These days, if rules are not very clear and rigidly enforced, then any act of judgement by an official invites a lawsuit for some flavor of discrimination.
You are correct. Break the rules for one person and you'd better have a good explanation why you won't break the rules for the next person.
Don't know why it was that hard to follow clear instructions that girls shall wear dresses in the first place.
Everyone thinks they're special.
“These days, if rules are not very clear and rigidly enforced, then any act of judgement by an official invites a lawsuit for some flavor of discrimination.”
Exactly. That’s the society we live in today. No longer does a hand shake seal the deal, we now have 50 page auto/home contracts.
A number of years ago there was an article about a thief trying to steal the money from a drink vending machine, and for his efforts all he accomplished was having the machine fall over onto him. His lawyer sued the owner/manufacturer of the vending machine, because there was no posted warning that such could be the consequences of the kinds of actions taken by the thief. A sure sign where we were heading.
Any minor slight, real or imagined, could bring out the lawyers.