Day 368: Mozart and Mother T

At Oval tube, classical music is playing, and there is a board prominently displaying the station's 'Thought For The Day'.  It's one of Mother Teresa's.  'Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.' 

Butch

Sundance

Classical music soothes the soul - it's good for your health.  And inspirational quotes are useful (albeit often sickly). 

So why do I find this so disturbing?  

Well, it's rather like coming into a room and smelling both disinfectant (good for your health) and air freshener (useful - albeit often sickly).  You know there's a reason.  Someone has vomited.   

There's a thread of tension running tight behind the music and the thought board.  I suspect there must be some uncivilised dark shit going on at Oval tube to require the double-barrels of Mozart and Mother T.     

Unnerving - but it's but good to see someone taking direct action to affect their environment.  A friend of mine lives in a block of flats in Tufnell Park.  People used to regularly piss in the lifts.  So she started cleaning them.  Every day.  Swabbing them out with floral disinfectant.  It took about six months, but eventually the pissing stopped.  A well-cared-for environment creates better behaviour.

As I type this I survey the wreckage of my dining room. 

Off to piss in the cutlery drawer.