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  • bolloxbolder
    bolloxbolder Posts: 7,964
    3 way temporary traffic lights seemingly all around Bexley atm. Special mention to the one at the oakhampton / Wickham Lane mini roundabout.
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,129
    HMRC changing my tax code so that I paid -£28 tax this month. Obviously this should be on the general things that please me thread however I feel it may bite my arse off completely next month so I'll just leave it here....
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,665

    3 way temporary traffic lights seemingly all around Bexley atm. Special mention to the one at the oakhampton / Wickham Lane mini roundabout.

    All gone tonight, not sure how long they had been there, as I was away. Saw the road closed signs last night when I got back. Nothing there when I took the dog out.
  • RodneyCharltonTrotta
    RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,828
    edited July 2017

    3 way temporary traffic lights seemingly all around Bexley atm.

    Sounds like some sort of old school coded lonely hearts ad in the newsshopper.
  • cafcnick1992
    cafcnick1992 Posts: 7,414
    Shopping at Apple Stores. They have no till and so nowhere to queue.

    Staff are friendly and try and keep annoyed customers pleased.

    They're fighting a losing battle though. The system whereby there is no till, so people are standing around other people's conversations, trying to be next is absurd. It makes everyone feel uncomfortable.

    Furthermore, in busy times, you're told to stand about and someone will come to you. But then the customer has no idea what's going on or how long they are to wait!

    Finally, I've noticed staff communicate via earpieces. It's like having the stasi sell you forbidden books. They talk to each other about you and what you want, but you're not party to the conversation. Very disconcerting.

    All this, just to be different. Scrap the current format and install a counter with a till. At least that way, everyone knows where they stand (and where to stand).
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,252

    Shopping at Apple Stores. They have no till and so nowhere to queue.

    Staff are friendly and try and keep annoyed customers pleased.

    They're fighting a losing battle though. The system whereby there is no till, so people are standing around other people's conversations, trying to be next is absurd. It makes everyone feel uncomfortable.

    Furthermore, in busy times, you're told to stand about and someone will come to you. But then the customer has no idea what's going on or how long they are to wait!

    Finally, I've noticed staff communicate via earpieces. It's like having the stasi sell you forbidden books. They talk to each other about you and what you want, but you're not party to the conversation. Very disconcerting.

    All this, just to be different. Scrap the current format and install a counter with a till. At least that way, everyone knows where they stand (and where to stand).

    Apple represent a lot of what is evil in the world today
  • buckshee
    buckshee Posts: 7,868
    Carter said:

    Shopping at Apple Stores. They have no till and so nowhere to queue.

    Staff are friendly and try and keep annoyed customers pleased.

    They're fighting a losing battle though. The system whereby there is no till, so people are standing around other people's conversations, trying to be next is absurd. It makes everyone feel uncomfortable.

    Furthermore, in busy times, you're told to stand about and someone will come to you. But then the customer has no idea what's going on or how long they are to wait!

    Finally, I've noticed staff communicate via earpieces. It's like having the stasi sell you forbidden books. They talk to each other about you and what you want, but you're not party to the conversation. Very disconcerting.

    All this, just to be different. Scrap the current format and install a counter with a till. At least that way, everyone knows where they stand (and where to stand).

    Apple represent a lot of what is evil in the world today
    I'm a lover of all things Apple , had an iPhone since the 3GS came out and I'll probably buy the new one when it arrives , I'm typing this right now on an iPad air. However you are totally correct about the Apple Store system , totally and utterly mental.
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,256
    Paddington, the area, the station (praed street exit, bakerloo line). Despite it being in zone 1 and me living in forest hill it's ballache to get to. I have to get the 176 bus to Elephant & Castle and then the bakerloo direct. Sounds simple enough, but when you aportion 30 minutes of your journey to a bus, lots of things can go wrong. The other option would be for me to get a bus up the hill to forsest hill station, overground to Canada Water, jubilee to Baker Street and then change - a lot of faffing

