Drivel From Devizes: Dateline – Sunday 27th May 2018
Here is our weekly round-up of events from D-Town:
1. The on-off diplomatic
talks on de-filthification of the 49 bus route vehicles, took a new twist
yesterday when Trowvegas continued to insist that they were ready to meet
D-Town representatives “anywhere, anytime….with the possible exception of Swindon”. D-Town had previously called off the talks
after citing “unacceptable language” coming from the other side, but this was
claimed to be just a diplomatic ploy, in order to avoid the hard discussions
required over such contentious issues as cleaning the bus windows, and emptying
of the used tickets bin.
2. Street-cleaners in the borough are threatening to go on strike
in protest against what they claim are the hazards of “rougue” confetti which
is still clogging up pavements, gutters and drains more than a week after the
Royal Wedding. “The number of street
parties held represented, in our opinion, a hazardous level of confetti
waste. Our operatives are not trained,
nor paid, to clean up such tiny micro-pieces of litter. We want to get back to empty coke bottles,
crushed lager cans, discarded colostomy bags and dog faeces – you know: proper
litter!”
3. For details of these and all other Devizes stories, don’t
forget to listen to local radio station D-Town F-Off.
Copyright Andy Fawthrop 2018
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