….on my way home from the office yesterday:
None the wiser (and having unburdened myself of the reasons for my own ‘purchase’) I decided to engage the young man in conversation to see just how well-founded his anger was and whether he’d like my support for any subsequent consumer campaign, letters to BBC Watchdog etc. I’m afraid I can’t recall what happened after that.
(Posted remotely from my hand-held device from an intensive care ward in a Glasgow Hospital…)
“20p fur a p*** man, f**cking shocking!”Struck by the young man’s obvious anger at this arrangement I wondered if it was rooted in the idea that he should be charged at all for the opportunity to relieve himself or if he was just objecting to the price Glasgow City Council had arrived at. If the latter then presumably some sort of cost-benefit analysis was involved but the mind boggled at the details – weight, volume, olfactory impact..?
None the wiser (and having unburdened myself of the reasons for my own ‘purchase’) I decided to engage the young man in conversation to see just how well-founded his anger was and whether he’d like my support for any subsequent consumer campaign, letters to BBC Watchdog etc. I’m afraid I can’t recall what happened after that.
(Posted remotely from my hand-held device from an intensive care ward in a Glasgow Hospital…)
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7 Comments:
Defies reply.
Did you wake up in a hospital by any chance?
I think you need to be more careful explaining situations like this, as it sounds like you were hanging around the gents toilets talking to strange men. People might start thinking this blog is run be George Michael.
Wise and interesting council 'anon' - I'm now wondering what else a George Michael blog might contain...
Women, of course, have always had to pay to relieve themselves in the Uk..
Liam,
You now have experience of the Scottish martial art named Fook U.
According to Wayne's World it involves a lot of head butting and kicking while on the ground.
Welshcakes - I didn't realise that but I guess it's because women generally retain enough dignity even when drunk not to try and do so elsewhere to avoid the charge!
And thanks Steve - although I do hope you're not insulting my fellow contrymen by suggesting they have a penchant for drinking and fighting? If any such suggestions are called for I'll take the lead...!
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