Poppy sellers kicked out of shopping centre!
SECURITY guards have kicked three elderly British Legion poppy selllers out of a shopping centre.
World War Two Royal Navy veteran Leslie Downard, 80, his wife Phyllis, 76, and former TA soldier Joan Anderson, 78, were shaken when confronted by the guards.
They claimed, falsely, the three only had the right to collect in the Eden Centre, in High Wycombe, Bucks, for four days and not the 14 they intended.
Nick Warren, marketing manager for the centre, said the ban was imposed because the guards did not think the sellers had charity licences to operate for two weeks.
He said: "It was a complete misunderstanding. I can only apologise."
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I am sorry to say that these days this jobs worth mentallity those employed within the private security industry are very likley to make mistakes bewcause they have not been briefed properly by their employeers who for the most part only interested in how much money they can make from their employees, who recieve very poor rates of pay in most cases having to work long hours to make ends meet.The apology although made promptly should have been accompanied by a substantial donation to the Poppy Appeal.