The other day Zumi (link on sidebar) posted about the peculiar way the council polices the people who dive into the harbour, so I went and had a look.It really is the most ridiculous waste of money presumably something to do with compensation culture although I don’t know for sure. Two security guards are employed to man a temporary barrier, the object being to prevent people passing who are likely to dive of the fish loading quay into the harbour. It is an impossible job the upshot being that the people are still diving off the quay and we are funding two security guards to ask people if they are going to dive into the harbour, the people just say no and then go and dive in full view of the guards.
Makes you sick doesn't it, like you said on Zumi it would make more sense to employ a life guard and let the kids do what kids have been doing since the pier was built. They might then grow up respecting authority rather than seeing it as a killjoy.
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I say sod it, leave them to it. They should know the dangers of what they are doing. If they break their legs doing it, good. It means one less idiot walking the streets of Thanet.
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