No good deed shall go unpunished

[Hawkmoon]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-mom-offered-lemonade-stand-jobs-alabama-s-labor-department-stepped-in/ar-AA1dbW1d

Mom guides kid to a successful lemonade business. Mom tries to help other kids learn how to be more professional -- state Labor Department steps in to save the kids.

I guess technically the Labor Department is right, but this looks a lot like one of those times when right is wrong.

[MechAg94]

This is one of those times where a normal person would make a judgement call and do nothing, but a petty, legalistic bureaucrat can do nothing but quote law and regulation.

Though the labor department complaint was “heartbreaking,” Johnson said it came with a silver lining — a flood of support from across the country and tons of inquiries about shipping lemonade.

“It’s been incredible,” she said. “It’s literally taking lemons and turning them into lemonade.”

[Ben]

Well, this is what happens when you try to pass goo off as lemonade...

[Hawkmoon]

Well, this is what happens when you try to pass goo off as lemonade...

Typo corrected