Because it doesn’t get counted in the reliability statistics, so they can cancel it/delay it, etc. Not sure how that helps the staff that supposedly need it to get to work, but…

Looks like the normal transliteration of Macbeth? (The Korean word for “make” is not 맥.)

Yes, fair. The disgruntlement towards OAOs definitely exists though, because it is an obstacle to the glorious full renationalisation. Expect more of this: services supposedly axed to improve reliability, have to leave headway for privately-run OAO services, etc.

Reading between the lines, this feels like someone at the ORR playing politics. They don’t like the open access operators’ continued existence. They cull this totemic service, to predictable outrage, blaming it on Lumo.

The statists are emboldened. We’re going to see a lot more of this now.

Blair is a bit like lot of truly élite sports players; it only looked that easy because he really was that good. Normal players cannot and should not try to do it the same way.

Well, I imagine they would be the type that - seeing a white face - would point at the sign, potentially even if I’d already asked for a table. The presence of my Chinese husband would create further confusion.

The name of the restaurant (京極スタンド; kyōkyoku stando) is at the bottom.

Doesn’t look like you missed a great deal (assuming you didn’t go in).

The Japanese is rather less direct than the English: “Please use the toilet cleanly and correctly. Thank you for your cooperation.”