It ain't fun being a gull mum. When I first saw mum being pestered for food there were actually 3 youngsters with beaks wide open after a mid afternoon snack but by the time the shot was taken one had flown away.I took this shot while on my lunch break at Paignton. From there I headed for Newton arriving at 15: 38 just in time to pick up about 80 passengers. 65 of them were school children and 15 of them were human beings who were thinking, "Next time I will catch an earlier bus." Actually the school children in Newton Abbot are much better behaved now than a few years ago and the only problem is the noise level that tends to be a bit higher than usual. But the little darlings have just spent several hours sitting quietly at their desks learning lots of wonderful new and usful things like algebra and French and who was King of England in 1759 and punctuation and spelling. I missed out on the last one. It's not suprising they get a little noisy.
Then down into Torquay for the big event of the day. Things like this are rare, in 11 years it's only the second time it has happened to me. A man boarded the bus in Union Street at the top of town and refused to pay his fare. Instead he just went and sat down as though paying for a bus ride was beneath him.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000. Sorry the cat just sat on the keyboard) Well it isn't beneath anyone, you have a pass, a return ticket or you pay or you walk. I got on the radio to control who told me to nip down to the Strand where we keep a spare controller and he would deal with the problem.
On the Strand the controller spoke to the non fare paying passenger who still refused to either pay or leave the bus. The police were called and turned up very quickly. The police officer asked the non fare paying passenger to walk off the bus of his own accord or he, the police officer would assist him off the bus. Non fare paying passenger, and non thinking passenger come to think about it, refused. The police officer assisted him off the bus in about the time it takes some one to say, "Oh my god. That was quick."
I continued on my way not many minutes down. The rest of the day passed without incident. A bit dull really.
4 comments:
I'm sorry, but where is the logic in that? Not even a kleptomaniac would attempt that! Never mind
Did you see the news article on BBC Spotlight yesterday evening? Two seagulls protecting one of their young who fell off the church roof into the graveyard. Any passer by was fair game (the vicar now wears a hard hat)
Must have brightened up an otherwise dull day Dave? - Dave
late night runs allow genuine penniless youngster or lone women on dont they? maybe not now days but i read that was the practice once.
Any one who is classed as vulnerable does indeed get taken home, but we do send them the bill a few days later. The person in the above story did not fall into the vulnerable class and his complete lack of good maners prevented any stretching of the rules.
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