The irony of it (London)

At the library featured in blog "An uncharacteristic library":

Male social worker (a different one from the usual, older man) rings a number for a lady client (in her 70s?), and hands her the phone.  

She shouts (Turkish or Greek) into the phone, then passes the phone back to him when done after a couple of minutes.  

He also bellows into the phone to the other party, "I'M PHONING YOU FROM THE LIBRARY WHERE IT'S QUIET."

 (London, 2019)

Appeals to protestors (London )

During the Anti-Capitalist May Day demonstrations of 2002, shop windows were smashed, among other things.

One shop had this notice on their shop window:  

“Dear May Day Protestors, 

Please kindly do not smash our windows.  

Thank you.”

Underneath the notice were two helpful arrows, pointing in opposite directions, with “Starbucks” below one and “McDonalds” below the other.

Another one was a letter in the papers:

“Dear May Day Protestors, 

Please do not thrash our office.  

We are perfectly capable of doing it ourselves from within.

[signed] Staff, Arthur Andersen” 

(Arthur Andersen ceased operations in 2002)

(London, 2002)