A Curry a Day Keeps Crime at Bay
LONDON (Reuters) - It has become a highly sought after job for London's police officers -- going undercover and dining at top restaurants in case any waiters are racially abused by customers.
Instead of pounding the streets on a cold wintry night, up to 20 officers settled down to eat at 10 Indian, Chinese, Thai and Yugoslav restaurants in London's West End at the weekend, the London Times reported on Tuesday.
"We have had a lot of volunteers," Detective Chief Inspector Brett Lovegrove, head of a hate-crime prevention unit, was quoted as saying.
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Apparently preventing disgruntled customers from yelling at incompetent waiters in the fashionable West End is a worthy use of these officers' time, a more worthy use than doing something about the skyrocketing assault and home invasion rates over there.
Sad part is, this is America's future. "Hate-crime prevention unit" indeed!
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Britain is the only country in the world where the food is more dangerous than the sex. -- Jackie Mason