Governments and their sometimes stupid rules… How old does one have to be to run a vacuum cleaner? Well it seems that teenagers under the age of 18 are not allowed to use such equipment in England. That is what one company used as ground to fire a 16 year old male. Karl Walker, who is in his final year of secondary school and plans to become a computer programmer, had been working for Apollo Cleaning for several weeks. He worked two hours a day, five days a week, and earned £6 an hour.
That came to an end when Apollo management, citing "government guidelines", declared that workers had to be 18 years old before they could operate vacuum cleaners and use hot water and other dangerous cleaning stuff. PLEASE!!! What did they think he was going to do drink the cleaning solution?
Karl's mum (I love it when I hear the English talk about Mothers) called the decision "ridiculous". Her son, she said, had been helping clean the family home for years without incident.
Karl is left to ponder the ways of a world which says he is old enough to enlist in the army and get married, but not old enough to use a vacuum cleaner. So how come this guy may be trained to shoot a rifle in the military or operate a tank but, can’t use hot water?
"I just want to be allowed to earn an honest living to support my studies - is that asking too much?" he said. Apparently so…
Good Morning.
I truly shutter to think of how some rules and laws were even adapted. I mean England isn’t alone in stupid laws and rules we have numerous states with laws and ordinances that would make the pope blush. Oh well…
However right now it is time for me to get working…Monday of a short week…yea…me..
Have a fabulous Monday…unless you are Karl and looking for a job that does not have anything to do with Hot Water…
A huge hug and assorted pats
Mart
