Not a topic that you would think the Shark Fisherman of Wales would be bothered about but I say
"BRING BACK BUS CONDUCTORS"
Not the Customer Hosts mentioned in this article I'm not sure whether this happened on Swansea's bendy buses but the clippy made famous by the actor Bob Grant 'On the Buses' was always a welcome presence on London's buses when I was visiting or as a resident from 2000-2004. They phased them out in 2005 on the Routemasters. "The 159 will trundle and wheeze its last on 9 December - and the job of London bus conductor will be as redundant as dirigible pilot, lift attendant and public hangman."
My main point is that with high unemployment, the terrorist threat veering from severe to critical like a drunken barometer and the fact that bus drivers should be concentrating on the road and driving safely and not having to deal with miserable punters and their passes and right money only, never has there been a better time to bring back the clippy. They could be trained as mental health first aiders. They could offer succour to those trying to get warm travelling the all night buses. They could make you feel like a valued customer rather than a nuisance with an oyster pass. Rather than putting the populace on edge with armed soldiers and police why not reassure travellers with clippies on buses and tube trains. They would be able to check and apprehend sweaty individuals and their backpacks before they become incidents. They could be paid a decent salary as valuable public servants. And pigs might fly.
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