    And then when i arrive I'm greeted by millions of Chinese tourists and tons of suitcases. I think the praed street exit and the surrounding area has the highest concentration/density of suitcases per person in the world. Yes, even more than an airport where everyone has a suitcase. It's also the fact that it's a public area that makes it worst. Commuters having to compete with it all

    And then the area is so tacky. All these shit motels/hostels that want to house these tourists. It's like a poor man's Leicester Square in that respect
  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    cabbles said:

    Paddington, the area, the station (praed street exit, bakerloo line). Despite it being in zone 1 and me living in forest hill it's ballache to get to. I have to get the 176 bus to Elephant & Castle and then the bakerloo direct. Sounds simple enough, but when you aportion 30 minutes of your journey to a bus, lots of things can go wrong. The other option would be for me to get a bus up the hill to forsest hill station, overground to Canada Water, jubilee to Baker Street and then change - a lot of faffing

    And then when i arrive I'm greeted by millions of Chinese tourists and tons of suitcases. I think the praed street exit and the surrounding area has the highest concentration/density of suitcases per person in the world. Yes, even more than an airport where everyone has a suitcase. It's also the fact that it's a public area that makes it worst. Commuters having to compete with it all

    And then the area is so tacky. All these shit motels/hostels that want to house these tourists. It's like a poor man's Leicester Square in that respect

    What has the nationality of the tourist got to do with your merry tale?
  • MrLargo
    MrLargo Posts: 7,991

    cabbles said:

    Paddington, the area, the station (praed street exit, bakerloo line). Despite it being in zone 1 and me living in forest hill it's ballache to get to. I have to get the 176 bus to Elephant & Castle and then the bakerloo direct. Sounds simple enough, but when you aportion 30 minutes of your journey to a bus, lots of things can go wrong. The other option would be for me to get a bus up the hill to forsest hill station, overground to Canada Water, jubilee to Baker Street and then change - a lot of faffing

    And then when i arrive I'm greeted by millions of Chinese tourists and tons of suitcases. I think the praed street exit and the surrounding area has the highest concentration/density of suitcases per person in the world. Yes, even more than an airport where everyone has a suitcase. It's also the fact that it's a public area that makes it worst. Commuters having to compete with it all

    And then the area is so tacky. All these shit motels/hostels that want to house these tourists. It's like a poor man's Leicester Square in that respect

    What has the nationality of the tourist got to do with your merry tale?
    Really?!

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  • buckshee
    buckshee Posts: 7,868

    cabbles said:

    Paddington, the area, the station (praed street exit, bakerloo line). Despite it being in zone 1 and me living in forest hill it's ballache to get to. I have to get the 176 bus to Elephant & Castle and then the bakerloo direct. Sounds simple enough, but when you aportion 30 minutes of your journey to a bus, lots of things can go wrong. The other option would be for me to get a bus up the hill to forsest hill station, overground to Canada Water, jubilee to Baker Street and then change - a lot of faffing

    And then when i arrive I'm greeted by millions of Chinese tourists and tons of suitcases. I think the praed street exit and the surrounding area has the highest concentration/density of suitcases per person in the world. Yes, even more than an airport where everyone has a suitcase. It's also the fact that it's a public area that makes it worst. Commuters having to compete with it all

    And then the area is so tacky. All these shit motels/hostels that want to house these tourists. It's like a poor man's Leicester Square in that respect

    What has the nationality of the tourist got to do with your merry tale?
    Nothing I guess , It's what's called a description.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,987
    Least they weren't Scottish i suppose.
  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,493
    edited July 2017
    buckshee said:

    Carter said:

    Shopping at Apple Stores. They have no till and so nowhere to queue.

    Staff are friendly and try and keep annoyed customers pleased.

    They're fighting a losing battle though. The system whereby there is no till, so people are standing around other people's conversations, trying to be next is absurd. It makes everyone feel uncomfortable.

    Furthermore, in busy times, you're told to stand about and someone will come to you. But then the customer has no idea what's going on or how long they are to wait!

