13 year old son in trouble for selling Pepsi at school

bestpud

pigpen wrote: »

No wonder there are so many little $hits out there then given none of you encourage your children to do as they are told and show respect at school and encourage them to ignore school policy.. explains a great deal about the attitude of the children when the parents condone it.

No wonder teachers are hard to come by.

Playing devils advocate for a moment:

Recently you said you would take your children out of school in term time if you wanted a family holiday and would otherwise not have one...?

So is it only some policies that matter? Maybe the ones which suit your agenda? :cool:

Fitzio

This thread is hilarious! Some people need to get a grip. Pepsi on the same level as drugs, I’ve heard it all now!

My brother spent a while selling juice/crisps/chocolate at school for cheaper than the tuck shop. He was doing such a roaring trade that my parents ended up having to drive him to school to transport slabs of cans of juice. This was in the ‘90s when these things weren’t banned from schools. He was voted Most Likely to be an Entrepreneur in his yearbook. The teachers didn’t mind, and the only thing that stopped it was when someone else stole a box of Mars Bars from the supermarket they worked in part-time to try to set up a rival business. His bosses caught him, sacked him and reported him to the school and so they had to put a stop to it all.

Mupette

OMG what does that make my DS, he occasionally buys coke (not the drug, but the drink)

he buys them on bogoff and sells them in school, (school sells it at lunch time)

so what does that make my DS, a future drug dealer, pimp etc....

it's a fizzy drink, he doesn't sell a lot, it's pennies he makes.

I'd rather the teachers be looking at the bullies and watching out for their victims, instead of taking a few cans of pop off a child who is making a little bit of pocket money.

sassyblue

All this fuss about a can of coke reminds me of one thread here that made me literally LOL - and still makes me chuckle when l think about it.....

A lady who was dieting (and had a toddler child) mentioned her afternoon treat was a glass of diet coke prompting the response IIRC... 'Oh my God l hope you don't let your daughter see you drinking that'.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

SugarSpun

londongirl wrote: »

No doubt some of you will now think I was selling !!!!!! at age 14 judging by the reaction to the scandal of selling pepsi.

There was a boy in my class whose father was a builder and who did a roaring trade selling nudie pictures from the newspapers left in the van at the end of the day.

There was another one who sold wraps of speed at the weekend. He didn't die; he's a fireman now with three kids and a lovely wife. Selling stuff in school is one way to make money when you're in that awful inbetweeny age of needing cash and not being able to work for it; if they're selling things that are legal then I fail to see the problem.

DX2

I have to say this is the best thread I have seen/read on MSE for a long time! Cracking up at the over the top dramatics from some parents :rotfl: :rotfl:

3onitsway

This thread is funny! :rotfl:

Pepsi being sold in schools would be the least of my worries. We could buy far worse stuff when I was at school.

Buttons - it shows how old I am. Loose ciggies were only 10p in my day. :rotfl:, but you could buy a pack of 10 for much less than £1.

*Louise* wrote: »

One day all these kids will grow up and be in control of themselves and it's the forbidden treats which may be craved the most.

Absolutely! My daughter has a friend who at 10, is very overweight. She has never been allowed fizzy drinks, sweets, crisps or chocolate.
So, when she goes to anyone elses house (friends/family) she pigs out on all the stuff that is banned. She's even been caught stealing food to sneak home and hide in her forbidden stash, and stealing loose change to sneak to the shop and buy stuff for her stash.

Do people not realise that making something forbidden just makes it all the more attractive. A little bit of everything (in moderation) is the way to go.

DUKE

Alan Sugar started off by making ginger beer & selling it to the neighbours

vroombroom

we used to buy fags and sell them to the younger kids at school and make a profit:D

sassyblue

DUKE wrote: »

Alan Sugar started off by making ginger beer & selling it to the neighbours

Yeah and look what happened to him......oh!