Negril needs attention

[Accompong]

TG, maybe you need to reread your own post!
You do realize the beach is public right? And the vendors are Jamaican citizens right? With more right to be there than us.
Yes, A small fraction can occasionally be an issue but the vast majority are not and are a welcome part of my beach experience .....and are also “beautiful” people !

The beach may be "public" but that doesn't give anyone the right to be a "vendor" there without the proper documentation and licensing. No one is questioning the Jamaican people's right to be there and enjoy the beach just like our right to do so.

If you go to a city like Kingston and see vendors setting up the entire width of the sidewalk and blocking rent paying, licensed to sell store owner's doorways and harassing patrons, you get a sense of what it is like when you don't enforce laws against illegal vending.

I like to buy pan chicken as much as the next person but there are health and safety concerns as well to consider. It is also true that most take safety and sanitary concerns seriously but when you open it up to any and all who want to cut an oil barrel in half to make a living then you also increase the risk.

Much of the reason that the beach has a vast majority of good "beautiful" people and not a majority of the ones that can occasionally be an issue is that there are laws that are enforced. Stop enforcing the laws then you will see a public beach become a free-for-all.

Just my opinion.

[BoyMackie]

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The beach may be "public" but that doesn't give anyone the right to be a "vendor" there without the proper documentation and licensing.]

How does one know which vendor has the proper documentation and licensing?

[Accompong]

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The beach may be "public" but that doesn't give anyone the right to be a "vendor" there without the proper documentation and licensing.]

How does one know which vendor has the proper documentation and licensing?

When I am on vacation, I don't worry about how the Jamaican government enforces their laws so I buy or don't buy articles for sale based on anything by my needs. What if they don't have the proper documentation and licensing?

Not my problem but that still doesn't make them in the "right" to be a vendor without it. As time has gone on over the past three plus decades I have been going to Jamaica, I have seen positive but mostly incremental changes in regulating vendors and higglers. One thing is for sure. The government makes money of licensing these people so I believe it will continue to get better organized and enforced.

I work in the hospitality industry in So. Florida and sometimes despise the government requiring all those fees for licensing but it does keep unlicensed businesses from infringing on my business as well.

Again. Just my opinion.

[Bnewb]

How does one know which vendor has the proper documentation and licensing?

Technical answer...
The licensed & legal vendors are required to wear a lanyard with their proper documentation.

[Accompong]

Technical answer...
The licensed & legal vendors are required to wear a lanyard with their proper documentation.

Hi Lisa. A quick question for you. I understand why a guy like Norman or a woman like Cortis would require a license to vend as they sell food which could be a health and safety issue but would a guy like Herman the musician require one as well?

Just wondering. Thanks.

[Bnewb]

Hi Lisa. A quick question for you. I understand why a guy like Norman or a woman like Cortis would require a license to vend as they sell food which could be a health and safety issue but would a guy like Herman the musician require one as well?

Just wondering. Thanks.

Yes, everyone who is making money, as in vending, is required to have a license...the government wants their cut.

[Tenn DD]

Yes, everyone who is making money, as in vending, is required to have a license...the government wants their cut.

Well dang. Can we submit a list of our fav vendors/higglers/hustlers/friends and get an exemption for them?

I don't intend to speak for others, but I love the vendors, look forward to seeing the regulars, love messing with the other characters up and down the beach. The ones that are good at their job make it fun. I've seen a little attitude, but not much. There is no welfare in Jamaica, and that has created a tremendous work ethic that should be admired. Some are really good at getting me to pull a little money out of my pocket. For me, it's all part of the Negril cool vibe experience, and is part of what keeps me coming back.

[Accompong]

Well dang. Can we submit a list of our fav vendors/higglers/hustlers/friends and get an exemption for them?

I don't intend to speak for others, but I love the vendors, look forward to seeing the regulars, love messing with the other characters up and down the beach. The ones that are good at their job make it fun. I've seen a little attitude, but not much. There is no welfare in Jamaica, and that has created a tremendous work ethic that should be admired. Some are really good at getting me to pull a little money out of my pocket. For me, it's all part of the Negril cool vibe experience, and is part of what keeps me coming back.

Another option? Take that list and have everyone contribute to a fund to buy them a license to make them legal going forward. No matter how long that list of "fav vendors/higglers/hustlers/friends" is now, it will grow astronomically fast until it will be twice the population in no time once it gets out someone is paying for it.

And.... it will also grow astronomically fast for exemptions until no one will have to pay for a license. Dang.