To be fair, there was a time when any food served on British trains was an uncontrolled hazard.
But surely not a simple soup?
You know how some things in life are the perfect antidote to a simple problem?
Think of an umbrella when it rains.
Think of a 'thank you' when you pay a bill.
Think of a hug when you're sad.
Think of a stranger helping when you're lost.
Well for me, a walk through a cold, dark, damp hurried London from, say, Chancery Lane to Kings Cross had a perfect antidote. A comfy seat and a bowl of hot soup. But now I'm offered a little plastic tub containing concentrated lumps of cold I-don't know-what, and with a rehearsed smile as if my refusal of the processed crap is unlikely as we pass through Finsbury Park, when all I need to complete my day is soup.
Risk Assessment level what?
As much as i agree with you on this one it was the RMT reps that declared this a safety hazard and put pressure on EC to get rid rather than EC themselves.
(I missed your post as I was typing, YR. Sorry.) I had been aware of that distinction, actually, but I didn't really want too many facts getting in the way of my little rant!!
But seriously, I have seen a quite extraordinary difference in attitude between thos with a Hotel&Catering background and those with a Railway background. It can be quite a shocking distinction for the mere passenger, most apparent with the Scottish crews I've found.
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