Run out of steam
From Mr Patrick Green Sir: Robbie Millen thinks that excuses given for railway delays are a reminder of man's capacity for stupidity and pride ('Heard any good excuses lately?', 25 September).
I was going to work on a Circle Line train the other day, when it suddenly stopped between St James's Park and Westminster. After a few moments came a voice, 'I would like to apologise to passengers. This train has been stopped due to. .. . ' The voice stopped, too. We all looked at each other. We looked up. Eventually, 'Oh, bollocks. I can't think of an excuse — we've just stopped.' Candour, too?
Patrick Green
2 Harcourt Buildings, Temple, London EC4