Common sense - a dying gene?

[snooky]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40679075

Another jobsworth story that really makes you want to kick someone's stupid ass.

[SHODAN]

Common sense is relative. This is just stupidity.

[McD]

Yes, common sense is dying out - jobsworths and rule clingers seem to be more and more prevalent

[frazeHFC]

That's ridiculous. :hilarious

[High-On-Hibs]

and they say our councilors up here are tight b******s

[ronaldo7]

Alternative views are available.

This is the Labour Hame editor, Duncan Hothersall's.

https://t.co/1geSzvzZ7y

Personally, I think he's a dick.

[lord bunberry]

Alternative views are available.

This is the Labour Hame editor, Duncan Hothersall's.

https://t.co/1geSzvzZ7y

Personally, I think he's a dick.
I agree, he's a dick.

[Jack]

Common sense isn't all that common.

[snooky]

I agree, he's a dick.

And it's dicks like him who pass the laws that we all MUST obey without question. Whatever happened to the 'free' world?
"The Law is an ass" is a quote I've used many times and it's appropriate here.

[hibsbollah]

And it's dicks like him who pass the laws that we all MUST obey without question. Whatever happened to the 'free' world?
"The Law is an ass" is a quote I've used many times and it's appropriate here.

Here's a different but similar example of this. You can stay within the law and still be evil and immoral.


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/22/florida-teenagers-who-filmed-drowning-death-will-not-be-charged-over-failure-to-help

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Here's a different but similar example of this. You can stay within the law and still be evil and immoral.


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/22/florida-teenagers-who-filmed-drowning-death-will-not-be-charged-over-failure-to-help

That is despicable. Every time you think you've heard the worst of human nature, somebody comes along and surprises you.


As far as the wee girl's stall goes, I don't think it's the enforcement of the law that sucks as much as the way in which it was done ...

"After a small time trading, four enforcement officers walked over from the other side of the road. I was quite shocked. I thought that they would just tell us to pack up and go home. But they turned on their mobile camera and began reading from a big script explaining that she did not have a trading licence ..."

Four great big adult 'enforcement officers' surround a small child, get out a camera, and then one of them starts reading a formal legal warning to her - apparently scaring the living daylights out of her - instead of speaking to the father and quietly explaining to him that he and his daughter would need to pack up as they were in breach of the law.

Just a thought - I bet their camera file would make interesting viewing in court ....

[RyeSloan]

Alternative views are available.

This is the Labour Hame editor, Duncan Hothersall's.

https://t.co/1geSzvzZ7y

Personally, I think he's a dick.

Wow...that article is probably worse than the twats that shut down the stall.

'Hard working public servants' that were that hard working there was FOUR of them required to shut down a 5 year olds lemonade stall...wish I could be as hard worked as that!

Then he creates a beautiful straw man by aligning selling lemonade to speeding.

Least the council acted sensibly when they heard of the fiasco.

[Sir David Gray]

I honestly can't think what must have gone through their minds to think that handing out a fine in this case was even remotely acceptable.

[Hibbyradge]

Hmmm.

The heavy handed approach and the issuing of the fine was definitely inappropriate, but I can see the justification for shutting the stall down.

[easty]

but I can see the justification for shutting the stall down.

Better to piss on kids ambitions early, cos life's a bitch?

[Hibbyradge]

Better to piss on kids ambitions early, cos life's a bitch?

How old should a child be before they need a license to sell stuff in the street like all the other traders?

Should they be allowed to sell anything at all, or just lemonade?

How far away from the child do the parents need to stand to demonstrate that they're not really the ones selling the stuff?

It costs over £300 for a street trading license and there are restrictions as to where business can be conducted. If these regulations aren't policed, you can be certain that stalls would pop up all over the place with innocent wee kids being used by adults to sell stuff.

[lyonhibs]

Agreed. The manner in which it was done was absolutely farcical but to shut it down was the right thing to do for the reasons you state.

