More perverse PC getting away with it's idiocy

[Skybird]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...rd/7204543.stm

I don't care what people do in their bedrooms, but I would feel uncomfortable and irritated and would take it as an attack against my as well as public sense of reverence (Pietät) if needing to sit in a bus beside such idiots. I would also refuse to accept having to sit in a bus beside a naked couple. that the company is apologizing and evades into arguments about safety instead of telling them they are behaving like a$$holes and are an offense to the public, is cowardish, perverse, and another sign how far culture in the widest sense already has detoriated.

It's a simple thing of behavior, nothing else.

[HunterICX]

Oi!

what your doing now is STEEDS job , skybird

hehe, having red the article in a rush, I would say...what a crazy bunch..
pardon me, but there is something like pulbic appearance, act normal..what you do behind doors is fine with me, but keep it private.
and indeed the company shouldnt have apologized.

HunterICX

[Konovalov]

Steady on chaps. Someone having a stressful day perhaps?

Much to do about nothing in my view. Now, is there any real news about that we can get our knickers in a twist over? Oh the outrage. Yawn.

[Kapitan_Phillips]

I wonder if she pees on lamp posts?

She's very animal like, she's kind of like a pet, as well as a partner

Sounds like a real swell guy

Of course by 'swell guy' I mean 'tosser'

[mrbeast]

Originally Posted by Konovalov

Steady on chaps. Someone having a stressful day perhaps?

Much to do about nothing in my view. Now, is there any real news about that we can get our knickers in a twist over? Oh the outrage. Yawn.

Ditto here.

[jumpy]

Nice puppies


Would the bus company also tell its patrons to fk off if they had mohawk hairstyles?

I don't see the problem myself. What were they doing that was so 'dangerous' to public safety?
Jobsworth busdriver imo. The number of nutjobs I've seen on busses who're behaving in a loud and violent manner and the bus driver doesn't batt an eyelid... but these two for being a bit 'different'?

It takes all sorts in this world, and based solely on appearence, mr jobsworth busdriver has no right to discriminate between who gets to travel on PUBLIC TRANSPORT.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by jumpy

Nice puppies


Would the bus company also tell its patrons to fk off if they had mohawk hairstyles?

I don't see the problem myself. What were they doing that was so 'dangerous' to public safety?

The company argues not with public safety, but safety for the freaks themselves. See, the bus slams the brakes, the line gets caught somewhere, the girl, sorry: the pet falls down, and there goes the neck into pieces.

Well, I am dreaming.

[jumpy]

The same could be said of non-freaks who have long dangly necklaces also, would it not? Yet you don't hear of 'little old lady with long necklace' being refused to get on the bus. What about people who wear scarves around their necks, or cravats for that matter?

This is all about these two standing out from the crowd, nothing more.
Were Arriva to be that safety concious then they ought to ban people with hand luggage from buses too; driver has to break hard, loose bags fly forwards and injure passengers...
It's laughable and the only reason bussie is being a jobsworth is probably because the staff got a lecture from the company H&S bod, telling them it would be 'more than their job's worth' if they did or did not do something that caused the company to be liable for costs or whatever.

Pure stupidity.

[Konovalov]

Originally Posted by jumpy

The same could be said of non-freaks who have long dangly necklaces also, would it not? Yet you don't hear of 'little old lady with long necklace' being refused to get on the bus. What about people who wear scarves around their necks, or cravats for that matter?

This is all about these two standing out from the crowd, nothing more.
Were Arriva to be that safety concious then they ought to ban people with hand luggage from buses too; driver has to break hard, loose bags fly forwards and injure passengers...
It's laughable and the only reason bussie is being a jobsworth is probably because the staff got a lecture from the company H&S bod, telling them it would be 'more than their job's worth' if they did or did not do something that caused the company to be liable for costs or whatever.

Pure stupidity.

Agree totally. I myself have experienced Arriva stupidity first hand.

I once used an Arriva bus just outside London. It was raining heavily wen I was standing at the bus stop. I hailed the bus as is the procedure. He stopped. I got on and gave him a £5.00 note as I had zero change. For the record the fare was around £2.00. He grumbled and said that he doesn't have the change and that I would have to get off the bus. I replied, "Are you kidding me! It's a five pound note. It's not like I'm giving you a twenty or even worse fifty pound note." He said get off. I promptly refused by parking my bum down on a seat while saying, "Radio your depot because I am not getting off this bus." He cursed at me before finally closing the bus door and getting underway a couple of minutes later.

So you could say that I am not a big fan of some Arriva bus drivers.

[TteFAboB]

If a lapel badge is a catastrophe waiting to happen...

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by jumpy

The same could be said of non-freaks who have long dangly necklaces also, would it not?

If made of solid iron that would not break, yes. But you miss the point. Instead of making an apology on that basis (security concerns), they should not apologize at all, but invite them to come over for an additonal spanking - for disgusting behavior that is an offense to public standards. i also do not want little children to see this nonsens. Or walking naked in public. I also would complain about people putting their dirty shoes on the seats. Some years a I was aboard a train to Mannheim, when a young man entered our compartement, sprawled himself over the bank, put his feet and shoes on the armrest close to me - and wondered why I balked at him to stop that. He shook his head, and continued, closing his eyes as if sleeping. Next thing that happened was that I threw him out, which really made him awake again. Half an hour later - I assume he made more troubles somehwerre else - he was led out by the ticket collector and two policemen. Right so.

we are talking about minimal standards of behavior here - MINIMAL standards of behavior.

And this:

Mr Graves said: "She's very animal like, she's kind of like a pet, as well as a partner."
He said he "does everything" for his girlfriend, including laying out clothes for her, feeding her and cleaning their house. He said: "You wouldn't expect your cat or dog to do the washing up or cleaning round the house."

Sorry, that is sick, simply this, a clear index for deeply troubled minds and a pathologic neurosis on display.

[Konovalov]

Originally Posted by Skybird

If made of solid iron that would not break, yes. But you miss the point.

Have you ever considered that it may be you missing the point. You're starting to sound like the thought police here on this one. I mean geez louise Sky. You talk as if they have committed an act of public indecency. Firstly they were adequately dressed (ie. not exposing themselves) and most importantly they broke no law of this country. I suppose hippies with long dreadlocks that stink of incense are bad too and don't meet your minimal standards.

Quite frankly I think that you are jumping up and down on your soap box over nothing. I'm more concerned with anti-social behaviour on our streets such as foul abusive language, teenagers carrying knives and firearms, and the like rather than a couple of Goths wearing black leathers and chains. Didn't you live through the punk scene in the 1980's?

[mcf1]

That is Really perverse to discribe his girlfriend as a pet

[Oberon]

Takes all sorts to make a world, denouncing them as freaks is, IMHO, a little harsh.


Besides, as anyone stopped to read the bit where it says that it's HER that wants to be treated as a pet, not him forcing her to behave like one. Anyway, one of our cats used to have a collar which would automatically break if he put too much stress on it to prevent him hanging himself, perhaps a similar agreement could be sort.

[STEED]

Not my cup of tea this one, see my thread for a good rant.

BTW, any bus company has the right to kick you off the bus for X,Y & Z reasons. I was kicked off for having too much small change (1p's 2p's 5p's) which was the correct amount but the driver would not count it and blamed me for holding him up. If you stand a yard from the bus stop they will drive by and so on.