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Girl, 5, fined £150 for lemonade stand - BBC News
I understand why they have such laws...but things like that really annoy me.
Young kids shouldn't be learning that offering a service is a "bad thing." Good on them for retracting the fine...but the psychological hit on the girl is already done.
I remember when I was a kid similar things happening in school with trading cards. Some of us got in trouble for buying larger packs and selling off the good ones, trading them etc. Banned them and us "given a talking to."
Then a few months later marbles become popular, but no - how dare you actually make money giving the other kids what they want (ok, that one was more understandable, since the winner of the games would get the losers marbles, lol).
A few years ago a friend from Thailand came over on a work visa and wanted to start selling their food (very good at cooking). They did it in Thailand for years. But were very surprised when I told them how much they'd need to (legally) do it here. They'd have to rent a place out, wait for licensing, have premises checked out etc.
They didn't have the money (or time really) so it was off to waiting tables for them.
There are a lot of people I've known who could at least get started doing more in the world - but they'd have to break some law to do it. So instead they keep on with their sad life.
Of course, barrier to entry...good. But some barriers to entry just mean something that could be perfectly doable isn't - because of math.
I understand why they have such laws...but things like that really annoy me.
Young kids shouldn't be learning that offering a service is a "bad thing." Good on them for retracting the fine...but the psychological hit on the girl is already done.
I remember when I was a kid similar things happening in school with trading cards. Some of us got in trouble for buying larger packs and selling off the good ones, trading them etc. Banned them and us "given a talking to."
Then a few months later marbles become popular, but no - how dare you actually make money giving the other kids what they want (ok, that one was more understandable, since the winner of the games would get the losers marbles, lol).
A few years ago a friend from Thailand came over on a work visa and wanted to start selling their food (very good at cooking). They did it in Thailand for years. But were very surprised when I told them how much they'd need to (legally) do it here. They'd have to rent a place out, wait for licensing, have premises checked out etc.
They didn't have the money (or time really) so it was off to waiting tables for them.
There are a lot of people I've known who could at least get started doing more in the world - but they'd have to break some law to do it. So instead they keep on with their sad life.
Of course, barrier to entry...good. But some barriers to entry just mean something that could be perfectly doable isn't - because of math.
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