article_snippet.sent: QUEUE-JUMPERS AT AIRPORTS .
article_snippet.sent: After patiently waiting my turn, I could murder anyone who suddenly appears out of the blue and joins a ‘friend’ in the queue in front on me.
article_snippet.sent: For example, air stewards talk of ‘de-planing’
article_snippet.sent: (don’t mum and dad mean ‘disembarking’ or ‘getting off’)?
article_snippet.sent: Railway stations are described as ‘calling points’.
article_snippet.sent: But why do most railway stations have giant flights of steps between platforms and up from the car park?
article_snippet.sent: TRAIN ANNOUNCEMENTS .
article_snippet.sent: Every journey nowadays seems to be blighted by the guard (now called a ‘train manager’!) making endless useless announcements about the next station, the cause of a delay or the availability of a full range of snacks (i.e. just crisps) in the buffet car (now re-named the ‘on-board café’.)