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13 year old son in trouble for selling Pepsi at school

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  • annibee
    annibee Posts: 777 Forumite
    Pigpen - I asked earlier but you seem to have not seen my Question.....what school was your sons friends heroin incident at.....I'm assuming it made papers and id very much be interested in seeing what their council had to say about it being someone who works for CS.....
    I imagine finding out about that was very upsetting for you as a mother I mean If my son had a friend like that I would wonder where on earth he has thought that people like that are worthy being friends with.
    To the OP If they cannot show you a rule then it doesn't exist simple as - you can make a formal complaint through your local lea and if they target him again for something silly I would look into it as it may turn out their just trying to pin daft things on him for whatever reason.
    I would suggest to your son that he keeps his business ventures off school property's for the time being but I wouldnt worry about it too much - its highly unlikely that he will turn into a drug baron and more likely he will turn into someone successful in sales/marketing ventures.
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  • Fang_3
    Fang_3 Posts: 7,602 Forumite
    like i pointed out on the previous page, this is one of the problems


    to be honest from the canteen staff side of view we have caught a few of the boys selling stuff and told them to take it outside as we wont have it going on in the canteen,
    last year we had to lose a member of staff as money was down in the canteen and this was the reason why so we have all had to work so much harder because the boys wanted to buy and sell sweets and cakes. and personally i think its unfair thats someone should lose thier wage because boys want to earn a bit of money without actually working.


    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.

    Don't charge such ridiculous prices that you can be undercut then. Simples.
  • annibee
    annibee Posts: 777 Forumite

    to be honest from the canteen staff side of view we have caught a few of the boys selling stuff and told them to take it outside as we wont have it going on in the canteen,
    last year we had to lose a member of staff as money was down in the canteen and this was the reason why so we have all had to work so much harder because the boys wanted to buy and sell sweets and cakes. and personally i think its unfair thats someone should lose thier wage because boys want to earn a bit of money without actually working.


    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 this is in a school I think the canteen staff are funded by the school and not the takings, Its sad but a lot of canteen staff have lost their jobs in the recent recession but I can guarantee its not because some kids sold their stuff for a bit more.... also the boys are doing the same work as the canteen staff really if you think about it their sourcing a supplier (research), working out a profit (good maths skill) and finding a clientele (marketing) their doing all that and earning a lot less than the canteen staff.

    If stuff is available at a canteen then kids with allergies can still purchase it cant they? So it would be the same principle? just my honest opinion on the matter
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  • Tropez
    Tropez Posts: 3,696 Forumite
    and personally i think its unfair thats someone should lose thier wage because boys want to earn a bit of money without actually working.
    Sorry, but that's just life. The reason you don't see many of the small, "mom and pop" style (as Americans would call them) video and game stores anymore is because the competition has buried them.

    People lose their jobs all the time in all sorts of industries because the competition is out performing them and cutbacks are necessary. It might seem unfair but I'm sorry, it is just the way things work.
  • bexyboo1312
    bexyboo1312 Posts: 120 Forumite
    i'd be blaming the government for the loss of your friends job in the canteen for forcing schools to only sell "healthy food"- after all do they seriously think the majority of 14 year old kids want to pay for a salad and fishcake with a cup of water...?! I know what I would've picked when I was at school....
    I cannot believe the outrageous comments on here - regarding parenting skills. Well done to the boy, if there is nothing in the school rules to say he cannot. My nephew currently DRAWS comics and sells them to his friends for £1 a go...
  • shellsuit
    shellsuit Posts: 24,749 Forumite
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    edited 30 March 2011 at 9:07PM
    Goodness, there are some OTT replies on this thread!

    My son has sold Lucozade at school. 6 for £3 and he sold them for £1 a pop. He did it for 3 weeks till he got £40 for a pair of jeans he wanted.

    One of his friends made £400 in 3 months selling it!

    If they're caught, they get it taken from them, but it's not because of any healthy eating policy, it's becase the kids aren't spending the money in the cafeteria!

    A bottle of fizzy at school is £1.30! No wonder the kids don't bloody buy it.
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  • Buttonmoons
    Buttonmoons Posts: 13,323 Forumite
    :eek: at reactions on here about some pepsi or 'selling stuff'

    I used to sell cigs, I didn't go to the shop and stock up, but I'd sell them out my packet for 50p a pop if someone asked me, I was on friendly terms with Gladys the lollypop lady (RIP) and she used to go in and buy me them :rotfl:

    There was one dude who was always on drugs and sold some weed, but he died taking who knows what at 20. Silly boy.
  • DVardysShadow
    DVardysShadow Posts: 18,949 Forumite
    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.
    I think that part of the contract for obeying rules is that the rules to be obeyed are sensible. In this case we really don't know the basis for the confiscation.

    • If the rule which led to the confiscation is 'No selling of anything on school premises to control bullying', then I can see a reason
    • If the rule is 'No unhealthy food products on school premises to limit the number of fat pupils', the moral judgements are probably far from clear cut.
    • If the rule is 'No selling of products in competition with the school vending machines', this is downright corrupt and you really do not want to be teaching your kids that it is OK to have laws that give big corporations powers to do things which are crimes when done by ordinary people
    • If the rule is one which teacher made up because she took it into her head to confiscate goods, this is totally unacceptable and you really do no want to be teaching your kids that people in authority can make up rules on the hoof and are not themselves subject to authority
    Fang wrote: »
    A small point - did you stick to the rules of finance in the debts that you ran up? Your signature rather suggests that you didn't.
    Ouch!!!

    They are not even unfair or unreasonable rules either.
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  • SUESMITH_2
    SUESMITH_2 Posts: 2,093 Forumite
    not allowed where i work, and the kids know it isn't. last one that got caught - and we dont have many that try it - got excluded and a trip to the governors. his parents were supportive of us.

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  • tiff
    tiff Posts: 6,608 Forumite
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    Crush their spirit you mean?
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