Rubbish Fine

[retired_member6]

I got fined yesterday inbetween working in the internet cafe, erdington just done up the town centre bins to include ash trays every two metres, I didn't know until after the incident, aint been there for two years, was smoking, saw community fake old bill across the road with another person but didnt take much notice - well you don't, put my cig out on the pavement and went back in.

Sat at the pc, those two come in, one community fake old bill and birmingham city worker, they want to speak to me outside, I was a bit surprised, said if got anything to say they can do it in here. I got fined £75 for putting out cig on the pavement, wished them an happy xmas after. everyone in the cafe called them ****s after, I just laughed it off, it's what you come to expect of the uk since labour got in.

I did have a few doubts about selling the house, but with that happening and a few other things kinda got to thinking was me mum showing me it aint worth holding on, wasn't happy before, won't be happy keeping one foot in. My fault, got the fine, but didn't really think about it, lived here too long now I suppose, forgot things I've read about cigarettes as rubbish.

I said to them "I know it's rubbish" not about the fine about the litter, made us all laugh. I also sent the most expensive postcard in the world I think, £30, I thought it would be funny to send girlfriend a postcard while in London, misjudged the time and missed the train even though had half an hour.

Th guards wouldn't let me board, I thought honesty best policy, isn't true, she asked what my excuse was, said didn't really have one, had to pay extra £28, can you believe the normal pay on the day fare london to Birmingham is £41, how the hell do people put up with all this and the extortionate pricing for public transport? I just don't know. £41 ha, unbelievable, got to be rich, even if did £100k a year in the UK, you couldn't afford to live there I doubt and have fun at the same time. Not my kind of fun living anyway.

 

[mat]

Ive never liked the big cities, completly different way of life compared to the country. Its ok for a change, I go to London every so often to shop and eat, but thats about it!

 

[rob]

How many hours had you been in the uk before being fined?

 

[retired_member6]

How many hours had you been in the uk before being fined?

Landed at 9.30am, left 8am next morning. When in London in the morning I did stub out cig in a bin at tottenham and again at euston used ashtray at cafe, just unfortunate I guess. Had another random search done on me at the airport again, pi***** me off, why me? Guess it was because the scan of the carry on bag came up blank as was stuffed full of food and that don't show on the scanner. i've also heard of those new body scanner that show naked image, you'd think the nazis were in power, what gives the government the right to see you naked?

 

[retired_member6]

Ive never liked the big cities, completly different way of life compared to the country. Its ok for a change, I go to London every so often to shop and eat, but thats about it!

This was in a suburb of birmingham.

 

[crabfoot]

Brum and Doncaster are the worst places for the Dogend police.

Put a flat dogend in your fag packet. If they are watching, stand on your dogend as usual, bend down to it and make a show of picking it up and putting it in your fag packet - but you just shield it from view with your foot, and leave it there.

I hate people who try to take an honest living from the poor sods that sweep the street for a wage.

 

[GreyWing]

How do they react when you give them a Romanian address to send the fine to?

 

[retired_member6]

How do they react when you give them a Romanian address to send the fine to?

They wanted the address I was sleeping at that night, they ran a name check through the station as well, I kinda got the feeling they couldn't follow up proceedings against a non uk resident but didn't really want to waste my time with the fake old bill and council worker.

My house neighbour was shocked and said I shouldn't have co-operated but I was only in the country a day and don't need the ag. It's £50 if pay the fine within ten days. just looked it up in google and looks like loads are getting done for it, I guess it's easy pickings though, a bit like driving a car and parking, easy target, easy tax revenue, so easy that it shouldn't be that high a fine. I shouldnt be smoking again anyway, just last few months with house and other things got to me.

 

[retired_member6]

Brum and Doncaster are the worst places for the Dogend police.

Put a flat dogend in your fag packet. If they are watching, stand on your dogend as usual, bend down to it and make a show of picking it up and putting it in your fag packet - but you just shield it from view with your foot, and leave it there.

I hate people who try to take an honest living from the poor sods that sweep the street for a wage.

No doubt if I lived in the uk still I'd have seen all these new bins and signs popping up and acted accordingly as you suggest however wasn't around for the smoking ban and new signs and now this so just took it on the chin and laughed them ta la. Anyway, it helped me ensure that I had no last minute reservations about the house, I have no future as a resident of the uk until girlfriend says wants to live there which I hope she never does as there's far better places to explore.

*or maybe I was still around for the smoking ban but had given up by then... left March 2007.

 

[Edwin]

Put a flat dogend in your fag packet. If they are watching, stand on your dogend as usual, bend down to it and make a show of picking it up and putting it in your fag packet - but you just shield it from view with your foot, and leave it there.

Or don't be a litterbug and put it out in a portable ashtray!
portable ashtray - Google Product Search

 

[retired_member6]

Well you dont think about these things do you, I only recently started smoking again, if I dont want to be dead anytime soon, I'll be stopping hopefully.

 

[Edwin]

Well you dont think about these things do you, I only recently started smoking again, if I dont want to be dead anytime soon, I'll be stopping hopefully.

Actually my point is that you SHOULD think about these things (where "you" = "anyone who smokes" - I'm not particularly aiming my comment at you, Lee)

There is no valid reason for dropping cigarette butts everywhere - and the excuse "everyone does it" hardly flies when it costs about the same as ONE pack of ciggies to buy an ashtray you can slip into a pocket and reuse forever.

 

[nnh]

I feel for you Lee, all that on top of a funeral....

Im guessing there must have been a funeral in there somewhere!? The only reason anyone EVER goes back to 'good OLD England' is for a funeral!

 

[aZooZa]

Welcome back to rip-off Britain

But pick up your dogends

 

[fish]

if you have to puff then smoke roll-ups, they grind into nothing, no filter left as evidence

 

[monaghan]

Why do smokers think it is acceptable to drop the dog ends? Most smokers seem to do this (I used to!)

Another question, why do smokers hang about doorways making non-smokers having to walk through their smoke? Why do a lot of companies put their smoking points near the entrance?

 

[retired_member6]

Actually my point is that you SHOULD think about these things (where "you" = "anyone who smokes" - I'm not particularly aiming my comment at you, Lee)

There is no valid reason for dropping cigarette butts everywhere - and the excuse "everyone does it" hardly flies when it costs about the same as ONE pack of ciggies to buy an ashtray you can slip into a pocket and reuse forever.

Never knew about the ashtrays, and it's habit, althought maybe was just thinking about money, if see a bin like earlier, I put it out at one.

 

[retired_member6]

I feel for you Lee, all that on top of a funeral....

Im guessing there must have been a funeral in there somewhere!? The only reason anyone EVER goes back to 'good OLD England' is for a funeral!

No funeral, that was two years ago, sorting out the house before sale, took a while to decide to sell it. and yes shouldnt drop cigarettes but until they invented travelling ash trays and put ashtrays on bins, chucking cigs in bins whethere out or not, never seemed a good idea to burn down a high street before now.

 

[jasman]

Another question, why do smokers hang about doorways making non-smokers having to walk through their smoke? Why do a lot of companies put their smoking points near the entrance?

Because all those twats in Westminster, who incidentally are allowed to smoke in their bars at the Houses of Parliament (even though it is a workplace it is exempt as it is a palace) have deemed that everyone else has to go outside to smoke. There hasn't yet been any legislation to force smokers to go half a mile down the road for a smoke, so they do it just outside whichever building they are at.

 

[boxerdog]

why not grab an Ecig, puff away on planes in pubs where ever you like!!
go grab yourself one at Evape.co.uk