Yes, you read that correctly dear reader the CEO of The Place, in London mind, is outraged. Is he outraged about dancer's jobs? No! Is he outraged about dancers pay? No! Is he outraged about arts funding policy or the lack thereof? No! Is he outraged then about the complete lack of free bacon sandwiches in a world gone mad? No!
Mr Tharp's feathers have been thoroughly ruffled by taxi drivers....... wait, what?
It would appear that ThePlace has an account with a taxi firm called Addison Lee. Said firm is causing a ruckus by threatening to use bus lanes or something and the owner of that company has said some unpleasant things about cyclists. Taxi drivers saying mean things about cyclists, who knew?
In response to this Mr Tharp has taken to his blog to state that in response to the fact that taxi drivers and the companies they work for are complete tools ThePlace will be cancelling their account with Addison Lee. ThePlace's put upon employees won't suffer too much though since a new taxi firm, presumably a mythical one staffed by taxi drivers that don't hate cyclists, will be found.
Mr Tharp offers no insights as to why ThePlace, in these "harsh times" even has an account with a taxi company since everybody could either walk or, somewhat ironically, use bikes.
Clicking on the "view all postings" link on Mr Tharp's blog reveals this is the one and only thing he has ever written about. This is why we can't have nice things in the arts. Coming next, Kenneth Tharp threatens to have a new underground built because TFL staff are a "bit rude".