Any long suffering commuter who casts themselves helplessly on the mercy of public transport to get into work will be able to list a catalogue of increasingly dubious excuses that their service providers have concocted to justify delays to their journeys.
For instance, about a decade ago "leaves on the line" entered into the popular UK vernacular as the ultimate in ridiculous excuses for delays and cancellations of train services. The implication was that even the most idiotic of train...
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