    Finally, I've noticed staff communicate via earpieces. It's like having the stasi sell you forbidden books. They talk to each other about you and what you want, but you're not party to the conversation. Very disconcerting.

    All this, just to be different. Scrap the current format and install a counter with a till. At least that way, everyone knows where they stand (and where to stand).

    Apple represent a lot of what is evil in the world today
    I'm a lover of all things Apple , had an iPhone since the 3GS came out and I'll probably buy the new one when it arrives , I'm typing this right now on an iPad air. However you are totally correct about the Apple Store system , totally and utterly mental.
    I genuinely don't get the fascination with Apple. My girlfriend will only have an iPhone yet it doesn't look any better than androids to me.
    Only thing Apple I've ever bought is my trusty iPod classic which I do concede has been a great device.
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,731

    cabbles said:

    Paddington, the area, the station (praed street exit, bakerloo line). Despite it being in zone 1 and me living in forest hill it's ballache to get to. I have to get the 176 bus to Elephant & Castle and then the bakerloo direct. Sounds simple enough, but when you aportion 30 minutes of your journey to a bus, lots of things can go wrong. The other option would be for me to get a bus up the hill to forsest hill station, overground to Canada Water, jubilee to Baker Street and then change - a lot of faffing

    And then when i arrive I'm greeted by millions of Chinese tourists and tons of suitcases. I think the praed street exit and the surrounding area has the highest concentration/density of suitcases per person in the world. Yes, even more than an airport where everyone has a suitcase. It's also the fact that it's a public area that makes it worst. Commuters having to compete with it all

    And then the area is so tacky. All these shit motels/hostels that want to house these tourists. It's like a poor man's Leicester Square in that respect

    What has the nationality of the tourist got to do with your merry tale?
    Tbf Asian tourists can be the worst. It's a generalisation but based on quite a fair bit of fact. They don't do it on purpose but because they usually holiday in large groups they can cause havoc at street corners when your trying to get through which means you end up having to negotiate the bus lane. This can also happen with school groups from the continent with their colourful rucksacks.

    Also whenever I've gone to an art gallery (not often but I've been too a few in London and paris) they take photos of every painting and if their is a large group of them you end feeling bad if you get in the way. Which pisses me off that I feel bad about it cos I came here to look at the art not just take a photo of each one. I mean who the hell are they even showing these photos to? Just buy an art book with the pictures inside, stay at home and save yourself alot of money.
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    cabbles said:

    Paddington, the area, the station (praed street exit, bakerloo line). Despite it being in zone 1 and me living in forest hill it's ballache to get to. I have to get the 176 bus to Elephant & Castle and then the bakerloo direct. Sounds simple enough, but when you aportion 30 minutes of your journey to a bus, lots of things can go wrong. The other option would be for me to get a bus up the hill to forsest hill station, overground to Canada Water, jubilee to Baker Street and then change - a lot of faffing

    And then when i arrive I'm greeted by millions of Chinese tourists and tons of suitcases. I think the praed street exit and the surrounding area has the highest concentration/density of suitcases per person in the world. Yes, even more than an airport where everyone has a suitcase. It's also the fact that it's a public area that makes it worst. Commuters having to compete with it all

    And then the area is so tacky. All these shit motels/hostels that want to house these tourists. It's like a poor man's Leicester Square in that respect

    I work in Paddington, although luckily, across the canal from praed street so don't get as many suitcase trip hazards.

