And I will still send the letter. Let them know, in every way possible, that their sign does not comply will the law and that they will lose business now, and if they choose to comply with the law and put up compliant signs, they will lose even more, and suggest the alternative "Unlicensed possession" signs. Compliant signs are big and ugly and most businesses are not going to want to comply and they discriminate against a segment of the population more law abiding than their average clientele.SlowDave wrote:I'd not send the letter, as it may well end with them "fixing" their sign to become compliant.
The more businesses that are improperly posted get away with it, the more they think they can. Stop them, make them comply, don't accept excuses such as they know they don't comply but it's there for some sort of psychological well being of customers or employees, or to satisfy corporate in NY City, and they wouldn't prosecute. The only way they would not prosecute is if EVERY employee knows that they would not, which effectively would negate the improper posting anyway, so why bother. And if it's just some local manager or franchisee doing it on their own, maybe corporate will straighten them out.
Get the word out, make the statement, be activist, there is no excuse for not complying with the law, even if the law has no real teeth.
And 2011 is time to put some teeth in the law.