Health and Safety gone nuts

The Burger Van at local football matches do the same thing - not give out half cooked chips, though that is true. No, what I'm talking about is the practice of removing plastic bottle tops after you've bought them.

Upon asking a Burger Van proprietor why this was necessary I was told that it was because of health and safety. There was a worry that the bottle tops might be used to throw at players/refs. She told me this as she was handing me my change in the form of pound coins - ideal missiles for throwing at the players/ref, and more likely to cause real harm.

No health and safety concerns over coinage eh!