Sir, – Further to Lucy Kellaway’s entertaining – as always – piece (“Sorry if you don’t like my column . . . eh, not really”, July 7th), can I contribute an example of apologetic insincerity proffered by Dublin Bus? This is the message frequently seen on the destination board of a bus: “Sorry. Not in Service”.
I confess that I find it disconcerting to have a bus apologise to me, especially in public. – Yours, etc,
KEN MAWHINNEY,
Clonard Drive, Dublin 16.