On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:27:38 +0100
Ian Jelf wrote:
In message , writes
On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:28:16 -0700 (PDT)
John B wrote:
Vile Tube platform assistant abuses elderly man, caught on camera:
http://bit.ly/1Bwqq7

Unfortunately I can't watch the video here but if the description is correct
they would have had to call the police if he'd done it to me cos I'd have
decked him.

I'm not sure how far your tongue is in your cheek saying that (!) but

Miles away from it. Unfortunately I'm not the sort of person who remains calm
if someone starts giving me a load of abuse - red mist tends to descend.

Personally, I've never encountered any rudeness, attitude problems or
even lack of knowledge from LU staff (and that's with a *lot* of diverse
Tube-riding).

Me neither. I suspect this guy is just a bad apple and hopefully will get
the boot.

complaining about something. There seems to be a knee-jerk reaction to
any criticism to start saying that they "don't have to be spoken to like
that" (like what?!) and - in the recent case - threatening to call BTP
and eventually ejecting me from the station!

You should call their bluff - insist they call the BTP. Or at least thats
how I dealt with a grumpy restaurant owner once when I refused to pay the
service charge as the service was a joke. He got all wound up and threatened
to call plod so I told him to go ahead. He didn't of course - all mouth.

To return to this incident, I did think it was lucky no-one saw you
taking video, or else that might have brought forth a whole new raft of
"problems"....... :-)

I think I missed the joke there.

B2003