School Boy Makes Money Selling 'Squirts' Of Hand Sanitizer To Classmates, Suspended

A lot of people around the world are capitalising on the coronavirus outbreak it seems. After WHO issued guidelines to wash hands, use hand sanitizers and face masks, pharmacists across various cities sold hand sanitizers and masks at higher prices. But they weren't the only ones making the most of this situation.

Reportedly, this teen from Leeds charged fellow students 50p (Rs 42) for a 'squirt' of hand sanitiser he was carrying but he was found suspended from school for a day.

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13-year-old Oliver Cooper picked up a ?1.60 (Rs 151) tub of Johnson's child hand wash from a Tesco store in Leeds. He made a quick ?9 (Rs 850) from that single tub after charging people to use the cleansing product.

Oliver, goes to Dixon's Unity Academy. He has been put in isolation for a day followed by a two-hour detention after allegedly breaching school rules. Here is an even more surprising part: his parents, instead of scolding him, praised his enterprising skills and argued with the school about his one-day exclusion.

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¡°Other people at school sell stuff like chewing gum, if somebody wants something, they will pay for it. Loads of people wanted this,¡± the boy was quoted as saying by Daily Mail.

His mother said, ¡°I don't think it's an excludable offence. I told him off so that when we go into school, I can tell his head of year that I have told him it's wrong.

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"I think they see it as him exploiting a situation, but his step dad called him a legend halfway through me telling him off so that put a stop to it. He's like my little Del Boy, I won't be punishing him any further,¡± she added.

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