It has been a hectic few days, and so not been able to get on the Internet to much. One thing I have been able to fit in was my viewing of strictly come dancing result show on Sunday night. The first contestant was eliminated and where most people thought it would be Ann the ex politician or Paul Daniels the now elderly TV magician it was Goldie and his controversial Russian dancing pro. Now was it a trick by the BBC or did the public really vote them off.
Last year the Russian professional dancer was in all the papers as she was reportedly the reason for why the professional boxer she was dancing with on last show split from his long time partner to be with her. It is also reported that Goldies son has been had up for murder and so could leave the BBC in a difficult position like last year when a celebrity contestant them self was being hauled before the courts and so missed an episode. Did the BBC push these two out or did the public vote them out ?
Cube shines !!! Have you ever tried to use predictive text when it doesn't know what you are wanting to spell, or even if you don't know how to spell what you want to say yourself. Cube shine is the nearest our lass could get to aubergine as she was cooking moussaka last night (it was fantastic) but cube shine was one of those happy accidents which actually make more sense than the word it self and so from this day forward I wont call them aubergines but cube shines.
And finally............
PG movies who do you sell them too. Our lass works in a supermarket and asked the question today, as normal her bosses never gave a straight answer, and considering you can get sacked or fined or both if you are really unlucky a clear message should be sent out.
At what age is something PG ? Some parents might be stricter than others. How do you define PG. Whilst the boss was giving out his speech he said " If a minor was trying to by a 12, 15 or 18 certificate and you refused them and they were with the parents and the parents said its OK I will by it for them, you would have to refuse to sell it to them as well"
Oh joy that would be a great conversation and news front page headline. 40 year old refused to be sold a 12 certificate film........
I wish the laws were more clear and that bosses would support their staff and not just dump on them, not a nice place to be in if you think you will get the sack on a technicality.
When I used to run a large Supermarket I made the rules very clear, the PG movie would only be sold if a parent was present (ie. we never sold dvds or videos to kids if we could help it) as the individual cashier and the management would be fined if they got it wrong. And with the local TSO always trying it on we just got tougher and tougher. For me it was always great to refuse an adult purchasing a movie for their child after I had already refused the child as the parent would go nuts and because I had the law on my side I had no worries. This was the same for Glue, Knives, Axes (yes really) Alcohol, Cigarettes and so on.
ReplyDeleteSome laws look and act stupid until you are faced with a huge fine and threat of the sack!