Want to buy something? Do we approve of that?
October 6, 2009 10:13 PM
On Friday the Daily Mail reported that a 21 year old in Evesham, Worcestershire was not allowed to buy teaspoons in Tesco because she didn't have any proof of age on her. Her boyfriend did, (aged 23) but under Tesco rules he couldn't buy them either because he could just be buying them for her, and they didn't know for sure how old she was.
Today a pregnant woman was stopped from buying cheese (Canadian cheddar) at Sainsbury's in Bedfordshire. Apparently the shopworker mistakenly thought it was unsafe for pregnant women because it was unpateurised although Sainsbury's have acknowledged there is no danger (even to pregnant women) from this particular dairy product.
Since when did the law change so that we are no longer allowed to buy anything unless the supermarket staff approve? When did we vote to be told what to do by 16 year olds on a till who have an IQ of less than 10?
On Friday as well, a local disabled pensioner (from Thornton Cleveleys) who fled communist East Germany was reported as having been convicted of assault in court for prodding a local 17 year old and telling him off. The 17 year old (according to the pensioner) threw gravel at her window, used foul language to her, (referring to her as "some fucking German woman"), held her by her wrists so hard he bruised them and who was carted off into the back of a police van? Of course the pensioner. They have since defended their decision because they didn't see what the youth did themselves, but they did see her and she apparently should just put up with them doing this to her and the police doing F all about it. "She should have admitted her guilt then we could have cautioned her" said some CPS official so out of touch with reality they did actually believe what they said. Did they ever consider that they should have done something about the abuse she was suffering instead first? Apparently not.
I really despair of how this country has become. Where our lives are dictated to by people with a complete lack of common sense or intelligence. And that seems to include not only supermarket checkout staff, but the police, CPS and our politicians.
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