Post by @dick_turpin@mastodon.org.uk

@dick_turpin@mastodon.org.uk Seems to be a Burnham trait. We're going to fix everything including minor irritations. Not sharing any details though. Oh no.

@andyc It's named after one of your favourite bands

Cheap trick.

People need to ask themselves: Which would I prefer, being able to afford a bus ride with fuel prices through the roof, or fifteen minutes of audible inconvenience?

Burnham should spend his time finding cheap fuel rather than throwing bread to the masses.

@dick_turpin Once there's a rule, I assume it will be enforced by mature ladies at the end of their tether :-). I'm not sure where the lack of consideration for others came from though. The roads are more like race tracks too. It's just not British.

@woo Nobody listens to me. If I've said it once, I've said it a hundred times. This is all because nobody says "NO" anymore.

People try to negotiate with 2- and 3-year-old children.

I've had this discussion with my wife numerous times after confronting someone: "But Bubb, how are they going to know that behaviour is unacceptable if nobody tells them?"

Bring back the Birch, I say.

@dick_turpin I like some of the 'kind parenting' ideas but I think many people have taken it to irresponsible extremes. I agree that you can't negotiate with a tired 4-year-old. They aren't reasonable beings.

@dick_turpin I dunno about down there, but we do have ticket inspectors (oops safety officers) who ride the busses randomly and deal with that type of thing - and the driver has his seat with acrylic shield; so meh - I think the normal thing they do is stop the bus until the idiot behaves.