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post Jul 22 2017, 02:02 AM, updated 7y ago

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LONDON — A 5-year-old girl was slapped with a nearly $200 fine for setting up a lemonade stand on the street near her home in East London.

The girl was happily selling small cups of lemonade for 65 cents and large ones for $1.30 to people streaming by to attend a music festival in a nearby Victoria Park when four local law enforcement officers stormed up to her table, according to her father, Andre Spicer.

One officer switched on a portable camera attached to his uniform and then proceeded to read a lengthy statement essentially telling the young girl she would be fined $195 (£150) because she didn’t have a trading permit, according to an account of the events Spicer wrote for The Telegraph.

The girl burst into tears, asking her father again and again, “Have I done a bad thing?”

The pair packed up their jugs of lemonade and walked home, with the young girl sobbing the whole way, according to her dad.

Spicer said that the whole situation left his daughter shaken and afraid.

"I said maybe we can apply for the right permit and do it again at some stage. And she said, ‘That’s a bit scary,’” he told NBC’s News’ British partner ITV News.

The local authorities have since cancelled the fine and apologized.

“We are very sorry that this has happened,” a spokesperson for the local authorities told NBC News’ British partner ITV News. "We expect our enforcement officers to show common sense, and to use their powers sensibly. This clearly did not happen.

“The fine will be canceled immediately and we have contacted Professor Spicer and his daughter to apologise.”

Still, the fact that a fun day out with his entrepreneurial daughter was ruined by bureaucratic overreach has left a bitter taste in Spicer’s mouth.

In his column for The Telegraph, Spicer, a professor at the Cass School of Business at London’s City University, lamented all the rules, regulations and monitoring of children that goes on now — often stifling creativity, entrepreneurial spirit and the confidence gained by giving children a little independence.

“I think the wider issue here is a question about encouraging children to have a go at things, whether it’s starting a small business or putting on a play or whatever they want to do,” Spicer told ITV. “Children are under a lot of pressure these days and are often not encouraged to take risks.”


http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/5-year-o...e-stand-n785271


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post Jul 22 2017, 02:13 AM

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The officer done nth wrong oso, why need to retract the fine n apologize?

So as long as its children opening those stalls then they duneed permit n its ok?

Wat if in future those abusive parents abuse dis n force their children to jaga these illegal stalls to help them earn money?
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QUOTE(rooney723 @ Jul 22 2017, 02:13 AM)
The officer done nth wrong oso, why need to retract the fine n apologize?

So as long as its children opening those stalls then they duneed permit n its ok?

Wat if in future those abusive parents abuse dis n force their children to jaga these illegal stalls to help them earn money?
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Common sense. Though it might be pretty uncommon for you i guess
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post Jul 22 2017, 02:17 AM

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“We are very sorry that this has happened,” a spokesperson for the local authorities told NBC News’ British partner ITV News. "We expect our enforcement officers to show common sense, and to use their powers sensibly. This clearly did not happen.

“The fine will be canceled immediately and we have contacted Professor Spicer and his daughter to apologise.”
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When idiots "follow" the rules without even understanding WTF are the rules for.
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QUOTE(dagnarus @ Jul 22 2017, 02:15 AM)
Common sense. Though it might be pretty uncommon for you i guess
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post Jul 22 2017, 02:34 AM

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bodo punya officer. Should just warned them for the first time and tell the parent to get a proper permit if want to do it again. The officer lack common sense.

in our country its called "budi bicara".
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post Jul 22 2017, 02:44 AM

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little gurl shud cum mahresia

here open table in front haus sell kuih nobody will gip a shit
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QUOTE(rooney723 @ Jul 22 2017, 02:13 AM)
The officer done nth wrong oso, why need to retract the fine n apologize?

So as long as its children opening those stalls then they duneed permit n its ok?

Wat if in future those abusive parents abuse dis n force their children to jaga these illegal stalls to help them earn money?
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Just goes to show that you are one of those people in the world who doesn't have common sense.

Bravo faggot.
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post Jul 22 2017, 04:39 AM

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post Jul 22 2017, 05:07 AM

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Good job. Law must be followed. Otherwise you see stalls manned by children so no need license. In Malaysia, children roam highways on bicycles at 3am, ride motorbike with no helmet and underage because no respect for law.



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post Jul 22 2017, 06:03 AM

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You follow what law in that country.
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Well start erm young...even respect for the law.

Girl must understand she cannot use her 'minor' privilege to escape the law. After this incident no way she will try to break the law again.

Good job enforcement!

Or she can learn to rasuah.

This post has been edited by Kaerna: Jul 22 2017, 06:55 AM

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