I must have been stuck in a time-warp. I’ve noticed more and more people on buses putting their feet on seats. I feel at odds with the world. What happened to consideration for others? Don’t people care about manners anymore?
Then there’s the utter disintegration of queues. Nobody queues for buses anymore. People now throng for buses. The order of boarding is arbitrary, an utterly junglist free-for-all. Pregnant women, old ladies, mothers with prams, tossed aside as the fittest (least considerate) barge for the front.
Respect for others is a fast dwindling quality. The buses are just a symptom. I find this depressing.
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de 06.06.05 at 4:38 pm
Last time I queued at the Post Office, a pregnant woman was ferried to the front, and the line remained orderly throughout.
I stood too close to a woman at a cash machine, and she was a little impolite. I was a liitle distressed at her tone, given it was broad daylight in a busy high street. Obviosuly I whacked the ‘ho.
Anonymous 06.07.05 at 1:33 pm
I was queuing at the post office. Had no trouble at all. The fact that I had a sawn off shot gun and a full faced ski mask on whilst shouting at the top of my voice” don’t move or i’ll kill the lot of you” ensured that I got servred no problem.