F*cking nightmare of a bastard commute
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19sixtysix
Life as viewed from a Gay Gorbals Garret
I'm sure folks know this but the Weatherspoons at Victoria offers a busy but free toilet.
Network rail toilets should be free at all times. I pay enough for my annual oyster to not have to piss about finding change while waiting for a delayed train.
Oh I have the mechanism to improve the rail company performance. Tickets barriers must be open and free if train is late.
Network rail toilets should be free at all times. I pay enough for my annual oyster to not have to piss about finding change while waiting for a delayed train.
Oh I have the mechanism to improve the rail company performance. Tickets barriers must be open and free if train is late.
nuffsaid
But this goes up to 11
Nice line from Alison Moyet stuck at East Croydon today -
“Britain can never be 'great again' until it can run a sh***ing decent rail service. Sod Brexit. We can't even leave East Croydon. #RailFail”
Yazoo singer Alison Moyet caught in East Croydon 'trainpocalypse'
“Britain can never be 'great again' until it can run a sh***ing decent rail service. Sod Brexit. We can't even leave East Croydon. #RailFail”
Yazoo singer Alison Moyet caught in East Croydon 'trainpocalypse'
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
I am not going to get into another punchup with this fool, but just want to note that this is the second time on this thread alone that he's seen fit to hurl around slurs about mental health, because someone disagrees with him.
Quite apart from its offensiveness to the people he attacks in this way, it's a nasty slur on anyone with mental health problems, and a big part of why people still tend to feel stigmatised by having a mental health problem.
These are not just careless words from someone who doesn't know any better: he has no excuse for ignorance. They're deliberately hurtful attacks being made to cause pain and distress. There is no other explanation.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
I fear that he may be quite happy with that state of affairs
hash tag
Books, not bombs
SEE #1965 - Slight problem is they are not very visable or accessable and that place is usually very crowded. I imagine there are other places but can't picture them.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Just don't travel -- how simple!
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
I think that's where it all started. Wasn't it Southern who got rid of a whole bunch of drivers because they didn't understand some fundamental rule about how drivers have to sign for particular routes, etc?
T & P
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It is not advertised though so many people will be unaware. And the other pub inside Victoria has a strict patrons-only policy, so much so you need to ask staff for the passcode to punch in at the toilet door.
not-bono-ever
meh
Southern Rail: Transport Secretary misleads passengers
An interesting read on the rail issues if you have not seen it
An interesting read on the rail issues if you have not seen it
tommers
It was... Rebekah Vardy's account
Southern originally put the overtime ban in place earlier this year but removed it once they were hauled up about it. The suggestion was that it was done to punish strikers (something the leader of the Green Party called "preposterous" just before it was removed). Apparently now they're not so fond of it.
What I ask myself is why a train driver would deprive themselves and their family of overtime payments, and pay for the strike days purely to make some "political point" which is what Grayling is saying. For them to do that they must be worried about either safety or job security and conditions. In that kind of fight then there's only one side to support.
Treacle Toes
Time
Hell on the overground this morning. That is all.
Miss-Shelf
I'll meet you further on up the road
Glad I opted for "working" in the caff to avoid worst excesses
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
not-bono-ever
meh
old chinese proverb- never trust a man in power who is named after a freshwater fish that is classified as neither coarse nor game
iamwithnail
Well-Known Member
Basically everything Grayling says is a carefully calculated piece of spin. One of the original fascists-in-a-suit, before it was fashionable again. My understanding re: overtime ban was - Southern basically don't, and have never had, enough staff, and relied on OT to make up the numbers. The overtime ban on strikers was therefore a double punishment - loads of people depended on it as it was effectively available on demand, and withdrawing it from strikers made the service *much* worse, which could be blamed on the strike. Happy to be corrected, although the guy at our station was saying OT is only available to certain people now, and is heavily rationed - i.e., they're continuing it in another guise.
Grayling is now talking about banning strikes on the railways.
Yeah, that's the solution to a private company utterly failing its customers. Stop the employees of that company from striking.
Surely, this doesn't even make any logical sense from a free market perspective? Either the railways are a vital national resource or they are not. If they are, why are we relying on fragmented private companies to run them? If they are not, how can you put restrictions on the right to withdraw labour?
Yeah, that's the solution to a private company utterly failing its customers. Stop the employees of that company from striking.
Surely, this doesn't even make any logical sense from a free market perspective? Either the railways are a vital national resource or they are not. If they are, why are we relying on fragmented private companies to run them? If they are not, how can you put restrictions on the right to withdraw labour?
iamwithnail
Well-Known Member
Free markets for the rich!
kabbes have you gone in on SW Trains at all this week? If so, has parking been even remotely possible at Dorking Station on Southern strike days?
I have to ideally train it to work in Croydon on Friday due to alcohol based plans after work so will have to go to Wimbledon then Tram over, but have the fear I will get to Dorking and it will be rammed with people from Reigate
I have to ideally train it to work in Croydon on Friday due to alcohol based plans after work so will have to go to Wimbledon then Tram over, but have the fear I will get to Dorking and it will be rammed with people from Reigate
Parking is completely impossible on strike days unless you are there by 7am.
As of the start of November, I decided to kill multiple birds with one stone and now park just over a mile away, on the outskirts of the other side of Dorking. That way I achieve my 10,000 daily steps, get free parking and don't have to stress about parking spaces (or Dorking traffic). So it no longer affects me. But by the time I turned up at the station yesterday -- about 7:30am -- I could see drivers in the car park desperately circling, hoping to find a space.
Miss-Shelf
I'll meet you further on up the road
Ffs
Stayed at work later to avoid southern related travel delays and have now run into Palace fans leaving the ground
Wait ages for a bus or walk against the crowd
Stayed at work later to avoid southern related travel delays and have now run into Palace fans leaving the ground
Wait ages for a bus or walk against the crowd
oryx
Sitting on the bok of the day
That's my understanding, too.
One thing I've noticed, as will everyone who's a regular traveller on Southern, is that the service is appalling (trains almost invariably late and frequently cancelled) on days when there aren't strikes.
ETA - the whole thing is unbelievable and I do think Labour should be exploiting this shambles more to make a case for renationalisation.
iamwithnail
Well-Known Member
The service has been appalling on Southern for the 8 years I've lived here, there's very little difference on strike days, beyond people cramming onto other services just in case, imo.
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