Fines for fag butts

Any1 seen this

Disgusting

https://mol.im/a/8042675

Put their fags out in the plant pots?

They should’ve been fined double.

Classy.

I'd have said it was my friends ashes.

You can get away with an offence if you commit it while you're attending a funeral? Is that the moral of this story?

The steward at my local club put up a sign, it said, when the planters are full could you please use the ashtrays provided.

TheFamilyCat wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 25, 2020 6:49 pm

You can get away with an offence if you commit it while you're attending a funeral? Is that the moral of this story?

It could work there is always some old face you owe a knuckle sandwich turns up. Or that insulting family member who goes too close to the bone.

I might not last long

Did these two park on the pavement in a bus stop?

I'm not getting the link...so cant comment yet!

I would have thought that the officer's action was ultra vires, in any event, as it's possibly on private land.

The people involved ( and the funeral home ) argued that the fag ends were not thrown on the pavement but in the plant pots. Which belong to the funeral home and are private property and not in the litter police's remit.

Imagine running in though. Like they are heroes.

It's a weird job, someone has to do it I suppose. You must have to be a certain kind of person to do it though.

ClaretAndJew wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 25, 2020 7:39 pm

Imagine running in though. Like they are heroes.

It's a weird job, someone has to do it I suppose. You must have to be a certain kind of person to do it though.

Possibly the sort of person who doesn't like littering.... which hopefully would include most of us.

thomaspaine wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 25, 2020 7:44 pm

Possibly the sort of person who doesn't like littering.... which hopefully would include most of us.

I'm not saying I'm acceptable of littering, it's just an interesting job to do.

I see them on the path on the Greenway in Padiham, hiding with their binoculars, hoping to spot someone littering or not picking up dog foul. It's just funny. Like a military operation.

Of course it's wrong to do it and steps need to be taken to enforce it, but it just seems this is a bit of a mad scheme to just let power go to someone's head who has a machine that can print a ticket.

Fenwick wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 25, 2020 7:39 pm

The people involved ( and the funeral home ) argued that the fag ends were not thrown on the pavement but in the plant pots. Which belong to the funeral home and are private property and not in the litter police's remit.

Good ol' Steve.

ClaretAndJew wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 25, 2020 7:47 pm

I'm not saying I'm acceptable of littering, it's just an interesting job to do.

I see them on the path on the Greenway in Padiham, hiding with their binoculars, hoping to spot someone littering or not picking up dog foul. It's just funny. Like a military operation.

Of course it's wrong to do it and steps need to be taken to enforce it, but it just seems this is a bit of a mad scheme to just let power go to someone's head who has a machine that can print a ticket.

You leave your Bin out after it's been emptied in Barnoldswick...for a period of time and your issues with a penalty notice.

tim_noone wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 25, 2020 7:51 pm

You leave your Bin out after it's been emptied in Barnoldswick...for a period of time and your issues with a penalty notice.

How would they tell the difference in Barlick?

tim_noone wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 25, 2020 7:51 pm

You leave your Bin out after it's been emptied in Barnoldswick...for a period of time and your issues with a penalty notice.

Do they swoop in, tires screeching, 10-4 GO GO GO GO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Burst in and pull out their little receipt machine.

ClaretAndJew wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 25, 2020 7:53 pm

Do they swoop in, tires screeching, 10-4 GO GO GO GO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Burst in and pull out their little receipt machine.

I believe they stick warnings on the Bins that are numbered. I live in Monaco so don't know all the facts.

tim_noone wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 25, 2020 7:55 pm

I believe they stick warnings on the Bins that are numbered. I live in Monaco so don't know all the facts.

Well that's boring, tim.

My fantasy of this is ruined.

ClaretAndJew wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 25, 2020 7:56 pm

Well that's boring, tim.

My fantasy of this is ruined.

'We apologise to the two people involved for any upset this caused and we've sent flowers to Ann as a way of saying sorry.'

What did they send to John ??

Bullabill wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 26, 2020 4:48 am

'We apologise to the two people involved for any upset this caused and we've sent flowers to Ann as a way of saying sorry.'

What did they send to John ??

20 Lambert & Butler and a plant pot.

Fenwick wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 25, 2020 7:39 pm

The people involved ( and the funeral home ) argued that the fag ends were not thrown on the pavement but in the plant pots. Which belong to the funeral home and are private property and not in the litter police's remit.

Technically the offence is committed on any land open to air (doesn’t matter if it’s private property). It is a defence if you have the landowners permission. The owner of this business has said that they have permission to use his plant pots as bins so the tickets were cancelled.

I would be embarrassed to have my picture in the paper, holding a ticket, claiming that I used the plant pots outside a funeral home as a bin.

I'd be embarrassed too. They should have put it in the bin!

Compo face is alive and well at least.

TBH, I have absolutely no problem with them hiding and pouncing to catch dog foulers as that really is disgusting imo, but in the grand scheme of things dropping a fag butt isn't the most serious problem and seems to be an easy way to target people. They should be putting the same amount of effort into catching those chucking the remains of their KFC out the car window!!

I hope the enforcement officers were fined for parking on the pavement and being opposite a bus shelter.

Keep hearing people complaining about these litter police targeting x y z group. How they only go after the unfortunate people dropping small fag ends, or targeting people outside work/factories- stop dropping ****, it's simple.

The smokers getting caught throwing one fag end, smoke multiple times a day and clearing don't have a problem dropping their fag ends. It wouldn't be hard to imagine they are the worst litterers going. 'There was not a bin near' - where do people think these crap goes?

Burnley Ace wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 26, 2020 7:02 am

Technically the offence is committed on any land open to air (doesn’t matter if it’s private property). It is a defence if you have the landowners permission. The owner of this business has said that they have permission to use his plant pots as bins so the tickets were cancelled.

I would be embarrassed to have my picture in the paper, holding a ticket, claiming that I used the plant pots outside a funeral home as a bin.

Technically correct in part but it's also a breach of environmental health whether on private land or off it with or without permission, the defence would be negate with the risk of cross contamination at the forefront food being particularly concerning.

Jakubclaret wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 26, 2020 5:59 pm

Technically correct in part but it's also a breach of environmental health whether on private land or off it with or without permission, the defence would be negate with the risk of cross contamination at the forefront food being particularly concerning.

What has food got to do with littering?

Sorry, thought this was about my public school days

Burnley Ace wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 26, 2020 8:23 pm

What has food got to do with littering?

I'd say quite a lot if the litter drops into the food, Sir what you like to order? Well I think I'll have the sirloin medium rare & don't forget to include a fag butt I'm not keen on onion rings.