Olympic Commute Ranting Thread

[Minnie_the_Minx]

No Mini's right Wednesday is their finger crossed day was in the paper yesterday

huh?

 

[kabbes]

It's almost like..... a thousand Chicken Littles have been predicting a traffic apocalypse...that never happened.

Either that or people took all the wall-to-wall warnings seriously and actually adjusted their behaviour to prevent the problems. My whole team and most of my company are working from home for a fortnight, to pick an example. Multiply that up by hundreds of thousands of commuters and you have your answer. If we had collectively scoffed at the "Chicken Littles" instead, it genuinely would be everything people feared.

 

[Miss-Shelf]

Either that or people took all the wall-to-wall warnings seriously and actually adjusted their behaviour to prevent the problems. My whole team and most of my company are working from home for a fortnight, to pick an example. Multiply that up by hundreds of thousands of commuters and you have your answer.

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most of team are working at home or taking a/l

Ive got to got to Leytonstone on Wed from Brixton - any tips ( I *know* I could look it up myself but I was hoping to call on St Minnie of London2012 for expert guidance )

 

[5t3IIa]

Central line not doing terribly well this morning - fire alert at Leytonstone.

 

[Pickman's model]

Good stuff

 

[Orang Utan]

I cycled in to be safe, but had to ask a hairdresser to dry me off to avoid sweaty sex offender look which is not ideal for job interviews.

 

[5t3IIa]

I cycled in to be safe, but had to ask a hairdresser to dry me off to avoid sweaty sex offender look which is not ideal for job interviews.

Fnarrrrr.

Good luck!

 

[marty21]

I drove in the Olympic congested streets today!!! very little traffic Hackney to Camden - probably will be more when I drive home later -

will update the THREAD

 

[Crispy]

If we had collectively scoffed at the "Chicken Littles" instead, it genuinely would be everything people feared.

Kinda like Y2K. That was a real problem, but it got fixed, so it wasn't a problem.

"But they said it was going to be a problem!"


Welcome back btw

 

[quimcunx]

all quiet on the western front then?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Kinda like Y2K. That was a real problem, but it got fixed, so it wasn't a problem.

"But they said it was going to be a problem!"


Welcome back btw

That's because I was working on the night ensuring you were all safe

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

all quiet on the western front then?

On the news that it's 20% quieter

Just spoken to a stallholder in Oxford Street and she's right pissed off. Said she'd NEVER seen it as quiet. Showed Trafalgar Square. Practically deserted

 

[marty21]

**Update**

Traffic very light - Camden to Hackney this afternoon - left at about 4.15... 'swoosh'>>>>>> I was home rapidly, but drove safely and within the local speed limits

 

[Orang Utan]

New Cross/Deptford eastbound presumably all the way to Blackheath is at a near standstill

 

[RubyToogood]

Took myself to the V&A today. Would have got there in record time but for the Olympic Lane and associated traffic restrictions on Cromwell Rd, that meant I had to turn the wrong way and had no way of turning round or turning off it, and got funnelled inexorably towards Shepherd's Bush. Eventually managed to get headed the other way and got similarly funnelled past the V&A in the opposite direction. Added a couple of miles onto my journey.

Went home via Sloane Square which was empty, just me and a taxi going round it at 4pm.

 

[temper_tantrum]

Completely non-Olympics-related signal failure at Cannon St this evening causing 'transport chaos' at London Bridge as well, about to be reported by the media as 'Olympicstransportgeddon'.

Edit: on the plus side, it'd be about 400% more attention that Southeastern's usual fuckwittery attracts from the North London (south London is full of crime and ethnics) Standard.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

My husband has been told to work from home. Bloody pain. I don't want him under my feet or demanding lunch for the duration

He's just told me he won't empty the dishwasher because he's at work

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Completely non-Olympics-related signal failure at Cannon St this evening causing 'transport chaos' at London Bridge as well, about to be reported by the media as 'Olympicstransportgeddon'.

Edit: on the plus side, it'd be about 400% more attention that Southeastern's usual fuckwittery attracts from the North London (south London is full of crime and ethnics) Standard.

Fingers crossed no fuck-ups today as about to send friends off to Excel. Have told them to go to London Bridge and get Jubilee Line from there

 

[Schmetterling]

He's just told me he won't empty the dishwasher because he's at work

Ask him whether he saw last night's Eastenders. Then show him endless photographs of your children. Create a note in Comic Sans and hang it up in the kitchen; something along the lines of his mother not working there. Hide a computer cable - when he complains ask him whether he has switched the computer off and on again.

Start crying in the bathroom. When he comes in tell him your period has/has not started....

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Ask him whether he saw last night's Eastenders. Then show him endless photographs of your children. Create a note in Comic Sans and hang it up in the kitchen; something along the lines of his mother not working there. Hide a computer cable - when he complains ask him whether he has switched the computer off and on again.

Well, we don't have a telly and he's blind, but the general gist is one I shall adapt and run with...To fuck him right up all I have to do is move the fridge....

 

[RubyToogood]

He's just told me he won't empty the dishwasher because he's at work

Well he would be using mugs etc if he was at work. Who washes them up? If a cleaner, what is their rate? Either he can do it himself, pay you the going rate, or you can tell him you'll be invoicing his employers.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

I just made myself a bacon sarnie but told him not to worry, it won't affect him as he goes out for lunch when he's at work.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

I was initially scuppered by forgetting that the working Guide Dog is out on a jolly for the day with hendo and Ms T, along with the retired Guide Dog. I then realised I've got him over a barrel and have charged him £4.50 for a bacon sandwich and made him empty the dishwasher. I think I might be the only non-corporate to make any money out of the Olympics

 

[Greebo]

I was initially scuppered by forgetting that the working Guide Dog is out on a jolly for the day with hendo and Ms T, along with the retired Guide Dog. I then realised I've got him over a barrel and have charged him £4.50 for a bacon sandwich and made him empty the dishwasher. I think I might be the only non-corporate to make any money out of the Olympics

Genius!

 

[5t3IIa]

Central line in the shit again

 

[marty21]

200,000 heading for the stadium today - any urbanites going?

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Either that or people took all the wall-to-wall warnings seriously and actually adjusted their behaviour to prevent the problems. My whole team and most of my company are working from home for a fortnight, to pick an example. Multiply that up by hundreds of thousands of commuters and you have your answer. If we had collectively scoffed at the "Chicken Littles" instead, it genuinely would be everything people feared.

Having already lived through it, I had a thought about what would happen there as well.

 

[marty21]

Traffic report *UPDATE*

Fairly light traffic from Hackney to Camden today - no delays - expecting delays this afternoon when I go home - so might walk a bit and sample some pubs on way home

 

[kabbes]

Reports today from my daily phone call with work is that the traffic has seriously ramped up now.

 

[marty21]

Reports today from my daily phone call with work is that the traffic has seriously ramped up now.

I might well be walking a bit then - as I'm heading in the direction of the Olympics later