Day 173: Code Breaker

Code Two warning - be careful
around men of 'action'.  

Today at King's Cross there is a tannoy announcement.  'Would a member of cleaning staff please attend a Code Two by the lifts to the concourse.'  Intriguing.  What is a 'Code Two'?  The obvious guess would be (childishly) a 'Number Two', but surely Transport for London are more imaginative? 

A quick internet search confirms that they're not.  'Code Two' is indeed a 'Number Two'.  But ALSO a 'Number One'.  (Which is stupid, because I do not think they can be sensibly grouped in the same cleaning category.  One is a simple mop job.  The other a more complex scoop/bag/mop business.  Weird.) 

Anyway, here is a breakdown of all of the relevent codes, in case you hear a tannoy announcement, and want the mystery decodified:-

Code Six emergency

Code One: Blood
Code Two: Urine/Faeces
Code Three: Vomit
Code Four: Spillage
Code Five: Broken Glass
Code Six: Litter

In related news, I circumnavigate some Code Three outside the kebab shop as I walk back from the station.

(I like this.  I also like Alpha/Bravo/Charlie-ing.  Doesn't everyone?  Over and out.)