A quick word

Are the motorists who complain about cycle lanes the same motorists who refuse to let the bus go first? You will pass the bus at the next bus stop. It appears to me motorists don’t want anyone else using “their” roads. Brenda Barnes, St Heliers.

After a member of the public “detains” a shoplifter only to be told by the police to let him go, we are now told on TV news “not to get involved”. I’ll remember that if I see a woman being beaten on the street, or a girl set upon at a bus stop by several others. Should I walk on by and avoid the possibility of being charged with assault by the offender if I intervene, as intimated by the police? What are we really coming to in our society when human decency could be criminal. Ian Doube, Rotorua.

A number of electronic signs have cropped up around the city reminding the good citizens to put their food scrap bins out. I assume this means this project has not been a roaring success.

Greg Cave, Sunnyvale.

Now there is a change of government, NZ Herald cartoonist Rod Emmerson will be forced to change his lens too. Mohammed Yakub, Ma¯ngere East.

Thanks again, Rod Emmerson, for your Winnie the Glue illustration. It’s nice to have a chuckle when so much is sad and gloomy. As A. A. Milne said through Eeyore, “We can’t all, and some of us don’t. That’s all there is to it.”

J Garton, Henderson

The correspondent who expressed her dissatisfaction at body cameras being trialled in a supermarket chain (NZ Herald, November 23) seems to have missed the point. The cameras are for workers’ safety, given the huge increase of abuse the staff are having to contend with. “A friendly, welcoming smile” is not going to achieve anything when confronted with a rude, entitled, belligerent person hell-bent on getting their own way. Lorraine Kidd, Warkworth.

While all the other football confederation nations are playing competitive qualifying matches, New Zealand’s All Whites are playing a friendly international. Something is not right here.

Tiong Ang, Mt Roskill.

Regarding the SailGP situation, Auckland, with its unparalleled and iconic harbour, deserves better. Auckland Council and all those invested in development of the old oil storage waterfront property, supporting major international yachting contests, have failed us all. Planning, coordinating and delivery of the essential infrastructure to meet SailGP specifications is core business for the parties involved. Their inability to progress and settle a deal reflects very poorly. Larry. N. Mitchell, Rothesay Bay.

So some people in W¯anaka want Macca’s banned from their “special” environment — but it’s okay everywhere else . . . The solution for them is obvious: boycott the place.

Garry Wycherley, Awakino.