Thumping the staff...

...is always wrong, but why is it that the only places you see signs that say "Please don't punch our staff - we always prosecute" are where the customer service is crap to begin with. Examples include:

• Railway stations


• Onboard trains


• Airports


• GP surgeries


• Post Offices

and of course Royal Mail sorting offices. I had a parcel to collect from the main sorting office in Birmingham today, and saw no fewer than three signs saying "don't thump the staff". Fat chance - can hardly find the buggers. Twas a long queue and no-one serving. Eventually some shabby looking character in a high vis jacket (don't they all wear these now) turned up. Not the best advert for the dear old Royal Mail... anyone would think that they had become sloppy through lack of competition.



But this sign really made me laugh - even the bloody trade unions have to get their oar in! Clearly it's always wrong to thump someone, but if they wear the union tie, it's a whole lot worse!










Funnily enough, I've never seen a sign like that (the punching one, not the Wilkommen one) in John Lewis or Marks & Spencer. Perhaps people don't thump the staff there as the customer service is much better. Funny that.