    I travel in from Sidcup but I do train to waterloo east, jubilee from southwark to baker street and 2 stops to edgware road on bakerloo line. Takes me 1 hour 10 door to door. I can also get bus to north greenwich and jubilee and change but only do that if I'm not in a hurry as it can take just over an hour or 90 mins sometimes.
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,040
    cabbles said:

    Paddington, the area, the station (praed street exit, bakerloo line). Despite it being in zone 1 and me living in forest hill it's ballache to get to. I have to get the 176 bus to Elephant & Castle and then the bakerloo direct. Sounds simple enough, but when you aportion 30 minutes of your journey to a bus, lots of things can go wrong. The other option would be for me to get a bus up the hill to forsest hill station, overground to Canada Water, jubilee to Baker Street and then change - a lot of faffing

    And then when i arrive I'm greeted by millions of Chinese tourists and tons of suitcases. I think the praed street exit and the surrounding area has the highest concentration/density of suitcases per person in the world. Yes, even more than an airport where everyone has a suitcase. It's also the fact that it's a public area that makes it worst. Commuters having to compete with it all

    And then the area is so tacky. All these shit motels/hostels that want to house these tourists. It's like a poor man's Leicester Square in that respect

    Cycle.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,987
    iainment said:

    cabbles said:

    Paddington, the area, the station (praed street exit, bakerloo line). Despite it being in zone 1 and me living in forest hill it's ballache to get to. I have to get the 176 bus to Elephant & Castle and then the bakerloo direct. Sounds simple enough, but when you aportion 30 minutes of your journey to a bus, lots of things can go wrong. The other option would be for me to get a bus up the hill to forsest hill station, overground to Canada Water, jubilee to Baker Street and then change - a lot of faffing

    And then when i arrive I'm greeted by millions of Chinese tourists and tons of suitcases. I think the praed street exit and the surrounding area has the highest concentration/density of suitcases per person in the world. Yes, even more than an airport where everyone has a suitcase. It's also the fact that it's a public area that makes it worst. Commuters having to compete with it all

    And then the area is so tacky. All these shit motels/hostels that want to house these tourists. It's like a poor man's Leicester Square in that respect

    Cycle.
    and lose all self-respect. Friends. Family. A chance to have sexual intercourse ever again.

    Yes, cycle.
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,256

    cabbles said:

    Paddington, the area, the station (praed street exit, bakerloo line). Despite it being in zone 1 and me living in forest hill it's ballache to get to. I have to get the 176 bus to Elephant & Castle and then the bakerloo direct. Sounds simple enough, but when you aportion 30 minutes of your journey to a bus, lots of things can go wrong. The other option would be for me to get a bus up the hill to forsest hill station, overground to Canada Water, jubilee to Baker Street and then change - a lot of faffing

    And then when i arrive I'm greeted by millions of Chinese tourists and tons of suitcases. I think the praed street exit and the surrounding area has the highest concentration/density of suitcases per person in the world. Yes, even more than an airport where everyone has a suitcase. It's also the fact that it's a public area that makes it worst. Commuters having to compete with it all

    And then the area is so tacky. All these shit motels/hostels that want to house these tourists. It's like a poor man's Leicester Square in that respect

    What has the nationality of the tourist got to do with your merry tale?
    It was just a rant at Paddington
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    iainment said:

    cabbles said:

    Paddington, the area, the station (praed street exit, bakerloo line). Despite it being in zone 1 and me living in forest hill it's ballache to get to. I have to get the 176 bus to Elephant & Castle and then the bakerloo direct. Sounds simple enough, but when you aportion 30 minutes of your journey to a bus, lots of things can go wrong. The other option would be for me to get a bus up the hill to forsest hill station, overground to Canada Water, jubilee to Baker Street and then change - a lot of faffing

    And then when i arrive I'm greeted by millions of Chinese tourists and tons of suitcases. I think the praed street exit and the surrounding area has the highest concentration/density of suitcases per person in the world. Yes, even more than an airport where everyone has a suitcase. It's also the fact that it's a public area that makes it worst. Commuters having to compete with it all

    And then the area is so tacky. All these shit motels/hostels that want to house these tourists. It's like a poor man's Leicester Square in that respect

    Cycle.
    I used to Cycle from Charing Cross and back every day actually on a Boris bike. In fact @cabbles why not cycle at least from elephant and castle as there are bike lanes and then once over the water, it's an uphill pedal through parks (Mall, St James Park, Hyde Park) and even more fun going home. Took me 20 mins from my office to charing cross as all downhill - used to pick up the bike nr praed street and back street it down to bike lane entrance to hyde park.
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,040

    iainment said:

    cabbles said:

