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I expect most people have heard of the story where Andre Spicer, a business school professor, let his daughter set up a stall to sell refreshments outside Lovebox Festival, Tower Hamlets, east London.
Four council bods appeared and read a script saying she did not have the necessary permit (which of course reduced her to tears crying "I've done a bad thing, Daddy..." Then they issued a £150 fixed penalty fine to the dad.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40697243
The council immediately cancelled the fine saying "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."
But today the Beeb reports: Dozens of job offers for girl fined for lemonade stand :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40697243
Mr Spice announced that dozens of festivals, markets and businesses have offered his daughter the opportunity to set up a lemonade stand.
- What a nice finish to a story of stupid officialdom!
Four council bods appeared and read a script saying she did not have the necessary permit (which of course reduced her to tears crying "I've done a bad thing, Daddy..." Then they issued a £150 fixed penalty fine to the dad.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40697243
The council immediately cancelled the fine saying "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."
But today the Beeb reports: Dozens of job offers for girl fined for lemonade stand :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40697243
Mr Spice announced that dozens of festivals, markets and businesses have offered his daughter the opportunity to set up a lemonade stand.
- What a nice finish to a story of stupid officialdom!