Beautiful day, beautiful park, beautiful people It was the local elections this week - I put in a shift for the Green Party at my local polling station as a teller. If, like me, you're interested in people and politics, this can be fun. My job was to gather data on voting patterns to help with party strategy and campaigning Here's a sample of the conversations that took place during my 2.5 hour shift: “It's about the trees and the council needs a bloody good kicking.” “They’re the best of a bad bunch”. “Things really need to change around here.” “It’s the way I’ve always voted.’ “I really don’t know until I get into the polling booth.” “Mind your own business mister.” "I might tell you on the way out if you play your cards right." Strange that last one as I didn't have any cards... After about an hour standing outside in the cold, I put one foot inside the polling station only to be told by the stern looking presiding officer tha