    Paddington, the area, the station (praed street exit, bakerloo line). Despite it being in zone 1 and me living in forest hill it's ballache to get to. I have to get the 176 bus to Elephant & Castle and then the bakerloo direct. Sounds simple enough, but when you aportion 30 minutes of your journey to a bus, lots of things can go wrong. The other option would be for me to get a bus up the hill to forsest hill station, overground to Canada Water, jubilee to Baker Street and then change - a lot of faffing

    And then when i arrive I'm greeted by millions of Chinese tourists and tons of suitcases. I think the praed street exit and the surrounding area has the highest concentration/density of suitcases per person in the world. Yes, even more than an airport where everyone has a suitcase. It's also the fact that it's a public area that makes it worst. Commuters having to compete with it all

    And then the area is so tacky. All these shit motels/hostels that want to house these tourists. It's like a poor man's Leicester Square in that respect

    Cycle.
    and lose all self-respect. Friends. Family. A chance to have sexual intercourse ever again.

    Yes, cycle.
    Ha! So wrong.

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  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    cabbles said:

    cabbles said:

    Paddington, the area, the station (praed street exit, bakerloo line). Despite it being in zone 1 and me living in forest hill it's ballache to get to. I have to get the 176 bus to Elephant & Castle and then the bakerloo direct. Sounds simple enough, but when you aportion 30 minutes of your journey to a bus, lots of things can go wrong. The other option would be for me to get a bus up the hill to forsest hill station, overground to Canada Water, jubilee to Baker Street and then change - a lot of faffing

    And then when i arrive I'm greeted by millions of Chinese tourists and tons of suitcases. I think the praed street exit and the surrounding area has the highest concentration/density of suitcases per person in the world. Yes, even more than an airport where everyone has a suitcase. It's also the fact that it's a public area that makes it worst. Commuters having to compete with it all

    And then the area is so tacky. All these shit motels/hostels that want to house these tourists. It's like a poor man's Leicester Square in that respect

    What has the nationality of the tourist got to do with your merry tale?
    It was just a rant at Paddington
    i know @casuals, i was just pulling your pisser
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,256

    iainment said:

    cabbles said:

    Paddington, the area, the station (praed street exit, bakerloo line). Despite it being in zone 1 and me living in forest hill it's ballache to get to. I have to get the 176 bus to Elephant & Castle and then the bakerloo direct. Sounds simple enough, but when you aportion 30 minutes of your journey to a bus, lots of things can go wrong. The other option would be for me to get a bus up the hill to forsest hill station, overground to Canada Water, jubilee to Baker Street and then change - a lot of faffing

    And then when i arrive I'm greeted by millions of Chinese tourists and tons of suitcases. I think the praed street exit and the surrounding area has the highest concentration/density of suitcases per person in the world. Yes, even more than an airport where everyone has a suitcase. It's also the fact that it's a public area that makes it worst. Commuters having to compete with it all

    And then the area is so tacky. All these shit motels/hostels that want to house these tourists. It's like a poor man's Leicester Square in that respect

    Cycle.
    I used to Cycle from Charing Cross and back every day actually on a Boris bike. In fact @cabbles why not cycle at least from elephant and castle as there are bike lanes and then once over the water, it's an uphill pedal through parks (Mall, St James Park, Hyde Park) and even more fun going home. Took me 20 mins from my office to charing cross as all downhill - used to pick up the bike nr praed street and back street it down to bike lane entrance to hyde park.
    That is good time
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,972
    The fact that every time I hear the name of the new White House communications director, I wonder if he'll do the fandango.
  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,620
    Greg Wallace introducing a documentary in a food factory, shouting at the top of his voice and repeating everything the other bloke has just said.

    Nob.
  • buckshee
    buckshee Posts: 7,868

    Greg Wallace introducing a documentary in a food factory, shouting at the top of his voice and repeating everything the other bloke has just said.

