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littlemissmoney

If you don't fill it in they will first of all send someone around to your house, give you a new form and ask you to fill it in whilst they stand there. If you refuse they will fine you £1000.

tizhimi

littlemissmoney wrote: »

If you don't fill it in they will first of all send someone around to your house, give you a new form and ask you to fill it in whilst they stand there. If you refuse they will fine you £1000.

Please tell me you are being tongue in cheek!

I cannot beleive that for a second :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

ShockingPink

Don't know whether they still send someone round; but they certainly used to. My Dad had a part-time job every year for about 5 years, doing just that - handing the form in person, and waiting while it was filled in. He had to go 3 times before giving up if he couldn't catch anyone in.

tizhimi

Thats brilliant, I love the idea of wasting even MORE of our tax money chasing ghosts and threatening with fines, ahh this country rocks.

littlemissmoney

It's true! My neighbour didn't fill one in last year and I could hear them arguing with the bloke that had been sent around who was asking them to fill it in whilst he waited.

dmg24

ShockingPink wrote: »

Don't know whether they still send someone round; but they certainly used to. My Dad had a part-time job every year for about 5 years, doing just that - handing the form in person, and waiting while it was filled in. He had to go 3 times before giving up if he couldn't catch anyone in.

My mum used to also! We used to go round as a family - I'm not sure what was more scary, the threat of a fine or the four of us stood on the doorstep!

tizhimi

First thing I would think is....SCAM and refuse to fill anything in. Data protection and all that - anyone can make a badge on their computer and pretend to work for whoever.

stef.steve

tizhimi wrote: »

First thing I would think is....SCAM and refuse to fill anything in. Data protection and all that - anyone can make a badge on their computer and pretend to work for whoever.

Why real council workers show you a badge instead? ;-)

stef.steve

dmg24 wrote: »

My mum used to also! We used to go round as a family - I'm not sure what was more scary, the threat of a fine or the four of us stood on the doorstep!

Funny story...have you ever found anyone refusing to complete?

stef.steve

tizhimi wrote: »

Please tell me you are being tongue in cheek!

I cannot beleive that for a second :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

yeah, I was also thinking he is provoking.

Among others, how can you, city council employee fine someone if you do not know their name and they refuse to tell it to you?

Can they demand to know your name? AFAIK, just the police can...

And can you imagine the police chasing someone, to get a name, to complete a form, to be added to a registry they are not elegible to be in anyhow? :rotfl: