If only common sense was more common

From Anne Pasturel.

COMMON sense, how common is it?

I feel the decision by Mr Keen of Jersey Post to scrap the ludicrous priority stamp and concentrate on a good postal service is a victory for common sense. The idea of putting a scanner in Sand Street Car Park and other car parks at a later date is the opposite.

The system we have works well, no machinery to go wrong with the attendant adverse effect on what already seem to be short tempered motorists, no technicians to pay and all the other possible problems to say nothing of the cost of installation in these cash strapped times.

There is, too, the consideration of loss of income to those outlets who supply the scratch cards. If it is not broke don’t mend it.

Referring to short tempered motorists leads me to the cyclist who had the encounter with the enraged white van man. While motorists are not perfect here are just a few words to some cyclists.

Helmets are a good idea, the Highway Code applies to you, red lights mean stop, pavements are for pedestrians, cycling and speaking on a mobile phone is not a match made in heaven or then again it might be and one-way streets are just that, there’s no choice. These are matters of common sense.

Finally I must say a few words about our cinema. Trying to get into that place with a friend or relative who is perhaps not so nimble is a real nightmare especially as the lift has a notice ‘lift out of order for the foreseeable future’.

When the steps are wet they are treacherous and the walk across the piazza is much too long for some people. Then there is the long trek to the cash desk followed by a further walk to the cinema.

Once inside, the steps are too steep and there is no handrail so the less nimble are confined to the front row or the seats immediately under the screen and as for the sound level it is much too loud.

If one phones for any reason the call is picked up in England. Is this a public entertainment venue? Only if you are fit. There has been no thought, far less sense, gone into the design (and I use the word ‘design’ loosely).

However, I must say that the two for one offer on tickets on Wednesdays is a good common sense idea.