    Nob.

    I saw that the other day , bloke's a cretin.
  • The amount of tutting and gasping that goes on in my office every time it rains. You'd think some of the people I work with have never seen rain before or that it's the stuff of the devil.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,016
    edited July 2017
    cabbles said:

    Paddington, the area, the station (praed street exit, bakerloo line). Despite it being in zone 1 and me living in forest hill it's ballache to get to. I have to get the 176 bus to Elephant & Castle and then the bakerloo direct. Sounds simple enough, but when you aportion 30 minutes of your journey to a bus, lots of things can go wrong. The other option would be for me to get a bus up the hill to forsest hill station, overground to Canada Water, jubilee to Baker Street and then change - a lot of faffing

    And then when i arrive I'm greeted by millions of Chinese tourists and tons of suitcases. I think the praed street exit and the surrounding area has the highest concentration/density of suitcases per person in the world. Yes, even more than an airport where everyone has a suitcase. It's also the fact that it's a public area that makes it worst. Commuters having to compete with it all

    And then the area is so tacky. All these shit motels/hostels that want to house these tourists. It's like a poor man's Leicester Square in that respect

    Why not a train to Victoria, underground Victoria Line to Oxford Circus then 20 seconds to cross to the Bakerloo line to Paddington, surely much quicker ?

    Mind you the Canada Water option takes 37 mins from Forest Hill station according to TFL.

    https://tfl.gov.uk/plan-a-journey/results?IsAsync=true&JpType=publictransport&InputFrom=Forest+Hill+Rail+Station&Modes=bus,tube,national-rail,dlr,overground,tflrail,river-bus,tram,cable-car,coach&From=Forest+Hill+Rail+Station&FromId=1001112&PreviousFrom=Forest+Hill+Rail+Station&InputTo=Paddington&To=Paddington&ToId=1000174&PreviousTo=Paddington&Date=20170728&Time=0730&IsMapRequired=False&Mode=bus&Mode=tube&Mode=national-rail&Mode=dlr&Mode=overground&Mode=tflrail&CyclePreference=AllTheWay&WalkingSpeedWalking=average&JourneyPreference=leasttime&AccessibilityPreference=norequirements&MaxWalkingMinutes=40&WalkingSpeedTransport=average&InputVia=&Via=&ViaId=&PreviousVia=&NationalSearch=false&WalkingOptimization=false&SavePreferences=false&IsMultipleJourneySelection=False&JourneyType=&IsPastWarning=False
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,040

    iainment said:

    cabbles said:

    Paddington, the area, the station (praed street exit, bakerloo line). Despite it being in zone 1 and me living in forest hill it's ballache to get to. I have to get the 176 bus to Elephant & Castle and then the bakerloo direct. Sounds simple enough, but when you aportion 30 minutes of your journey to a bus, lots of things can go wrong. The other option would be for me to get a bus up the hill to forsest hill station, overground to Canada Water, jubilee to Baker Street and then change - a lot of faffing

    And then when i arrive I'm greeted by millions of Chinese tourists and tons of suitcases. I think the praed street exit and the surrounding area has the highest concentration/density of suitcases per person in the world. Yes, even more than an airport where everyone has a suitcase. It's also the fact that it's a public area that makes it worst. Commuters having to compete with it all

    And then the area is so tacky. All these shit motels/hostels that want to house these tourists. It's like a poor man's Leicester Square in that respect

    Cycle.
    and lose all self-respect. Friends. Family. A chance to have sexual intercourse ever again.

