Fixed penalty notice for little girl selling lemonade

[User482]

If we go by the headlines then Daddy should be in jail for slinging his 5 year old daughter on the street to earn her keep. But then did anyone really think the idea and implementation were the work of a 5 year old. Almost as believable as the idea that they issued a fine to a 5 year old.

The scan of the ticket upthread shows it was issued to the father. The BBC and Guardian are both reporting that it was issued to the child.

 

[smutchin]

Almost as believable as the idea that they issued a fine to a 5 year old.

I note whose name is on the penalty notice.

I also note that the report doesn't include the enforcement officers' side of the story.

 

[smutchin]

The scan of the ticket upthread shows it was issued to the father.

Let's not let the facts get in the way of a good story though, eh?

 

[User482]

Let's not let the facts get in the way of a good story though, eh?

Quite. It's possible that enforcement officers were over-zealous jobsworths, equally, it's possible that the father is a stroppy git who didn't like being told what to do.

 

[smutchin]

it's possible that the father is a stroppy git who didn't like being told what to do.

Exactly the scenario I was envisaging. We don't know the details of what happened so it's all speculation, but he does sound like an entitled twat.

 

[swee'pea99]

'Four' enforcement officers? Do they travel in packs then?

 

[User482]

'Four' enforcement officers? Do they travel in packs then?

Yes - there was a festival nearby so they would've been clamping down on illegal street trading.

 

[Tin Pot]

Let's not let the facts get in the way of a good story though, eh?

Read the article, the headline is good.

Girl selling lemonade, four officers approach her tell her she is a criminal*, she runs to daddy, daddy turns up, receives ticket.


*Not literally, but effectively

 

[Inertia]

Read the article, the headline is good.

Girl selling lemonade, four officers approach her tell her she is a criminal*, she runs to daddy, daddy turns up, receives ticket.


*Not literally, but effectively

I got the impression from the article that Daddy was supervising his 5 year old daughter and she didn't have to go fetch him.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

BBC sensationalism at it's best.

The Prof was on the radio banging on about government cuts to social services creating this situation.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Still, despite the BBC getting this story so hilariously wrong, they can still be trusted to accurately report foreign affairs, politics etc eh?

 

[smutchin]

Read the article

I did, and as per my earlier post, I noted that it doesn't include the officers' side of the story.

 

[User482]

BBC, Sky News, Evening Standard, Guardian, Independent, RT, Daily Mail, HuffPost, talkRadio, Telegraph, Express sensationalism at it's best.

The Prof was on the radio banging on about government cuts to social services creating this situation.

FTFY.

 

[Tin Pot]

Of course not, they're all* little Hitlers.

The council knows they did wrong:
A council spokesman said: "We are very sorry that this has happened. We expect our enforcement officers to show common sense and to use their powers sensibly.

"This clearly did not happen.

"The fine will be cancelled immediately and we have contacted Mr Spicer and his daughter to apologise."

*Not literally, but effectively

 

[User482]

Of course not, they're all* little Hitlers.

The council knows they did wrong:
A council spokesman said: "We are very sorry that this has happened. We expect our enforcement officers to show common sense and to use their powers sensibly.

"This clearly did not happen.

"The fine will be cancelled immediately and we have contacted Mr Spicer and his daughter to apologise."

*Not literally, but effectively

Is there an echo in here?