On what you cannot do in a public park, is general public madness taking over or what?

Remember when you use to through stones to each other in the fields and hope that “the enemy” wouldn’t catch you? Well, remember no more, I was peacefully strolling Hyde Park when I got to the Knightsbridge side and so this “peculiar” but serious poster:

Oh, Come on! What else? Is that what the Home Secretary [...]

On observations on the weirdness of human behaviour: the spitting street cleaner

You can call me old fashioned, you are probably right, age is starting to take its toll, but I saw something yesterday that got me thinking…
I was in Belgrave Square, the embassy capital of the British capital where countries like Germany, Austria, Turkey, Syria, Norway, Brunei, Portugal, Ghana, Spain, Belgium, Serbia and many more have [...]

On talking about the weather and the hell we are going through

February 2, 2009. What a day to remember. It was a Monday, right after… a Sunday.
Freezing weather from the East brought us the “biggest snowstorms in 18 years!”
No trains in or out of London, no buses in the city, curiously even the underground underground services cancelled… the great ex-Imperial capital brought to its knees by [...]

On a traffic warden really pushing it in London, check the photo

This species hides behind the corner waiting for you to relax, and they dive right to your neck. Perhaps you didn’t even notice it, but he took a picture on his digital camera and while you drove off after with grandma, he was filling in your details in the PCN, Parking Charge Notice (British euphemism [...]

On overcrowded cities and the raise of the Homo Iratus

Hobbes, last night we were discussing the effect of overpopulated areas in their inhabitants’ ability to care about fellow men.
After 4 years in central London, last summer we relocated to a small town in South Bucks, in a small corner of Greater London’s green belt. My point was that since we moved, even though [...]

On life’s realities and ego highs, the wrong approach to business is the common approach to business

Hobbes, a couple of weeks ago I told you of the team they were assembling at the retail company I work part-time at. It looked like a great idea to me, retail is in crisis and getting together different people from different walks of the company seemed like to smart and right thing to do.
But [...]

On Post Office preparing itself for the 20th century, and they wonder why they haemorrhage business

Hobbes, I am glad I have some time tonight, it has been a while since I wanted to write a post about one of the signs that no matter how hard Mr Brown-and-eye work, UK will suffer in the years to come.
The issue that will kill old Europe and might give some hope to the [...]

On Transport for London not leading by example in customer service excellence

Following with the repertoire of customer services from hell, I would like to share with you the best Transport for London (TFL) could come up with to answer to my complaint of deficient service from one of their operators.
If you’ve ever been to London, you must have noticed those red bullets racing up and down [...]

It’s Good To Know: Nail clipping on the bus

I’m on the bus and the guy across pulled a nail clipper and started on.
As much as it annoys me, what kind of person carries around a nail clipper in his/her pocket?
Without doubt it will be someone with a manicure fetish, but also surely he will have them already neatly clipped. Otherwise what is the [...]

On builder/surveyor/banks collusion in London and how to cut firewood from a fallen tree

Thinking of conceptualizer and his comment on  May 16, I thought of writing this post.
If it helps, knowledgeable estate agents in the area told me already about 12 months ago that the major lenders in the West Thamesmead new built scene (namely the Halifax the racketeer) refused to mortgage any property in the area anymore.
Apparently [...]