Sign Language

The underground is at war with our perceptions, each day they use more and more of their linguistic mind control and each day we know less and less what to think. Regular service is a thing of the past, it has vanished like the 'small' in McDonalds, these days service is 'Good', like a saint or the messiah. 'Bad' service is not an option; when things go wrong Minor Delays are spoken of, as if the fault lies anywhere but with the Service. The Service is Good, it can be nothing but. No 'average', no 'it's going ok, thanks for asking', no 'fingers crossed', it's either piety or denial. Repairs have been rebranded, they've given up on Engineering Works, because it obviously doesn't, and now they rather smugly refer to line closures as Improvement Works. Is this one more way to spin a positive slant or, more worringly, is this the start of a slow slide? Are we witnessing a steady decline in their optimism? What's next? Possibly Works? Occasionally Works? Soon they'll finally come out and admit what we know already: Nothing Works.