Bearing the brunt of fury at transport.PUBLIC transport staff are bearing the brunt brunt n. 1. The main impact or force, as of an attack. 2. The main burden: bore the brunt of the household chores. of passengers' anger when services fail, it was revealed today. As many as 19 per cent have witnessed verbal assaults on staff in the last five years while two per cent have seen physical assaults, a survey by security solutions company G4S G4S Group 4 Securicor showed. Also, 19 per cent have seen people "shadowing" fare-paying passengers going through ticket barriers, by passing through very quickly after them and so avoiding paying. The survey of 2,004 adults also revealed that nine per cent of those polled have been approached in the last five years by unlicensed individuals seeking to sell bus or rail tickets. London London, city, Canada London, city (1991 pop. 303,165), SE Ont., Canada, on the Thames River. The site was chosen in 1792 by Governor Simcoe to be the capital of Upper Canada, but York was made capital instead. London was settled in 1826. travellers have witnessed more incidents of anti-social behaviour and fare-dodging than any other region in the UK. |
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