Wednesday, 4 February 2009

Snow in London - who to blame?

I keep reading the usual rubbish about "anger" and "fury" at the collapse of public transport in London yesterday when a bit of snow fell.  But come on people, we all loved that walk in.  Most of us relished being deliberately late as we knew we'd get away with it.  

The clock watching boss who lives in the Home Counties wasn't going to beat you anyway.  

I live in Camberwell so it was a joyous stroll up to the Oval, over Waterloo bridge and in to work.  A beautiful fresh day.   To those sad people standing outside Oval tube waiting to be let in I can only say - liberate yourself from the tyranny of the tube.  You know they were going to make a drama out of a crisis.  And as you only work three stops along at the Embankment or Charing Cross, was it really impossible to walk? 

On the way back home - being allowed to leave early - I read over the top headlines about snow being a "disaster".  Please.  The explosion of the Hindenburg or the sinking of the Titanic was a disaster.  This was more of a mild nuisance. 

I suppose with Metro and thelondonpaper plus the Standard snapping at each other's heels for readers - every incident in London has to result in "fury" and "anger".  But I didn't see any yesterday. I saw Londoners using the excuse of the snow to be quite humane.  Swear I even saw some commuters smiling.  There's a turn for the better.

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