£14k Tuck Shop kid
Discussion
Gandahar said:
As my wife is a teacher he simply needs to supply the teachers with cheap chocolate biscuits to make it into their hearts so they ignore it.
See this is where he has gone wrong, no back handers to the "authorities" as would the mafia do.
He could have supplied them with cheap biscuits at morning and afternoon breaks and they would have turned a blind eye, but now they have broken omerta and so will have to start disappearing, presumably in barrels of acid purchased from the chemistry teacher.
I used to sell popcorn on a huge (to me back then) scale. I had queues at break and lunchtime! A couple of teachers got a bag for free, and all was rosy....until the ladies than ran the official tuck shop complained as business was poor.See this is where he has gone wrong, no back handers to the "authorities" as would the mafia do.
He could have supplied them with cheap biscuits at morning and afternoon breaks and they would have turned a blind eye, but now they have broken omerta and so will have to start disappearing, presumably in barrels of acid purchased from the chemistry teacher.
Don't see much future for him as a businessman in modern Britian with just simply supplying a demand. He should have just stolen £14k, got a caution and some counselling, written a column in the Guardian about how the Tory cuts drove him to crime, a BBC show on the same theme and then become a guest on I'm a Celebrity.
Oakey said:
Well considering we've just been told obesity is costing the taxpayer £47billion a year it's quite understandable.
He only makes money because the school chooses not to sell the same crap. I suppose we could go back to schools selling kids junk and let the country keep getting fatter?
Yeah, I don't understand why the news stories are going on about him like he's the next Alan Sugar or something. Its easy to make money when you're going to deliberately break the rules and sell products that have effectively been banned.He only makes money because the school chooses not to sell the same crap. I suppose we could go back to schools selling kids junk and let the country keep getting fatter?
If kids are going to eat them anyway, why not just let the schools continue to run a tuck shop. You need a parental consent form signed to buy anything from it. And any money it generates will be directly used on things which improve health. After school sports clubs or whatever.
Good luck to him.
I was in a shop the other day, and two school kids bought:
- 2 packets of crisps
- a tub of Pringles
- a packet of peanuts
- chewing gum
- 2 packs of Haribo
Handed over a tenner, and when I looked surprised the cashier said it was probably their lunch money.
The Co-Op isn't being vilified...
I was in a shop the other day, and two school kids bought:
- 2 packets of crisps
- a tub of Pringles
- a packet of peanuts
- chewing gum
- 2 packs of Haribo
Handed over a tenner, and when I looked surprised the cashier said it was probably their lunch money.
The Co-Op isn't being vilified...
A lot of schools are going cashless, or have already gone, so he hasn't got long left to make use of excess cash - lots of parents will just too up their accounts rather than send them with any money after that.
That being said, I did the same thing when I was younger. And later became a teacher
Lad in our football team did it for 2/3 years on a slightly bigger scale, saved it all , then bought a runabout Punto when he left!
That being said, I did the same thing when I was younger. And later became a teacher
Lad in our football team did it for 2/3 years on a slightly bigger scale, saved it all , then bought a runabout Punto when he left!
Oakey said:
They have or have you failed to notice chocolate bars have gotten smaller?
I have not failed to notice.Going back a year or two, Tesco used to sell a pack of 7 full sized Mars bars for £2.75, but occasionally they would do them at £2.00, and I would sometimes buy them at that price.
To begin with these full size Mars bars were 58 gm., but more recently I see they have shrunk to 51 gm. Is this a product size change by Mars, or a sneaky trick by Tesco?
p1esk said:
I have not failed to notice.
Going back a year or two, Tesco used to sell a pack of 7 full sized Mars bars for £2.75, but occasionally they would do them at £2.00, and I would sometimes buy them at that price.
To begin with these full size Mars bars were 58 gm., but more recently I see they have shrunk to 51 gm. Is this a product size change by Mars, or a sneaky trick by Tesco?
Google suggests it's to keep chocolate bars under 250calories, Mars aren't the only ones to do this apparently.Going back a year or two, Tesco used to sell a pack of 7 full sized Mars bars for £2.75, but occasionally they would do them at £2.00, and I would sometimes buy them at that price.
To begin with these full size Mars bars were 58 gm., but more recently I see they have shrunk to 51 gm. Is this a product size change by Mars, or a sneaky trick by Tesco?
Oakey said:
p1esk said:
I have not failed to notice.
Going back a year or two, Tesco used to sell a pack of 7 full sized Mars bars for £2.75, but occasionally they would do them at £2.00, and I would sometimes buy them at that price.
To begin with these full size Mars bars were 58 gm., but more recently I see they have shrunk to 51 gm. Is this a product size change by Mars, or a sneaky trick by Tesco?
Google suggests it's to keep chocolate bars under 250calories, Mars aren't the only ones to do this apparently.Going back a year or two, Tesco used to sell a pack of 7 full sized Mars bars for £2.75, but occasionally they would do them at £2.00, and I would sometimes buy them at that price.
To begin with these full size Mars bars were 58 gm., but more recently I see they have shrunk to 51 gm. Is this a product size change by Mars, or a sneaky trick by Tesco?
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