Heavy Metal Lover?

With the riots sweeping through the country like underage drinking, I thought it was just the right time to have a literary riot. (Hopefully sounding more logical than this seemingly pointless chaos)

Enjoy.

(Demand, not a request)

The Blackpool Metro service. A local and cost-efficient, depending on your income bracket, way of getting around Blackpool.

While I'm not one to kick up a fuss...

*Insert retort here*

...I have noticed over the last few years that their drivers seem to be a tad on the bleak side.

               I mean, who wouldn't smile when they see this hurtling
                                          round the corner...
                           
                                    ...Unless you're driving.

Puns aside, the drivers tend to look homicidal. (A fact which may dissuade a potential passenger)

You may think this is understandable, since they deal with the general populace of our quaint *tourist resort.

*Tourist: In Blackpudlian, tourist stands for somebody engaging in a debauched activity, namely ridiculous alcohol consumption just before a wedding. Presumably stotgun.

Then, add the *tourists to the local tribes of Chavs, who have the gait of a gate, rigid and violent, while charging around with the name 'Henleys' etched into everything they wear.

...A *tourist may think that they are all indeed called Henley, since their intellect in questionable, since they have chosen to holiday in Blackpool...

So there are 2 perfectly viable reasons for the bus drivers to be depressed. But, is it a perfectly viable reason to treat the locals, who do not stand like they are facing a firing squad, with the discontent deriving from their misery?

No.

More often than not, I have received a multitude of accusative looks, based on what I can only assume, due to the correlation, is because I am a teen (and this was BEFORE the recent looting) On another instance I have been christened 'deaf and dumb' by one driver, as I could not understand a word he spoke and implored him to speak clearly. Ironically the insult was the only thing he said with clarity.

They also get paid to provide a public service. Note the word public does not differentiate between anyone,  whether they wear Henleys or a suit by Guccci.

(If they are wearing a suit by Gucci, I ask why are they using a bus?)

We, as the public, are the Metro's blood. And yet, they treat us all like malcontents?

I will gladly acknowledge the fact that some of their staff are a delight to see. They are neither rude or mean, but rather polite and kind.

In fact one member of staff in particular, I do not know their name and they may not wish to have attention drawn to them, is the nicest person I have ever met. There is always a smile upon their face, they act like all the evil atrocities in this world don't exist.

I wonder, why can't all the staff be this way?
It says on their website that they're all supposed
to be "professional" which should at least imply
a smile.

Shouldn't it?