@VirginAtlantic Hi, why are the flights from Heathrow to Barbados being delayed today? No explanation or information being given to passengers at the airport?
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@labisiffre 1. Sad to hear
2. Has been the case for my 50+ years living in London watching black cabs drive past unless with white friends. Not in other UK cities though.
3. What can you say, especially if you had a towel draped over your arm
Within the past two weeks, on a visit to the city of my birth, London, I have committed:
1) The crime of being Black while studying the interior of a church (I did church architecture as part of pre 6th form O Level art &, though an atheist from the age of six, retain an interest in the buildings). The only other civilian in the church, a worshiper, had clearly felt threatened and had called the Priest who enquired as to why I was in the building.
2) The crime of being Black while hailing a taxi for hire (taxi sign on) in broad daylight.
The first driver saw me well enough to deliver a comedic wave before driving on; the second merely looked me in the eyes, dismissed me and drove on.
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3) The crime of not being what I apparently, in this instance, had a duty to be:
After dinner in my hotel, I've just been racially profiled by another guest (vanilla) who assumed I was a member of staff as we all waited for the lift/elevator on our way to our rooms.
The last of these instances made me laugh. The first two were annoying. As I told a young, white and helpful policeman many years ago, "You get used to it".
He replied, "You shouldn't have to!".
@thetrainline Went to book my usual return ticket to work this morning & saw a £1.79 booking fee added to the quoted cost. Tried a single & had 99p added. Was this a glitch or an attempt to increase costs without publicising?
#hiddencost#fareincrease#honestmistake#fairfares
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