F*cking nightmare of a bastard commute

[ska invita]

I much prefer it to fucking commuting.

Thanks ASLEF.

Oi, get off urban and do some work. Just because you're at home doesn't mean it isn't a work day..




And get out of your pyjamas

*im the only one who has made it in here....

 

[Artaxerxes]

I had to get up and make myself a pot of tea and turn the PC on, oh and plug in the work phone.


Awful trip.

 

[tommers]

Apparently Clapham Junction was closed due to overcrowding.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Sounds good to me - id love to be doing that

 

[existentialist]

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Smug bastard. I have to go down a flight of stairs

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Smug bastard. I have to go down a flight of stairs

Plans are afoot at Bahn Industries to increase my commute to two flights of stairs. I've got the union involved now though...

 

[existentialist]

Plans are afoot at Bahn Industries to increase my commute to two flights of stairs. I've got the union involved now though...

Stand your ground! Or carpet, whatever.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Stand your ground! Or carpet, whatever.

May have to light a fire in a brassiere.

 

[existentialist]

May have to light a fire in a brassiere.

 

[Bonfirelight]

Having thus far avoided the recent train chaos, i now need a pro tip from an expert traveller as I need to train it from London to Three Bridges tomorrow.

Am I better off getting the Thameslink from Blackfriars or the Gatwick Express from Victoria (and then bussing it from there)?

I assume both will be packed of course, but want to know which is most likely to actually run

 

[mojo pixy]

Brand new bike to work today. So it was the new bike, downhill all the way, through two parks, fifteen minutes door to door. Not particularly fucking or nightmarish, and definitely no bastard (even in slight rain).
Anyway, apologies for the off-topic and slightly smug post.

 

[Me76]

Just been talking to my mate who works as ticket office staff for Southern. He's had a great time this week as for the three strike days the bastards have had to pay him to go in and watch films and play cards with the other station staff.

Tbf, they are the ones next in the list for Southern, so I do not resent them it at all.

He was saying they had great fun watching a bloke who crawled under the shutter, and jumped the barrier to wait for 40 minutes on the platform, before he came and complained there were no trains. They made him go out the way he came in

 

[Orang Utan]

Are ticket office staff in a different union from the striking staff?

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Are ticket office staff in a different union from the striking staff?

depends which strike / employer

drivers are mostly ASLEF although some are RMT (drivers are in dispute on Southern but not broadly the Underground - although it has come close to a localised strike on the Piccadilly Line over various issues)

station / platform staff (who as far as i'm aware aren't currently in dispute with Southern but are with the Underground) are mostly RMT

guards / conductors (currently in dispute with Southern) are almost all RMT

ticket office staff (including those displaced to other jobs on the Underground) are either RMT or TSSA (in dispute on Underground - not quite sure if they are on Southern yet, but give it time - Southern also want to close most ticket offices)

 

[iamwithnail]

Was going to be lazy and train in today, forgot it was a strike day - 3 trains cancelled from PMR to VIC, and the previous two delayed by 40 min. Woman at the desk next to me still isn't in, just took me bike in instead.

 

[Me76]

So I think I may have missed out on shedloads of Southern money.

I recently started changing my default delay replay claim time to over 1 your rather than the 30 - 59 mins I was doing previously and I'm now getting twice as much.

If only I'd known earlier!!

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Evil person sitting on the opposite aisle seat from me this morning - coughing repeatedly with his fucking mouth open, not even bothing to cover it. Then had his breakfast - eating with his mouth open.

I also sat next to someone the other day chewing gum in a masticating frenzy with her mouth open. What is wrong with people.

 

[A380]

Evil person sitting on the opposite aisle seat from me this morning - coughing repeatedly with his fucking mouth open, not even bothing to cover it. Then had his breakfast - eating with his mouth open.

I also sat next to someone the other day chewing gum in a masticating frenzy with her mouth open. What is wrong with people.

Under a little know piece of legislation you are allowed to frenziedly stab them as long as you don't make eye contact with fellow passengers.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Under a little know piece of legislation you are allowed to frenziedly stab them as long as you don't make eye contact with fellow passengers.

