Why oh why have all the members of staff for London Underground, that I have come into contact with, been so rude? Do they receive special training in the art of unpleasantness? Or is it something they work hard at, developing their gruff unapproachable exterior over time? Or have I only had dealings with a […]
How do you give instructions and directions to someone who does not speak English? With great difficulty, that’s how.
“Excuse, I help need.”
“Sorry, I have no spare change or cigarettes.”
“No, I bus need in Tower Hill.”
“You need a bus to Tower Hill?”
“Yeez.”
“The buses that go from this stop do not go to Tower Hill.”
“Tower Hill bus, […]
Following a spate of near fatal pedestrian mishaps of the last week I decided to take the tube to work this morning. Recently, whilst striding along the busy streets of the ye olde London Town, I have been knocked down by a Post Office van and, yesterday, was hit full on by a cyclist who […]