Still Waters Posted December 23, 2014 #1 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Police have investigated an incident after a shop worker allegedly hosed down homeless people with freezing cold water to stop them sleeping in a store doorway. Tammi-Lee Connor said she was walking home past the Wilkinson store in Canterbury last Thursday when she spotted a group of homeless people being hosed down by a store worker. http://www.telegraph...zing-water.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashotep Posted December 23, 2014 #2 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Its sad that someone would treat a homeless person like that but people will not walk over them to shop in that store. It hurts their business having them there. Many businesses aren't doing that well anymore and can't afford to lose customers. If the city really cares set up homeless shelters for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Wearer of Hats Posted December 23, 2014 #3 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Nah, the city'll do what Brisbane's done and put knobbly paving in front of store doorways and stick extra arm rests in the middle of bus shelter seats so it's too uncomfortable for the homeless to be there so they have t sod off and be some other city's problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV-426 Posted December 23, 2014 #4 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Its sad that someone would treat a homeless person like that but people will not walk over them to shop in that store. It hurts their business having them there. Many businesses aren't doing that well anymore and can't afford to lose customers. If the city really cares set up homeless shelters for them. You have a point, but the police should be moving them on, not a shopworker with a grudge and a hosepipe in the middle of winter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.United_Nations Posted December 24, 2014 #5 Share Posted December 24, 2014 You have a point, but the police should be moving them on, not a shopworker with a grudge and a hosepipe in the middle of winter! but where? you cant move them if you dont have an anwser, they always come back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV-426 Posted December 24, 2014 #6 Share Posted December 24, 2014 but where? you cant move them if you dont have an anwser, they always come back I don't have an answer. It's something for the local authorities to determine. I do know that you can't just hose down the local hobos in freezing weather conditions though. They'll likely die of hypothermia, which would be tantamount to manslaughter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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