LAST Thursday afternoon, in the Chantry Centre, a teenage lad was riding his bicycle round and round in the main area, heedless of the pedestrians who were having to dodge him.
Not only was he flouting the rules, but he was doing it apparently to deliberately goad the two Chantry Centre staff there, who told me they were unable, or perhaps unwilling, to stop him.
They had no power to oblige him to dismount and leave, they said.
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There were no Rangers in the vicinity, despite this being a prime time for their presence, and by the time they could have been summoned, the boy would have disappeared.
What a ridiculous situation.
The perpetrators of all this sort of casual rule-breaking know they are just going to get away with it.
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Isn't it just this sort of mindless flouting that leads to all the other petty crimes, graffiti, vandalism, and shoplifting?
Shouldn't the Chantry Centre people have more power?
Isn't it time that rules for the good and safety of us all were finally and firmly enforced? Am I the only one who is fed up with this sort of selfish and mindless behaviour?
J. Hutchins,
Salisbury Road,
Andover
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