On 17/09/2015 17:01, Basil Jet wrote:
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You know damn well that he does whatever his rulebook says, and that no
verbal instruction can overrule his rulebook unless his rulebook
specifically says that a verbal instruction can overrule it, and that
most or all rules in the rulebook have arisen from specific incidents
that killed people and are an attempt to prevent repetition of those
deaths. You also know that Britain has the safest railway in the world.
It's this determination to endlessly criticise transport staff for no
good reason that has made you the laughing stock of the group.

Well said. In Spuddy's world, it seems everyone would just do their own
thing, and the multiple crashes, accidents and incidents would just be
swept under the rug.

Thankfully we don't have to live in his world, though he has to suffer
inhabiting it.