transport minister misses train, throws wobbly

[Pickman's model]

Transport minister George Freeman launches rant after worker ordered train to depart as he ran to it | Daily Mail Online

sadly greater anglia apologised

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

He's pretty unlucky the train left that promptly tbf. What are the odds?

 

[ginger_syn]

Quite high if the staff recognise you as the transport minister

 

[DotCommunist]

A hero's reward for the smirking worker here

 

[StoneRoad]

No sympathy for the minister, should have been there early enough - he should have done his forward planning, in other words.

Also, delay minutes ...

 

[klang]

he's probably miffed that the train system works so extremely well, leaving him with nothing to do all day. most boring job ever.

 

[skyscraper101]

he's probably miffed that the train system works so extremely well, leaving him with nothing to do all day. most boring job ever.

Hwas sprinting because the 'connecting service from Kings Cross was delayed'. So technically the system wasn't working well, and it's all his own fault.

 

[klang]

Hwas sprinting because the 'connecting service from Kings Cross was delayed'. So technically the system wasn't working well, and it's all his own fault.

it's def his fault then, the lazy cunt who doesn't know what the fuck he's doing.

 

[belboid]

Quite high if the staff recognise you as the transport minister

Even now I'm looking at a picture of him, I wouldn't recognise him. I suppose if he was 'your' minister you might pay him a little more attention.

He's one of these, I'm sure

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Tough shit - he missed the train like a lot of people do. What an idiot.

 

[hash tag]

You would smirk, at best, wouldnt you

 

[equationgirl]

Stranded for an hour my arse. Stranded is when some poor soul goes under a train and the whole station gets shut down ie there's no trains at all for the rest of the day.

Twat.

 

[brogdale]

Thing is...both train operating companies still made their profit that day. You'd think a tory transport minister would be happy enough.

 

[equationgirl]

It is silly season, I suppose...

 

[klang]

Stranded for an hour my arse. Stranded is when some poor soul goes under a train and the whole station gets shut down ie there's no trains at all for the rest of the day.

Twat.

yes but stranded in Cambridge

 

[8ball]

It is silly season, I suppose...

It's silly decade.

 

[klang]

transport ministers shouldn't be allowed anywhere near public transport.

 

[Chilli.s]

The worst he'll get is another all expense paid lunch.

 

[teuchter]

He's right though, it should have been held in the circumstances.

Because you lot are so enthusiastic in your hate-mongering you forget about the other passengers, none of whom were transport ministers, and some of whom may have missed hospital appointments or the funerals of loved ones. People may have died as a result of this but you people are too callous to care; the perfect daily mail audience. Congratulations.

 

[8ball]

He's right though, it should have been held in the circumstances.

Because you lot are so enthusiastic in your hate-mongering you forget about the other passengers, none of whom were transport ministers, and some of whom may have missed hospital appointments or the funerals of loved ones. People may have died as a result of this but you people are too callous to care; the perfect daily mail audience. Congratulations.

30% off deckchair hire - today only!

 

[brogdale]

He's right though, it should have been held in the circumstances.

Because you lot are so enthusiastic in your hate-mongering you forget about the other passengers, none of whom were transport ministers, and some of whom may have missed hospital appointments or the funerals of loved ones. People may have died as a result of this but you people are too callous to care; the perfect daily mail audience. Congratulations.

What *should* have occurred is both train services running to published timetable. Unfortunately, under the privatised TOCs & management contracts profitability comes before standards of service. We also don't know what the employees are instructed to do and whether or not they have any flexibility to 'hold' services if they suspect that some passengers from another service might want to change.

Enough of your sanctimonious clap-trap.

 

[SpineyNorman]

He's right though, it should have been held in the circumstances.

Because you lot are so enthusiastic in your hate-mongering you forget about the other passengers, none of whom were transport ministers, and some of whom may have missed hospital appointments or the funerals of loved ones. People may have died as a result of this but you people are too callous to care; the perfect daily mail audience. Congratulations.

I don't believe you.

 

[Pickman's model]

He's right though, it should have been held in the circumstances.

Because you lot are so enthusiastic in your hate-mongering you forget about the other passengers, none of whom were transport ministers, and some of whom may have missed hospital appointments or the funerals of loved ones. People may have died as a result of this but you people are too callous to care; the perfect daily mail audience. Congratulations.

some people may have been mildly inconvenienced, which is the most likely outcome of all this, but you have to reach for the extremes - "people may have died as a result of this!" you shriek. people may have missed hospital appointments! although i doubt people would be travelling from cambridge towards norwich for a hospital appointment. by wailing so shrilly you undermine your point. you say 'the perfect daily mail audience' as though that damns us all to hell. you no doubt only read newspapers you agree with, living in your own little echo chamber where never an opposing argument need be heard. what a sad little man you are.

 

[teuchter]

What *should* have occurred is both train services running to published timetable. Unfortunately, under the privatised TOCs & management contracts profitability comes before standards of service. We also don't know what the employees are instructed to do and whether or not they have any flexibility to 'hold' services if they suspect that some passengers from another service might want to change.

Enough of your sanctimonious clap-trap.

It should have been held in the circumstances. Why it wasn't is moot. The point is that posters on this forum with no empathy for others are happy to sit and jeer alongside the Daily Mail, at people who have missed their train as a result of a system not performing well.

 

[8ball]

...i doubt people would be travelling from cambridge towards norwich for a hospital appointment. by wailing so shrilly you undermine your point.

Norwich Medical School is a renowned centre of epidemiology - what if someone was on their way over there to analyse some data on a possible emergent new ebola strain that could wipe out humanity if not identified immediately!!

 

[Pickman's model]

Norwich Medical School is a renowned centre of epidemiology - what if someone was on their way over there to analyse some data on a possible emergent new ebola strain that could wipe out humanity if not identified immediately!!

they'd return to the mrc epidemiology unit at addenbrooke's hospital in cambridge and look at a picture online

 

[8ball]

they'd return to the mrc epidemiology unit at addenbrooke's hospital in cambridge and look at a picture online

If it was online why would the researcher be catching the train in the first place - duh!!

 

[teuchter]

If it was online why would the researcher be catching the train in the first place - duh!!

Exactly. Pickman's model is just trying to start an argument here for the sake of it. Ignore him. It's also possible he personally benefits from advertising revenue on Daily Mail click-throughs.

 

[Pickman's model]

If it was online why would the researcher be catching the train in the first place - duh!!

maybe they'd arranged a tryst with a toothsome counterpart and the idea there was some horrid disease needing identification was part of the cover lest their partner enquire

 

[Pickman's model]

Exactly. Pickman's model is just trying to start an argument here for the sake of it. Ignore him. It's also possible he personally benefits from advertising revenue on Daily Mail click-throughs.

there was no argument here until you shoved your nauseating nose in. you're the only person hellbent on stirring up dissension, for your own foul reasons.