Evil 'hoodie' banned from shop!

[InsaneApache]

It's about time we clamped down on these ruffians, they should be horsewhipped within an inch......wait! No! All is not what it seems.....

A toddler has been banned from a North Yorkshire shop for wearing a hoodie.

Two-year-old Jay Cowper was wrapped up against the cold in a brown jacket with a furry hood when he went shopping with his grandfather in York.

Jay was asked to remove his hood by staff at Monkton Road Stores because of a "no hoodie" policy designed to tackle problems with troublemakers.

The owner of Monkton Road Stores said his shop had been a constant target of crime and he could not afford to make any exceptions.

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/engla...re/6288885.stm

At least it dovetails in nicely with Blairs plan of locking people up before they break the law.

Common sense seems to be at a premium in the UK these days.

[Ronin]

you can´t afford to be lenient with these ruffians...well anyone that looks at his foto knows he´s trouble for sure!!!


man....you guys have some wacky people over there....I wonder if it´s something in the water...or maybe too much tea is bad for people´s mental stability

[Gregoshi]

Surely you've heard of the "terrible twos"? Better safe than sorry.

[KukriKhan]

It's apparently not the first time Monkton Road Stores has run into this trouble.

Q: These shops are "variety" stores, with newspapers, drinks, etc?

[InsaneApache]

From what little knowledge I have of the counties capital, Monkton is what could only be described as a less than a salubrious neighbourhood.

Q: These shops are "variety" stores, with newspapers, drinks, etc?

I should imagine they would what you guys call a 7~11 store.

He said staff would be put in a difficult position if they had to decide who looked like a potential troublemaker, so the rule applied to all customers regardless of their age. "It is not just young people who cause problems," he said.

That the little lad sorted out then.

[King Henry V]

I guess he was holding his dummy in a very threatening manner.

The person responsable for this seems to be the model bureaucrat, i.e he had the part of brain dealing with common sense removed.

[English assassin]

Yeah, but if they don't ban everyone, including 2 year olds and middle aged nurses, the council will be round accusing them of being ageist, sexist, racist, or who knows whatist.

Personally I think I would have taken a chance on the two year old though...

[yesdachi]

Yeah, but if they don't ban everyone, including 2 year olds and middle aged nurses, the council will be round accusing them of being ageist, sexist, racist, or who knows whatist.

Who cares, this jackhole should have stood up for what he knew was right, being called a name by some fringe group is worth doing the right thing, besides if he had just let it go, who would have known? Just because the “rule” is written in the employee handbook doesn’t mean it has to be followed to the “t”. Practically every rule (from a corporate entity) has a “use your best judgment” clause to allow for unusual circumstances.

[Brenus]

Mistake from the mother, she just had to say it was for religious beliefs and done…

[Fisherking]

man....you guys have some wacky people over there....I wonder if it´s something in the water...or maybe too much tea is bad for people´s mental stability

It's not just over there, check the papers closely. I remember a case where an eight year old boy was suspended from a California School for bringing a pistol from one of his GI Joe figurines to school. The so-called gun was under an inch long, made of solid plastic with no moving parts. The school had a zero tolerance policy on guns. I suppose had he brought a picture of the gun the result would have been the same. There was also the case in Bremerton, WA of 14 middle school students being suspended for the possession of Tylenol which the school classed as a drug. You guessed it, zero tolerance.

Of course it happens so much now in the U.S. it isn't as likely to make the news but the whole zero tolerance movement need their collective heads examined…or maybe excised but I am not the one making those decisions.

[Samurai Waki]

and it is for this exact reason why my daughters will never attend a public school.

[Bijo]

'tis kinda funny, I had to smile when I read this article 'bout a situation wherein the store owner is a fool. O come on! A two-year old kid! Granted: a two-year old has the ability to steal, even if it's a kid. But what the heck does it matter whether somebody's wearing a hood?

Ah, whatever. If employees are put into a difficult position when they need to judge if there's going to be troublemakers, then these employees, staff, etc., are just-- Well, what is there to say anyway?

In the meanwhile, I'll just laugh about it, though

[BDC]

To be fair to the shop guys, it was a miserable looking area.

[rory_20_uk]

We've currently had anti-ageist legislation. No provision was made for cases where common sense is allowed.

Large corporations are rich enough to have departments to fight any council that wants to push inane laws, small shops aren't in the same position.

This case should be a reason to amend the laws that we've currently got in the UK.

[GoreBag]

and it is for this exact reason why my daughters will never attend a public school.

That makes me wonder if the public schools are made to be crap on purpose just to make money in schools that aren't.