October 25, 2003

One of my pet peeves

One of my pet peeves is moronic school policies. Contrary to popular belief, Bob Jones is not that bad about such polices; at least, they can't be as bad as Deer Park High School in Boston. He "steals" a quarter's worth of melted cheese by accident (he thought the cheese was free), and even offered to pay when he was confronted about it. Quote from the story, my emphasis:

"I was walking out of the door and the lady called me over," Campbell said. "I said okay. She asked me what I had, and I told her cheese. She told me that cost 25 cents and I said 'OK, let me give you 25 cents for this cheese'. And she said 'No. Give me your ID'."

The next thing Campbell knew, Deer Park Police were giving him a ticket.
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By the time this case works its way through court, a judge, a bailiff, a prosecutor, two clerks, the ticket-writing cop and a jury will all be paid for about two hours of work just on this case. The estimated cost for these services will be paid for by Deer Park taxpayers in the form of $396.

Via Dave Barry

Posted by Blog Jones at October 25, 2003 05:05 PM
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