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Old May 10th 20, 12:16 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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In message , at 12:55:01 on Sun, 10 May
2020, Graeme Wall remarked:

Many people spend (spent!) two to three hours a day commuting.

Not as many as you probably think. See the transport survey I've
cited.


Probably just as many as I think.


What's the percentage you have in mind?

What do you suggest she should be doing instead ?
*She has a husband and three youngish children for starters, which
is going to keep all of them busy.

On £200k she can afford a nanny.


Which few people can, and part of the reason why her behaviour isn't
a good aspirational model for the rest of society which can't.


Tall poppy syndrome.


It's nothing to do with disparaging what she's achieved, just the
practical situation that employing a nanny is likely to cost more than
the average wage-earner's disposable income. I employed nannies for
about eight years, so I know a bit about the logistics.

Including that not many of them will want to stay up until an hour and
half after someone has finished reading the Ten O'clock news.
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