13 year old son in trouble for selling Pepsi at school

jellyhead

mirrorimage0 wrote: »

also when selling things in school what if some children have allergies or reactions to high colourings etc its not very fair i dont think on the children or the parents that have to deal with the side affects.

If a parent is not certain that their child isn't able to stop themselves from buying something they react to then the parent shouldn't be handing money over to the child - they could always supply everything the child needs for the day, as I do for my son (not because he's allergic, but because I'm poor, lol).

Even if the school doesn't sell fizzy drinks themselves (most do though, I think?) the kids can go to local shops, the chippy or even the town centre burger van, mcdonalds etc. during lunch time anyway, if the parent supplies them with money. What's the difference between a kid buying fizzy stuff from a kid in the playground or getting it from the local shop? The chippy pop is around half the price of school and the local shop even sells it for 35p a can (not cola though, but they sell lemonade, cherryade, ginger beer, pineapple, etc).

It's not like primary - in high school a kid with money can get fizzy drinks if they wish to.

mrme

Good on him, I did exactly this at school. I'd take orders and deliver whatever was requested the next day (unless I could sneak out at lunch and dash to Sainsbury's) for a minimum 100% profit and also snap up whatever was on offer to sell there & then. I was rolling in it, tell him to trial push pops - they went down a treat for me :rotfl:

joe_purdy

I made quite a nice little sum of money each week selling cans of fizzy drinks and sweets at school. I'd go to the cheap shops at the weekend like home bargains and see what was on the best offer, buy enough for the whole week and then sell it at breaks. I used to do food technology for one of my GCSE's too and my specification was something to do with cakes so i quite often made cakes at school and sold them, the teacher didnt actually mind as i gave a percentage of profits to the school charity. On a good week i could make £30 a week profit, and to be honest i think it was just harmless fun, didnt hurt anyone

Bambywamby

threemuttleys wrote: »

OMG..wetting myself loling at this thread. Total overreaction by some parents, and the Op's son.

I happen to know of a child who back in her primary school days used to charge the other kids 50p to watch her eat earthworms.

I am still alive! (kinda!)

LMAO :rotfl:

Ewwwww...ya mucky tyke.

Bambywamby

Much as it is no big deal and the little lad should just be told not to do it again, I can see it from the schools point of view.

If he is taking things into school to sell...say bags of toffees that have nuts in and a child with a nut allegy bought a bag and then went into anaphylactic shock and was incredibly ill or even died...imagine what the fall out would be for the family and the school.
Yes it may only be diet Pespi but some parents may not want their children drinking it: it is full of chemicals, caffeine and is addictive. My son, when young would have paralysing migraines if he drank Pepsi due to the artifical sweetners they pump it full of - same with other cans of sugar free drink.

The school has a duty of care to provide and they cannot provide it and keep control of it if pupils are bringing all sorts of unknown goods to sell on.

daz501

oh for god's sake bamby...

i worry more about what kids will pick up from news and the media and all the other hysterical ideologies we're surrounded by. Cans of drinks and mild contraband is no big deal in the grand scheme of things.

when you're lying on your death bed, will you think to yourself .... "those cans of coke were a bad idea" ? "i wish i'd eaten less chocolate" etc

pulliptears

When my lad was in year 7 he had a lunchtime pass out of school as he would go and eat with his Nan around the corner. The rest of year 7, unless given written permission were not allowed out.
I discovered towards the end of year 7 he had made himself a fair chunk of cash by going to the shop van across the road, buying sweets and selling them to his incarcerated classmates at double the price. Very entrepreneurial I thought, especially as he managed to buy himself a £100 skateboard with the proceeds at the end of the year!

sjc3

Raksha wrote: »

Just an an email from his Tutor - she'd taken 4 cans off him because he was selling them in school. (buying them for 35p each/4 for £1) selling them for 50p each.

I've asked her to point out in the rules where it says he can't........

but apart from that I'm speechless.:mad:


BTW - it was Pepsi Max, not full fat Pepsi

Typical state school approach - squash initiative

Good on your son thats what I say, he'll be a self made millionaire one day.

sjc3

aliasojo wrote: »

A girl in my class (last year in primary) used to show the boys her knickers for 50p and her bare bum for a pound. I kid you not. She used to go home loaded every day, at least until the Headmaster found out.

Wonder how she earns a living now :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

split_second

i wonder about parents that dont allow their children any fizzy drinks or sweets etc, imagine if the child actually rebelled lol