Cool - thanks for letting me know.

 

[discobastard]

So I think I may have missed out on shedloads of Southern money.

I recently started changing my default delay replay claim time to over 1 your rather than the 30 - 59 mins I was doing previously and I'm now getting twice as much.

If only I'd known earlier!!

How do you mean? I thought they compared claims against actual arrival times. What kind of ticket do you have?

And does anybody know whether you can claim actual journeys as well as the season ticket refund they are now doing (even if you just have an Oyster travel card)? Am gonna try for both.

It is a bit of a PITA doing individual journeys but Raildar does make it easier.

Normally I could be arsed with all the admin but I want to get as much money back out of this shower of bastards as I can.

 

[Me76]

How do you mean? I thought they compared claims against actual arrival times. What kind of ticket do you have?

And does anybody know whether you can claim actual journeys as well as the season ticket refund they are now doing (even if you just have an Oyster travel card)? Am gonna try for both.

It is a bit of a PITA doing individual journeys but Raildar does make it easier.

Normally I could be arsed with all the admin but I want to get as much money back out of this shower of bastards as I can.

They checked against actual train times for a bit and I had a few claims denied. But when they had the changed timetable I don't think they bother. My last weeks worth of claims I have put the longest delay time in and they have paid me the maximum. Even though my delay is only about 20 minutes

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Southwest Trains are having a day of it; person hit by a train between Woking and Surbition and a second poor soul hit between Subiton and Wimbledon:

• Trains between London Waterloo and Chessington South running to Chessingon South but will not run to London Waterloo - You will need to use London Buses (Please refer to the alternative travel map at www.journeycheck.southwesttrains.co.uk) to complete your journey.
• Trains between London Waterloo and Hampton Court will not be running in either direction - You will need to use London Buses (Please refer to the alternative travel map at www.journeycheck.southwesttrains.co.uk)
• Trains between London Waterloo and Exeter/Salisbury will terminate and start from Basingstoke.
• Trains between London Waterloo and Basingstoke (stopping) will not run.
• Trains between London Waterloo and Guildford via Cobham will run via Epsom where crew knowledge permits.
• Trains between Waterloo and Shepperton will be diverted to run via Richmond in both directions, and will not all at stations between Teddington & Earlsfield.
• Trains between London Waterloo and Woking (stopping) will not run.
• Trains between London Waterloo and Weymouth/Bournemouth will terminate and start at Basingstoke.
• Trains between London Waterloo and Portsmouth Harbour will terminate and start at Guildford.
• Trains between London Waterloo and Alton will not run.
• Trains between London Waterloo and London Waterloo via Kingston will not run.
• Trains between London Waterloo and London Waterloo via Twickenham will not run.

Good luck to anyone caught up in that.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Jesus; no trains on my line from Waterloo at all until tomorrow now. Thank fuck not in town today!

 

[kabbes]

Just got on a Dorking one. Was about to give up and head to London Bridge because it wasn't even on the list of trains on the board at Waterloo, but then it suddenly turned up regardless.

 

[Miss-Shelf]

Just saw a DB logo engine pulling a cargo load round clapham junction

 

[Me76]

I just got an email!

Compensation for 2016 season ticket holders

Hi Me76,

We are very sorry for the significant levels of disruption to our services for much of 2016. In recognition of the ongoing inconvenience you’ve experienced, we have agreed a compensation scheme with the Department for Transport for season ticket holders who have held a minimum of 12 weeks of season tickets between 1 April and 31 December 2016.

We are pleased to confirm that you are eligible for compensation to the value of £96.40 credit.

Please click the button below to verify your details and select your preferred payment method.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Platforms 1-4 out of action @ Waterloo until 3pm.

So all trains on the Portsmouth line which don't use platforms 1-4 are cancelled

 

[NoXion]

Late Western Failway have cancelled my usual train home and I now have to wait an extra half an hour to get home. Fucking cunts!

 

[NoXion]

It's made worse by these really shitty narrow benches that one has to perch on or risk falling off. What fucking dick-faced shithead thought that making seating uncomfortable was a good idea? I feel for those poor sods with mobility issues.