Shelter from the rain

Source A: an original contemporary non-fiction-style account.

“The bus shelter outside our health centre was replaced in October. The new one has a roof, a narrow bench and a digital arrival display. Its open side faces the direction from which rain usually comes. Last Tuesday, five of us stood behind the advertising panel instead of under the roof. An older passenger rested a shopping bag on the bench but could not sit without getting wet. The display promised a bus in four minutes, then six.

The shelter looked excellent in the design drawing: light, clean and almost invisible. In the rain it was nearly invisible in a less useful sense. We crowded behind the advertisement for a warm holiday, protected by the one surface intended to sell us something. A public shelter should be tested by a person carrying bags on a windy day, not only by a photograph taken in sunshine. Attractive design and comfort need not be enemies. But when the roof protects the timetable more reliably than the passenger, somebody has mistaken the display of a service for the service itself.”

Source B: an original nineteenth-century-style letter or account, written for practice; this is not an archival document.

“Sir, the new covered seat in Market Street has been praised for the elegance of its ironwork. I have inspected it during rain, an occasion apparently omitted from the committee's considerations. The roof is handsome and narrow; the water reaches the seat with very little obstruction. Those waiting for the carrier stand behind the noticeboard, where advertisements provide the protection that public generosity has failed to supply.

I do not ask that our streets be furnished without regard to beauty. I ask that beauty remember the knees, parcels and aching feet of those expected to admire it. A seat upon which no tired person can rest is an ornament wearing a useful name. Let one member of the committee wait there through an ordinary shower before the final account is paid. He may learn more about the design in ten damp minutes than in an hour of congratulatory speeches.”

Refer to both sources. Infer the differences in the shelters and the ways passengers use them. Write a summary supported by details from both sources.