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Okay, I understand this point. But I also see community events where they grab half a dozen barbecues and feed thousands of people. Untrained volunteers mannin
by balabaster 8y ago
Okay, I understand this point.
But I also see community events where they grab half a dozen barbecues and feed thousands of people. Untrained volunteers manning the barbecues, that haven't been inspected and lord knows when they were last cleaned. Nobody seems to care, in fact most people in the community seem to love these, me included - paying for the possibility of getting sick just because "barbecuueeee." </homer>
There seems to be extremely large grey areas where enforcement turns a blind eye, no matter how the regulations are written. I'm not complaining by any means, I love community barbecues and social events and I would hate to see health regulators interfering with their spirit, but it seems as though they pick and choose what they enforce and ignore based entirely on the mood of the supervisor on any given day.
- chrisseaton 8y ago> but it seems as though they pick and choose what they enforce and ignore based entirely on the mood of the supervisor on any given day More charitably, I'd say they use their professional judgement and assess risk.
- balabaster 8y agoI would agree - more charitably :P I say this as a dispassionate observer - sometimes it seems their professional judgment is less professional and more emotional and their risk assessment based on whether or not they'll catch hell for ignoring it or if anyone will care.
- FireBeyond 8y agoIn theory, and at least in my area, you can/should get a temporary permit. My fire department had to do so in order to sell hotdogs at a fundraising bazaar.
- balabaster 8y agoI agree... but as they say the gap between theory and practice is less in theory than it is in practice.