Is Red Tape a ‘Tripping Hazard’?
[reblogged from blog.vecci.org.au]
Is bureaucracy taking over the world? It seems that daily, more and more regulations are being created and enforced. Children are discouraged from playing ‘conkers’ because it is dangerous and cucumbers are now illegal if they are not straight. Are we all going totally mad??
I realise that some regulations are necessary, such as basic food hygiene; otherwise we would have all kinds of nasty bacteria lurking in our restaurants. However, some things are completely over the top. It is fair enough to ban smoking in a hospital’s grounds, but why stop visitors from lighting up whilst they are sitting in their own vehicles within the car park? Is it really going to be bothering anyone else?
And what’s this business about having to ‘look’ twenty-five (and sometimes thirty) when you are buying alcohol? It just creates more work and hassle for busy checkout workers. I am all for having a safe and civilised society, but sometimes I worry that we may be heading for a Police State!
Tags: bacteria, basic food hygiene, bureaucracy, red tape
April 9th, 2010 at 7:15 pm
Spot on!
Everywhere we go these days, there is some ‘jobsworth ‘telling us what we can or cannot do.
Health and Safety is obviously important to us all, but maybe it is going just a little too far?
April 14th, 2010 at 11:34 am
Most regulations are common sense and it is only a few that seem a little over the top to me.
Unfortunately, these are the ones we see splashed across our tabloids.