Sunday, December 21, 2008
Spoiling a Christmas meal with workmates.
This one made me laugh, you know how it is when you are with friends in a pub and someone tries to butt into your conversation. Or how annoying it is when you are interrupted by someone trying to sell you something. Well, this tale serves this cowboy right!
The office Christmas meal turned into a working lunch for trading standards officers when they were approached by a man who tried to sell them fake DVDs. The hapless dealer hoped to make a quick profit after spotting a group of office workers in the Rose and Crown pub in Streatham, south London. But he made the mistake of offering up to 300 fake DVDs to officers of Lambeth Council who are responsible for cracking down on counterfeit sales. They showed the man their identification before seizing the discs and his mobile phone.
Ray Bouch, senior trading standards officer for the council, said: "This guy definitely picked the wrong customers. He looked a bit shocked to say the least when we produced our ID and it dawned on him who we were.
"The afternoon turned into something of a working lunch for us. Our turkey went a bit cold while we were questioning him and confiscating his goods, but it's our job to get these things off the streets.
This one made me laugh, you know how it is when you are with friends in a pub and someone tries to butt into your conversation. Or how annoying it is when you are interrupted by someone trying to sell you something. Well, this tale serves this cowboy right!
The office Christmas meal turned into a working lunch for trading standards officers when they were approached by a man who tried to sell them fake DVDs. The hapless dealer hoped to make a quick profit after spotting a group of office workers in the Rose and Crown pub in Streatham, south London. But he made the mistake of offering up to 300 fake DVDs to officers of Lambeth Council who are responsible for cracking down on counterfeit sales. They showed the man their identification before seizing the discs and his mobile phone.
Ray Bouch, senior trading standards officer for the council, said: "This guy definitely picked the wrong customers. He looked a bit shocked to say the least when we produced our ID and it dawned on him who we were.
"The afternoon turned into something of a working lunch for us. Our turkey went a bit cold while we were questioning him and confiscating his goods, but it's our job to get these things off the streets.
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