Time is priceless

One of the things that saddens me is that people don’t seem to have time to answer the questions of others any longer.

I sometimes wonder what tourists must think of the rude, abrupt answers (if any) they get from people who live here as they dash here, there and everywhere. Tick, tock. Tick, tock.

Ever since a clock was first used to synchronise labour, time has been understood in relation to money. Once hours are financially quantified, people worry about wasting, saving or using them profitably. We all need to slow down, relax more and remember our manners. Pia Ainsworth, Wythenshawe, Manchester