Big City and while some things are unchanged there are a fair few
noticeable differences to be observed while feeding my nicotine habit
increased dramatically – hang on, they are not “real
police”* - they are PCSOs; a “great” government
invention to allay public fears on crime by putting more bodies on
the street to create the illusion of greater police numbers.
phone while walking around, I am amazed that I do not see more
pedestrian collisions on a daily basis.
player plugged into their ears.
African, Far Eastern, Middle Eastern etc) to others or on phones are
much more prevalent than before – nowhere close to being a
sizeable proportion, just more than I remember overhearing in the
past.
roaming the streets – are more people disabled now than 12
years ago?
stretches of narrow pavements walking past a bus stop is now a major
obstacle course.
several near misses with pedestrians in the last few weeks.
has been turned into a bar/pub.
indoors and can be seen huddling together for warmth outside almost
every office/pub/shop – looking a wee bit like emperor
penguins.
* As used on The Wire
3 comments:
That's real police as in real poh-lice then?
Give it another few years and those pubs'll have changed into Poundlands.
A lot of the same "changes" have happened around here, too.
The police of whom you speak...are they more of a civilian force that can observe crime but not really do a whole lot about it? (Just wondering.)
There is a bowling alley that I drive by every morning. It has a tent set up outside to accommodate smokers, to help them brave the elements. Makes me glad I quit. (There are days where I'd really like one, though.)
Michael, The way retail is heading over here they will soon be the only ones left!
rt, They are indeed civilian support workers who do not have the power of arrest - from a distance their uniform looks just like that of a regular police officer. Bit of a con really.
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