UK: Welcome mats are health and safety risk
A recent Telegraph story tells of the local council in Gosport deciding that residents of council flats who have welcome mats outside their doors are quite possibly causing safety problems. Not only this, but some renters have been threatened with legal action if they don’t remove the mats. This was opposed by some senior local bureaucrats, including the head of housing, but the local council was adamant.
Serious resources were being marshalled against the mat scourge as the intent of the council was clear. As the Telegraph noted:
Other council tenants in the borough could be sent letters in the coming months if their mats are deemed to be dangerous. But the council has not enforced a blanket ban, saying it would assess each mat on an individual basis.
They’ll have to hire a new crack squad of mat cops just to keep up with the complaints. They’ll have to write a mat guide so that new recruits have clear rules around acceptable mats and mat placement.
I sure hope my local council is that good at protecting me and spending my money so wisely.
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