In fact, "bad behaviour" is infectious - caused by a tiny minority and embraced by many in an attempt to save face. Take the Number 50 bus service from Narborough to Leicester. The 8:04am service is now a no-go zone to anyone over the age of 16. This writer, fed up with being pelted with sucked sweets, witnessing scenes of all-in amateur wrestling, and observing violence and language that would make even Begbie from Trainspotting cower, now has to take an earlier bus, arriving at work some 40 minutes early.
As tempting as it is to tar all these young people with the same brush, it's clear even to me that the trouble is caused by just four individuals.
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