[easty]

How old should a child be before they need a license to sell stuff in the street like all the other traders?

Should they be allowed to sell anything at all, or just lemonade?

How far away from the child do the parents need to stand to demonstrate that they're not really the ones selling the stuff?

It costs over £300 for a street trading license and there are restrictions as to where business can be conducted. If these regulations aren't policed, you can be certain that stalls would pop up all over the place with innocent wee kids being used by adults to sell stuff.

If she was selling t-shirts, or running a burger van, then I'd agree. If ignoring the rules meant that I couldn't walk down a street without a bairn pestering me to buy some lemonade, while mum/dad watched on a couple of metres away, then I'd support what you're saying.

That wasn't the case, and wouldn't be the case, though.

[lord bunberry]

Every year at Cheltenham there's kids out with wee stalls either selling sweets or playing a musical instrument. I very much doubt they have a traders licence. I bet the guys that shut the girls stall down were wearing high vis jackets, give someone a high vis jacket and they immediately become an arse.

[Hibbyradge]

If she was selling t-shirts, or running a burger van, then I'd agree. If ignoring the rules meant that I couldn't walk down a street without a bairn pestering me to buy some lemonade, while mum/dad watched on a couple of metres away, then I'd support what you're saying.

That wasn't the case, and wouldn't be the case, though.

A few days ago I witnessed a young boy "playing" a violin in Florence while his father collected cash from customers in the various restaurants in the square. If you looked closely, the music was obviously not bring played by the boy, but was pre-recorded. The father had encouraged his son to cheat tourists and I'd bet that he took the lion's share of the cash, if not it all.

If kids were allowed to sell lemonade on the street in London, I guarantee you that unscrupulous adults would take advantage.

In this case, the officials should have had a quiet word with the father and left it to him to explain to his daughter.

[easty]

A few days ago I witnessed a young boy "playing" a violin in Florence while his father collected cash from customers in the various restaurants in the square. If you looked closely, the music was obviously not bring played by the boy, but was pre-recorded. The father had encouraged his son to cheat tourists and I'd bet that he took the lion's share of the cash, if not it all.

If kids were allowed to sell lemonade on the street in London, I guarantee you that unscrupulous adults would take advantage.

In this case, the officials should have had a quiet word with the father and left it to him to explain to his daughter.

But fake busking and a lemonade stand aren't the same thing.

[Hibbyradge]

But fake busking and a lemonade stand aren't the same thing.

No, they're not, but unscrupulous adults are.

[Hibbyradge]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40697243

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A few days ago I witnessed a young boy "playing" a violin in Florence while his father collected cash from customers in the various restaurants in the square. If you looked closely, the music was obviously not bring played by the boy, but was pre-recorded. The father had encouraged his son to cheat tourists and I'd bet that he took the lion's share of the cash, if not it all.

If kids were allowed to sell lemonade on the street in London, I guarantee you that unscrupulous adults would take advantage.

In this case, the officials should have had a quiet word with the father and left it to him to explain to his daughter.




Exactly. THAT would have been common sense.

Oh. :rolleyes:

[Hibrandenburg]

That is despicable. Every time you think you've heard the worst of human nature, somebody comes along and surprises you.


As far as the wee girl's stall goes, I don't think it's the enforcement of the law that sucks as much as the way in which it was done ...

"After a small time trading, four enforcement officers walked over from the other side of the road. I was quite shocked. I thought that they would just tell us to pack up and go home. But they turned on their mobile camera and began reading from a big script explaining that she did not have a trading licence ..."

Four great big adult 'enforcement officers' surround a small child, get out a camera, and then one of them starts reading a formal legal warning to her - apparently scaring the living daylights out of her - instead of speaking to the father and quietly explaining to him that he and his daughter would need to pack up as they were in breach of the law.

Just a thought - I bet their camera file would make interesting viewing in court ....

:agree: Reading that made me sick to be a human being and somehow associated with that ****. I've seen a lot of the bad side of human nature but that is truly despicable.