Don't knock the much maligned bumper.....it had a secondary use....as a deterrent.
Shortly after arriving at 1 Wing Halton, some of the more established residents decided it was time to make a few social introductions one evening.
As social introductions go, sadly, there was little in the way of the protocols and etiquette usually associated with such meetings. Those of us in the penthouse suite on the top floor watched this lack of social graces with growing interest.
Enter a Scottish gentleman. He carefully selected a bumper, and, ever mindful of terminal velocity here, lowered it over the balcony first..... before releasing it.
The cracked tiles in the foyer bore silent witness to his strategy and the happy crowd of wellwishers decided that they now had other matters to attend to....this decision being made in a remarkably short space of time after the arrival of the bumper in their midst.
Thereafter, harmonious relationships with the neighbours duly ensued.