Steve Justice Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 My son got fined for it. I laughed.Ā Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted October 27, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted October 27, 2019 I take it as a general rule of thumb that, during times of economic duress and government cuts (especially when the Tories are in power), allĀ fines will be enforced as often as they can manage it. They're not giving up that revenue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted October 27, 2019 Moderators Share Posted October 27, 2019 Depends if they have the headcount to hire people to enforce. There's often hiring freezing that means headcount and budgets don't align. Also depending on who is doing the enforcing and how much of their job it is these things often aren't as big money spinners as people think. It's like people assuming speed cameras are some great government sponsored scam but actually they're just there to make things safer and don't run at a profit at all. Why do you think so many of them are left without film in them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Iāll be honest, think Iāve said it before, but even as someone that smokes, if you drop a butt on the floor (KennethWilliams.jpg), and get caught, you canāt moan if you get fined. It is littering after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undefeated Steak Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Aye, I'm with you there Bacon. It's not that I'm against the principal of it at all - it is littering and most city streets are filthy. It's the same as getting a speeding ticket - you know you've done wrong but still get annoyed when you receive the fine. @Chest Rockwell Do you have any sources regarding that about speed cameras not being profitable? A quick Google search says that 2 million got handed out last year. Rough estimate is that's Ā£200 million revenue in speeding tickets. It can't be costing *that* much to operate them, surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Cod Eye Posted October 27, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted October 27, 2019 The litter police(of litter Nazis to those they have caught) are all over in Barnsley, and they are prolific in the amount of tickets they gove out on a day to day basis. The frustrating thing about them though is that they will blatently witness a big, manley bloke dropping a fag end and dare not do anything, but if they see a random t'old lass dropping a bus ticket, they are on to her and writing the ticket out like a shot. I think they would be a brilliant idea, but will only work if they grow some bollocks and fine everyone who drops litter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted October 27, 2019 Moderators Share Posted October 27, 2019 I agree, they should be armed with handguns. Problem solved.Ā Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfoote Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 When I was gainfully employed with Tesco, we had a couple of incidents of them fining people in the car park. As it was private property (and not registered as a thoroughfare), they were told to leave by our security and the tickets were dismissed.Ā Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted October 28, 2019 Moderators Share Posted October 28, 2019 The company doing it around here got sacked by the council for being a bit overzealous. They were straight on to old fogeys dropping litter by accident but doing fuck all about dog shit which was their top priority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Cod Eye Posted October 28, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted October 28, 2019 2 hours ago, PowerButchi said: The company doing it around here got sacked by the council for being a bit overzealous. They were straight on to old fogeys dropping litter by accident but doing fuck all about dog shit which was their top priority. People letting their dog turd all over and not cleaning it up is something that should lead to a public flogging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted October 30, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted October 30, 2019 So my three year old son walks into the magazine aisle of Asda, points to the middle shelf and says "skateboard", in that slightly incorrectly pronounced way that three year olds do. Angry lady almost has my eye out with her pointy finger as lets me know how disgusting it is that a child so young can point to the top shelf and identify "gay porn". Do Asda even sell gay porn?Ā Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Justice Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Urgh, what a wretched cunt.Ā I'd be interested to know how you responded.Ā Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 17 minutes ago, Steve Justice said: Urgh, what a wretched cunt.Ā Fucking hell, Steve, he's only three! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted October 31, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted October 31, 2019 1 hour ago, Steve Justice said: Urgh, what a wretched cunt.Ā I'd be interested to know how you responded.Ā Mostly by stuttering and wondering what the fuck just happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted October 31, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted October 31, 2019 (edited) Supposedly when I was a lad (about 7 or 8, I think) I was attacked by an old woman smashing her walking stick into me for having a quick glance at some wrestling magazine. She called it "Gay Porn" too. Woman's daughter got her off me but she was supposedly going for it hell for leather with the stick. No charges were pressed. Edited October 31, 2019 by bAzTNM#1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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