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Youths banned from buying ketchup



Police asked supermarkets to challenge youths buying ketchup

Supermarkets have banned sales of eggs and tomato ketchup to young people in a bid to cut anti-social behaviour.

About a dozen residents in the Charles Close area of Caister-on-Sea, near Great Yarmouth, have reported tomato sauce being squirted at cars and homes.

Norfolk Police asked supermarkets in the town to challenge youths trying to buy sauces in squirty bottles or eggs.

Sgt Andy Brown said no more complaints had been received in the past two weeks since the agreement came into force.

'A bit daft'

Sgt Brown said squirting ketchup was not a criminal act but it could be possible to bring charges of criminal damage if paintwork was damaged on homes or vehicles.

He said: "We had about a dozen complaints from residents, some of them elderly, about people squirting ketchup over doors, windows and vehicles.

"One of the ways we have looked at tackling that is to speak to local schools and businesses to get them to agree to not sell tomato ketchup to young people.

"I know it sounds a bit daft, but it has made a difference because we have had no more reported incidents since the supermarkets came on board with this."

Martin Bailie, from Lidl supermarkets, said staff from its Caister branch became aware of a problem before police asked them for help.

"Our staff were challenging youngsters who were trying to bulk buy these things.

"It is anti-social behaviour and it was getting out of hand.

"It wasn't that we haven't been selling eggs and ketchup to youths, but have been careful about who we have sold them to, and we are glad it has been making a difference."

Discrimination.

I do agree, but, it is happening for a very good reason .

Kids over here (not all) are running wild, and some are completely feral (large gangs,not caring who they hurt) and their parents either don't care or can't control them and their really running wild . Some of the stories that have come out (we had one here a short while ago) where the teens got beered up(drunk) and beat an old lady to a pulp and as she lay dying on the pavement they urinated over her and then sprayed her with shaving foam. They'd think nothing of pelting innocent people with eggs:-5 so i think this law is to help combat anti -social behaviour .

It doesn't say when this happened but each year there is a huge influx of youngsters to Caister-on-sea for the Easter period. A national youth group, 18 plus, have an annual holiday at the Caravan Park in Caister. Youth groups from all around the country get together and listen to some great bands for a few days. They also get roaring drunk and have a lot of fun. (Not that I ever did anything like that of course. . . . ahem! :sneaky:)

Read Easter as Spring Break this year. Anyway, my point is that it may not have been local youngsters who caused all the trouble, even though they'll be the ones taking the flak for it! Just a thought. :-3

pantsonfire321@aol.com;835013 wrote: I do agree, but, it is happening for a very good reason .

Kids over here (not all) are running wild, and some are completely feral (large gangs,not caring who they hurt) and their parents either don't care or can't control them and their really running wild . Some of the stories that have come out (we had one here a short while ago) where the teens got beered up(drunk) and beat an old lady to a pulp and as she lay dying on the pavement they urinated over her and then sprayed her with shaving foam. They'd think nothing of pelting innocent people with eggs:-5 so i think this law is to help combat anti -social behaviour .


do you think that banning the sale of ketchup and eggs would have prevented that?

suzy_creamcheese;835938 wrote: do you think that banning the sale of ketchup and eggs would have prevented that?


I doubt it . I doubt the kids left the house that morning thinking, Ok we'll pi$$ on an old lady today .

I think the law is simply about taking away the items so the kids can't just go out and buy a bulk load of eggs and use them on people .

I'm not for this.

When they made this ban, did it occur to them that squeeze mustard and tomatoes do just as much damage? Not to be funny, but really....

I think its taking a very simplistic approach to a very complex problem.



The problem is the mindset, not the ketchup. As RG pointed out, they could use anything to similar effect. Its not the issue at all