I have just booked my taxi for Christmas Day.
We used, until quite recently, to have public transport on Christmas Day, but now it doesn't happen. I wonder whether there might be sufficient demand to have it again? There must be plenty of bus and train drivers for whom Christmas is not a festival, allowing those for whom it is important to have the day off.
I wonder if it might be considered for 2012? It looks from here that times might be even leaner then than now and being able to have a big family party is a good way to have fun, especially for those who are otherwise condemned to a lonely Christmas. Most festivities include drinking so it isn't always possible to pick people up by car, even if one is available, still less to take them home.
Speaking for myself, I'd gladly leave my bus pass at home on that day and pay to travel, if that would make a difference. I'm pretty sure many pensioners would feel the same.
This blog is a plea for common sense in public policy. Our leaders don't seem to have any. They just make daft rules for us to follow. We need to assert our right to use our own good sense instead of ticking boxes which can only say 'yes' or 'no'.
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Thursday, 1 December 2011
Monday, 21 November 2011
Public Transport on Christmas Day
I have just booked my taxi for Christmas Day. It's not so long ago that public transport ran on that day. It's one when families like to get together but are likely to drink and be unable, therefore, to fetch all their near and dear, so many lonely Christmases are spent.
Probably a good proportion of drivers have no particular feeling for Christmas and consider it an ordinary day and wouldn't mind working. Having that day off would have to be a right for those who care.
Nothing ever gets done very fast, but I just wonder if there would be enough demand for this valuable service to be reinstated for Christmas Day 2012? By all accounts, it would seem we are due for even leaner times a year from now, and there is a lot of free fun to be had when families assemble in unaccustomed numbers.
Probably a good proportion of drivers have no particular feeling for Christmas and consider it an ordinary day and wouldn't mind working. Having that day off would have to be a right for those who care.
Nothing ever gets done very fast, but I just wonder if there would be enough demand for this valuable service to be reinstated for Christmas Day 2012? By all accounts, it would seem we are due for even leaner times a year from now, and there is a lot of free fun to be had when families assemble in unaccustomed numbers.
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