A Sense of London
There goes another career option
For years, every time we have seen the ad on the back of a bus that they are looking for new drivers, we've paused and though, 'Hm, what if?' OK, sure, we actually only know how to drive an automatic, but bus drivers do seem to make rather more money than frustrated poets.
But if (our formerly top pick) Brian Paddick is elected mayor, then we shall to shelve 'London bus driver' away with other jobs we shall never do (brain surgeon, dog walker, chef in a seafood restaurant)...
Brian, you see, is extolling the virtues of drivers taking down their unruly passengers themselves, rather than waiting for reinforcement.
This doesn't seem very fair at all, considering that (we assume) they will not be permitted to carry weapons. It would be just like when we were small and our mother would threaten to stop driving the car to the playground unless we stopped being obnoxious: unnecessary delays and little discernable improvement in behaviour.
Suddenly, we find ourselves longing for the era of the Routemaster: sure, we couldn't get away with skipping out on the fare in common bendy bus manner, but at least the conductor could lay the smack down, meaning it was still possible to nurture our fantasies of professional driving...
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