Why can I not obtain redress upon complaint to the station-master?

Why am I chased off the premises by a private policeman when I am anxious to catch the next train?

Why is my luggage being placarded with places that certainly do not correspond with my desired destination?

Why can I not have my tea cool enough to drink? and why I am hurried out of the refreshment-room before I can discuss my bread and butter?

Why must I pay half-a-crown for comestibles valued on the card at less than a shilling?

Why am I forced into a carriage already overcrowded with aged females, sickly children, and snarling spaniels?

Why can I not have a seat, considering I have paid the full fare, and amply tipped the guard?

Why can I not have a window open, considering that the glass stands at ninety in the shade?

Why can I not smoke, having chosen a smoking carriage?

Why should I be dictated to by a disagreeable and elderly stranger, who snores half the journey, and helps herself to ardent spirits in the tunnels?