Far too impatient

ON A visit to Littlehampton on Good Friday, enjoying the wonderful scenery and weather, we were near the Look & Sea Centre when a large group of people, maybe 100, were gathered nearby, singing hymns and saying prayers.
By The Newsroom
Published 7th May 2011, 14:00 BST

There was a van on the slipway, having just unloaded fish from his son’s boat, and one of the group asked the driver if he could delay starting his engine for about 10 minutes, so they could finish and then move on.

The van driver was more than happy to wait but, within minutes, two foreshore officers, a woman and a man, approached the van. The man asked the driver to immediately start his van and move. The driver very politely explained that he had been asked by the group just to wait for 10 minutes.

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The male foreshore officer abruptly told him he had to go immediately, as he was a hazard. The driver then explained to everyone there that he had been forced to move, gave his most profound apologies and left.

Although the officer must have felt he was doing his job, maybe a little bit of common courtesy and respect would have been justified. The van driver was more than happy to wait and this incident rather spoiled the atmosphere.

There were a lot of people about at the time, probably like ourselves, visitors to the riverside, who would have felt a bit upset that a representative of the town was so impatient.

Patricia Seymour,

Langley,

Slough,

Bucks