Bromley boy
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In a world of social media full names can lead to alot of issues with someone finding an individual online. I don't wear a name badge at all, although I wouldn't mind wearing my first name.
I tend to agree with this. Personally, I "dress down" when attending an incident - to the extent that I wear my own coat, which I can do up to completely not be visible to punters as staff if I need to get through a crowd quickly, but can undo to reveal shirt and tie to staff.
I think uniform is enough in all incident situations. And for those wearing “civilian” clothes a flash of the ID badge should surely be sufficient.
We had mandatory “name badges” introduced recently. The concession extracted by the union was that they could be a pseudonym. Unsurprisingly many were issued as Dr. Iver, D. River, etc.
The badges were found to be of a very low quality, and tended to break immediately upon opening.
Must have been a bad batch from the manufacturer . They are no longer worn by anyone.
Why on earth drivers or other railstaff need to wear name badges is anybody’s guess. In this day and age someone’s first name and job is all you need to find them online.
The police don’t wear name badges, I’m not sure Tesco’s staff do any longer either.
Why should railstaff be expected to?!