Monday, September 24, 2007

This not only made the front page, but also the BBC news...

FOREIGN students visiting the Island are to be educated in bus queuing etiquette after Islanders complained about them pushing and shoving their way on to buses.

http://www.iwcp.co.uk/News/QUEUE_HERE_FOR_AN_ETIQUETTE_LESSON.aspx

And Quote of the week; "
I know it sounds patronising but next year we shall be giving foreign students instructions on how to queue for a bus.” - Southern Vectis operations manager Marc Morgan Huws. I do see their point, queuing is a part of British life but this does feel mildly xenophobic to me, rounding up all the foreign students, making them stand in rows before boarding a bus, not knowing where they are going..... sorry, it just reminded me of my GCSE History there.....



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