I gave the prescribed Metropolitan Police "first greeting".
"Oi!" I said "What do you think you're doing?

Ben Aaronovitch

Tag: peter-grant

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The Metropolitan Police Service is still, despite what people think, a working-class organisation and as such rejects totally the notion of an officer class. That is why every newly minted constable, regardless of their educational background, has to spend a two-year probationary period as an ordinary plod on the streets. This is because nothing builds character like being abused, spat at and vomited by members of the public.

Ben Aaronovitch

Tag: peter-grant

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Fuck me, I thought. I can do magic.

Ben Aaronovitch

Tag: magic peter-grant rivers-of-london

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Could it have been anyone, or was it destiny? When I'm considering this I find it helpful to quote the wisdom of my father, who once told me, "Who knows why the fuck anything happens?

Ben Aaronovitch

Tag: humor truth peter-grant

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