Aside from the Nazi's , Nuremburg, JBT's , 'spirited discussion', formal complaints, legislators getting their money,and the constitution:
Whatever happened to officer discretion??
If it were me, It would have gone something like, "That little six-year old girl is operating a lemonade stand without a business permit."
"Yup she is.Glad we could clarify things a bit for you.Have a nice day."
IMHO ,doing our jobs involves some REALLY $hitty things sometimes,that's why if someone wants action for letting a small child give hot passers-by a glass of lemonade for a small fee,I call my supervisor.He can either be the @$$hole(which I doubt he will in a case like this),or give the complainant a good verbal thrashing for wasting our time.
6 years old?? Lemonade stand?? Shut it down?? PUH-LEEZE!!! We have better things to do.Things like this tend to sour the public's perception of us.As if most of ya'll generally don't care for us anyways due to bad experiences from us or whatever.Doing the job is one thing,enforcing the criminal code is too,but can it REALLY be a criminal violation for a 6 year old to operate a lemonade stand without a permit?Let the old wench take the family to civil court if she feels THAT strongly.I seriously doubt he/she will.Go back inside and watch Oprah fer crying out loud.
BTW, isn't a six year old just a WEE bit underage for culpability?
Glad I live where I live and not where they do...
I've already got a forcast for the next complaint:
911 ,what's your emergency?
Oh my GOD!!THE HORROR!! THE AGONY!!
Calm down sir/ma'am, what's the problem?
Someone just drove by and flicked a cigarette butt on the road.
To the complainant,if you see this or someone were to e-mail you,or whatever.
GET A LIFE!Just because you are miserable doesn't mean everyone else has to be ,too.