Community Service "Uniforms". Is this wise ?

Question

Hi Folks,

Many years ago, I was a very naughty boy in being caught a tad over the limit driving home from a funeral wake.

Slap my wrist !

However, no fine, a 3 month ban, and 20 hours of "Community Service" Fair enough, as it turned into a joke.

The task was to dig out & enlarge a pond at a local Scout centre. It was a fine hot summer in the countryside, with a pub nearby for long lunches.

The pond never did get much bigger, and although I don't indulge, my collegues in crime were smoking the weed, so much hilarity about.

A fair amout of sun-bathing on the bank-side, cold beer in hand, feet in the water.

A positive holiday with interesting characters, done in slack time over three weeks.

Giving us a high visibility jacket would of been a further waste of money, as we were hundreds of yards from the nearest rural road.

Anyway, a T-shirt with "I have broken the law" on it would be a prized possession for many.

Any notions ?

Bob the naughty boy.

Answer 1

I know in our area they load up the offenders in a minibus with "COMMUNITY JUSTICE" in huge letters on the side, just to make sure everybody knows what these lads and lasses are doing.

Answer 2

Okay if you are set up like you far off the road.  But what if you are not?  What if you are right by the road, would people be verbal or worse huck things at you?

Answer 3

I am all for it.....mainly because it shows what the person is doing for the community...and may show the public that community service is not so much the soft option it appears to be....opponents say that is demeaning and embarrassing, but surely that is a good thing....