My day talking about penis size on the TfL cable car

For me, one of the great pleasures of public transport is getting into a conversation with a stranger. But in our age of smart-phones and headphones, where everyone is plugged into their own private space, it’s a pleasure that’s becoming increasingly rare. So when I heard of a new scheme by Transport for London (TfL) to encourage people to chat to each other, I was eager to sign-up.

I admit that I’m not keen on most of TfL’s schemes to affect public behaviour. Has the public ever been subjected to a slogan more irritating – and relentless – than TfL’s demand that we be on our guard and, ‘See it, Say it, Sort it’? And if we’re not looking out for terrorists we’re told to watch out for pervs ‘staring’ at women. And then there’s the constant command to, ‘Be Kind’. 

But I like the idea of this one. Their new scheme to get people talking is called, ‘Chatty Cabins’.