Jobsworth council killjoy puts spoke in the wheels of cancer charity bike ride By Andrew Levy 6th October 2010
With their annual charity bike ride in its eighth year, the organisers were confident the wheels were in motion for a perfect day. But they hadn't counted on an over-zealous council jobsworth. After receiving a handful of complaints about the noise coming from a public address system, an environmental health officer arrived at the event.
Carol Osborne, 66, who spent a year helping to organise the event, said the council worker's attitude was... 'unpl...easant, uncalled for and unprofessional'.
She added: 'He came up to me with no introduction and just started yelling. He was shouting, "Do you realise I can close you down?" He was on some sort of power trip. He was right up in my face yelling and screaming through his teeth, practically growling at me.