, Sharny. I

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Speaker 1: was really disappointed to see that you'd been broken into

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Speaker 1: earlier in the week. Can you explain to our listeners

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Speaker 1: exactly what happened?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Look, so it's been devastating. So this is the

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Speaker 2: second breaking in two months. So my sister and I

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Speaker 2: got a call from neighbor next door to let us

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Speaker 2: know we had been broken into. We arrived to glass

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Speaker 2: shatters everywhere. All our cupboards had been rummaged through, fridge

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Speaker 2: and freezers had been gone through, and not only that,

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Speaker 2: they'd left them open. So with as you know, with

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Speaker 2: fridge and freezers, if they're left open for a period

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Speaker 2: of time, you can't use any of that stock. So

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Speaker 2: we literally lost everything.

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Speaker 1: How much stock are we talking here? How much money

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Speaker 1: had you guys spent on the stock that was in

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Speaker 1: those fridges and freezers?

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Speaker 2: So the rough out was roughly about six thousand dollars.

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Speaker 2: So we just reopened to the new year, brand new menu,

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Speaker 2: like super excited to get out and show everyone what

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Speaker 2: we can do. So we were fully stocked, so unfortunately

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Speaker 2: there is a lot of money there. So with all

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Speaker 2: damages lost, everything like that, we're just over fifteen thousand

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Speaker 2: dollars out of pocket.

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Speaker 1: I'm so sorry to hear that, and I'm so sorry

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Speaker 1: that's happened to you guys. I mean, I just think

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Speaker 1: it's a terrible situation that we're in at the moment

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Speaker 1: where this kind of useless, senseless crime is happening. And

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Speaker 1: unfortunately we've been talking about it on this show for

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Speaker 1: years now. Shannie, you know, what is your message to

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Speaker 1: the government this morning? I mean, I've heard from so

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Speaker 1: many listeners over the Christmas break about their concerns around crime,

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Speaker 1: But from a business who's just been hit so hard,

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Speaker 1: what is your message to anybody that's out there making

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Speaker 1: decisions at the moment.

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Speaker 2: Look, honestly, I don't know if I'm allowed to say

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Speaker 2: this on but they need to pull their finger out

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Speaker 2: of their us. Like I'm not even joking, Like all

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Speaker 2: small businesses across the territory are suffering and nothing is

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Speaker 2: getting done about it. You know, there's not enough repercussions

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Speaker 2: for the crime. They're all getting a slap on the

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Speaker 2: wrist and getting sent home to mom and dad, Like

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Speaker 2: it's not good enough. You know, all our small businesses

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Speaker 2: are suffering, and each time we've got to pull money

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Speaker 2: out of our pocket, Like these criminals don't realize that

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Speaker 2: is our livelihood. We put blood, tweat and tears into

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Speaker 2: what we do. It's our passionate, it's our loves, you know.

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Speaker 2: And if the government can't see this, well, I hope

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Speaker 2: the criminals go start breaking into their property so they

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Speaker 2: have to put money out of their own pocket.

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Speaker 1: It is absolutely heartbreaking. You know, any business that I

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Speaker 1: hear from where they've been broken into, I feel so

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Speaker 1: bloody bad for you guys. I mean it's it is heartbreaking.

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Speaker 1: There's no other way of putting it. Shanny, Are you

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Speaker 1: guys going to be able to open your doors again?

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Speaker 2: Look, my sister and I are fighting really hard to

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Speaker 2: get our doors open. We are we are not going

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Speaker 2: to let this destroy us, you know, like I said,

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Speaker 2: we've worked too hard, but we're going to go in today.

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Speaker 2: We're going to set a game plan. You know, I've

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Speaker 2: spoke to all my reps and they have been absolutely amazing.

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Speaker 2: They've extended out all our accounts from fourteen days for

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Speaker 2: thirty days, So that's going to be an awesome way

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Speaker 2: for us to get our doors open, and we are

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Speaker 2: so thankful for that. One of our customers has sent

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Speaker 2: me up a GoFundMe page, so that's obviously helped as well.

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Speaker 2: So we will be reopen. I just hope people keep

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Speaker 2: an eye on social media, watch our Facebook, watch our

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Speaker 2: Instagram and snapchat, because we will be back.

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Speaker 1: Good on you, and that is the real territory spirit. Hey,

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Speaker 1: you know it is people like you girls that are

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Speaker 1: keeping things going. And you know, despite the you know,

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Speaker 1: despite the issues that we see around the place, Good

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Speaker 1: on you that you've got your head in the game

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Speaker 1: and that you're looking at how you can get those

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Speaker 1: be so happy to hear that.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely. Look, it's absolutely incredible the love and support we

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Speaker 2: have from the community, Like we couldn't have done this

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Speaker 2: without them, Like I was saying, this is our force

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Speaker 2: break in. Without the love and support of the community,

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Speaker 2: we have nothing. And my sister and I are so

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Speaker 2: thankful and our hearts have been melted from absolutely everyone

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Speaker 2: who has reached out to us, Strangers we don't know,

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Speaker 2: have offered to come help with clean up, Like it's

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Speaker 2: absolutely amazing that the local community can band together and

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Speaker 2: help with small business. That is lovely to hear.

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Speaker 1: And if anybody out there listening right now is keen

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Speaker 1: to support you guys, they can head to the gofundb page.

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Speaker 1: It is help Mad Hatter's Cafe get back to business. Sharnie,

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Speaker 1: I really appreciate you coming on the show this morning

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Speaker 1: and being so honest. I think that you know that

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Speaker 1: it is it's high time for the government to really

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Speaker 1: hear what people like yourself are saying when it comes

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Speaker 1: to this useless, senseless crime. We cannot continue to have

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Speaker 1: it happen. The Chief Minister was on the show this morning.

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Speaker 1: He said that the government is not going to make

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Speaker 1: any changes to the bail laws, which some people feel

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Speaker 1: are too soft. What do you think about that?

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Speaker 2: I think they're too soft. I think their changes need

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Speaker 2: to be made, you know. I think they should bring

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Speaker 2: had enough, businesses have had enough. The government needs to

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Speaker 2: pull their finger out their arts. Like I said, I'll

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Speaker 2: tell you what Sharne be changes mate.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, mate, I think there's going to be a lot

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Speaker 1: of people out there who agree with you this morning.

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Speaker 1: I really appreciate you coming on. Please let us know

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Speaker 1: when you've got those doors back open so we can

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Speaker 1: give you a shout out on air and make sure

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Speaker 1: you've got those customers back in.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, thank you so much for your time.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, thanks for having a chat with us, and

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Speaker 1: all the best for twenty twenty one. I know it

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Speaker 1: hasn't started brilliantly, but I hope that this is the

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Speaker 1: cracking and have a great year.

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much.