FAO joggerjayne

[Philtaz]

Do you use the local public transport much?

http://www.metro.co.u...emale-passengers-babe

Is it a problem?

I researched this as a result of a text I just received so I'll apologise in advance!:

Bus drivers in Brighton have been ordered not to call female passengers 'babe'.

Quite right, too. Most of the birds down that way are munters.

(Present company excepted of course).

[joggerjayne]

Hey, Phil x

I don't really use public transport.

I live right in the town, so I can walk or run most places. It's best not to stray too far from my part of town, or you end up in bandit country (or, in the other direction ... Hove! ... which is probably worse!).

I sometimes MTB or, very occasionally, take the car.

But I think this complaint is utterly, utterly, utterly ludicrous.

It makes women look petty and ridiculous. With all the problems we have in society, some idiotic old bat worries about a bus driver using a friendly term of endearment? I'm really annoyed. People like that take the pleasure out of living. The stupid woman needs a hard slap.

Crikey, with shopkeepers I'm always saying things like "Morning sexy pants, how are you?". This pea brained woman would have me banned from the shops.

I bet she's a Daily Mail reader.

By the way, there isn't a bus in the picture, but all our local buses have names. They are named after famous people with local connections, and they have their names written on the front. They are quite jolly.

[vulcan]

Typical, one person complains, unnecessary rules are introduced and life becomes a little more drab.

[joggerjayne]

Absolutely, vulcan.

And it was, apparently, ONE complaint.

The bus company should tell the woman to sod off and walk.

[venator]

This lady should avoid what must be frequent upsets by wearing a hat with the words "I am a narrow minded person who takes offence very easily"

[albaqwerty]

What's wrong with a bit of banter?

A shop I frequent, one of the guys will say 'Morning Old un' to which I reply 'Morning Trouble' Also my butcher shop and I enjoy a bit of banter too. Makes parting with the hard-earned a little less painful.

[joggerjayne]

I wonder if the ArseGas has a photo of this woman?

She needs her photo in all shops, so that shop assistants don't inadvertently offend her by being friendly.