People have jobs to do. Fair. But if you’re going to be a bellend about it, hold my beer because I am certainly better at being an absolute bellend than you are.
Was that what you said at the job interview to become a local authority enforcement officer? What zippy (and I suspect you) are not seeing is that whilst there’s probably a better way of approaching compliant traders there’s also potentially a better way of dealing with jumped up officials. I’m pretty sure the enforcement officer isn’t ranting three days later about the gift shop nobhead so who’s really winning here - the person who did his job and went home, or the person who was compliant but got angry he was asked about it because of the PPE/uniform that person was wearing and is still discussing days later!
if you really want to be angry, be angry that he has to go “dressed for Iraq” because some people are aggressive knobs to someone on little more than minimum wage paid to stop fly tipping and dog shit being left on the pavement or be angry that a little laminated ID card was not enough for some people to treat him seriously and the council found it necessary to make him look more like “law enforcement” than a man with a clipboard. Those issues aren’t his, they aren’t even really the councils - they are societal problems.
zippykona
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Yes we do, and the council already have a copy of it.
You can't discharge your duty of care like that, as a commercial organisation the Council aren't the regulating authority so them having copies means squat. They might be your collection company (which should mean they are squeaky clean) but you still need to retain all relevant paperwork.
Was that what you said at the job interview to become a local authority enforcement officer? What zippy (and I suspect you) are not seeing is that whilst there’s probably a better way of approaching compliant traders there’s also potentially a better way of dealing with jumped up officials.
I take your point (and I agree with you), but I'm not sure as it negates mine. If jumped-up officials don't want to be met with negativity, perhaps they could concentrate more on the "official" part rather than the "jumped up" bit? They must get training, right?
Rolling over to a **** just empowers them to be bigger ****s, and I have a zero tolerance policy for bullies.
It turns out that they are not even council staff but a private company called Kingdom.
Does the shop contain any sharp or pointy objects ?
If not maybe you can display a sign in the window to say "no sharp, pointy or potentially dangerous or harmful sprouts are kept on the premises".
FWIW, the owner of my last corner shop in the UK really *would* have stabbed someone. Nasty violent little thug, used to knock his wife and kids about and ended up in prison for fraud and various tax offences.
Council Stazi. Cant stand their jumped up officiousness.
Thankfully they have no power to detain or search or do anything the actual law can, though they dress the way they do in an attempt to hoodwink you into thinking they have.
The 'litter' or cigarette police like to hang around bus stops at rush hour looking catch anyone who dares dispose of a fag end in the gutter when their bus suddenly turns up and the only council ashtray is conveniently 50m away.
Appreciate the annoyance and inconvienience the enforcment is creating. However, businesses inappropriately dumping their waste is a significant cost and inconvenience to Councils and Residents so I do understand why Councils need to do some enforcement.
The ‘litter’ or cigarette police like to hang around bus stops at rush hour looking catch anyone who dares dispose of a fag end in the gutter when their bus suddenly turns up and the only council ashtray is conveniently 50m away.
I'd gladly vote for execution on sight for anyone dropping a fag end or litter
The ‘litter’ or cigarette police like to hang around bus stops at rush hour looking catch anyone who dares dispose of a fag end in the gutter when their bus suddenly turns up and the only council ashtray is conveniently 50m away
Quite right, dirty entitled bastards.
Thankfully they have no power to detain or search or do anything the actual law can, though they dress the way they do in an attempt to hoodwink you into thinking they have.
They also have a hotline to the nearest police station and they can insist that you give your name and address and can detain you (usually on breach of the peace terms).
You are a non violent entrepreneur who has outsourced his security without knowing it, and now complain when it becomes visible. Just like Elon.
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