    Yes, cycle.
    Ha! So wrong. ;-)
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,105
    edited July 2017
    iainment said:

    iainment said:

    cabbles said:

    Paddington, the area, the station (praed street exit, bakerloo line). Despite it being in zone 1 and me living in forest hill it's ballache to get to. I have to get the 176 bus to Elephant & Castle and then the bakerloo direct. Sounds simple enough, but when you aportion 30 minutes of your journey to a bus, lots of things can go wrong. The other option would be for me to get a bus up the hill to forsest hill station, overground to Canada Water, jubilee to Baker Street and then change - a lot of faffing

    And then when i arrive I'm greeted by millions of Chinese tourists and tons of suitcases. I think the praed street exit and the surrounding area has the highest concentration/density of suitcases per person in the world. Yes, even more than an airport where everyone has a suitcase. It's also the fact that it's a public area that makes it worst. Commuters having to compete with it all

    And then the area is so tacky. All these shit motels/hostels that want to house these tourists. It's like a poor man's Leicester Square in that respect

    Cycle.
    and lose all self-respect. Friends. Family. A chance to have sexual intercourse ever again.

    Yes, cycle.
    Ha! So wrong.
    iainment said:

    iainment said:

    cabbles said:

    Paddington, the area, the station (praed street exit, bakerloo line). Despite it being in zone 1 and me living in forest hill it's ballache to get to. I have to get the 176 bus to Elephant & Castle and then the bakerloo direct. Sounds simple enough, but when you aportion 30 minutes of your journey to a bus, lots of things can go wrong. The other option would be for me to get a bus up the hill to forsest hill station, overground to Canada Water, jubilee to Baker Street and then change - a lot of faffing

    And then when i arrive I'm greeted by millions of Chinese tourists and tons of suitcases. I think the praed street exit and the surrounding area has the highest concentration/density of suitcases per person in the world. Yes, even more than an airport where everyone has a suitcase. It's also the fact that it's a public area that makes it worst. Commuters having to compete with it all

    And then the area is so tacky. All these shit motels/hostels that want to house these tourists. It's like a poor man's Leicester Square in that respect

    Cycle.
    and lose all self-respect. Friends. Family. A chance to have sexual intercourse ever again.

    Yes, cycle.
    Ha! So wrong. ;-)

    So wrong you had to say it twice? :wink:
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,040

    iainment said:

    iainment said:

    cabbles said:

    Paddington, the area, the station (praed street exit, bakerloo line). Despite it being in zone 1 and me living in forest hill it's ballache to get to. I have to get the 176 bus to Elephant & Castle and then the bakerloo direct. Sounds simple enough, but when you aportion 30 minutes of your journey to a bus, lots of things can go wrong. The other option would be for me to get a bus up the hill to forsest hill station, overground to Canada Water, jubilee to Baker Street and then change - a lot of faffing

    And then when i arrive I'm greeted by millions of Chinese tourists and tons of suitcases. I think the praed street exit and the surrounding area has the highest concentration/density of suitcases per person in the world. Yes, even more than an airport where everyone has a suitcase. It's also the fact that it's a public area that makes it worst. Commuters having to compete with it all

    And then the area is so tacky. All these shit motels/hostels that want to house these tourists. It's like a poor man's Leicester Square in that respect

    Cycle.
    and lose all self-respect. Friends. Family. A chance to have sexual intercourse ever again.

    Yes, cycle.
    Ha! So wrong.
    iainment said:

    iainment said:

    cabbles said:

    Paddington, the area, the station (praed street exit, bakerloo line). Despite it being in zone 1 and me living in forest hill it's ballache to get to. I have to get the 176 bus to Elephant & Castle and then the bakerloo direct. Sounds simple enough, but when you aportion 30 minutes of your journey to a bus, lots of things can go wrong. The other option would be for me to get a bus up the hill to forsest hill station, overground to Canada Water, jubilee to Baker Street and then change - a lot of faffing

    And then when i arrive I'm greeted by millions of Chinese tourists and tons of suitcases. I think the praed street exit and the surrounding area has the highest concentration/density of suitcases per person in the world. Yes, even more than an airport where everyone has a suitcase. It's also the fact that it's a public area that makes it worst. Commuters having to compete with it all

    And then the area is so tacky. All these shit motels/hostels that want to house these tourists. It's like a poor man's Leicester Square in that respect

    Cycle.
    and lose all self-respect. Friends. Family. A chance to have sexual intercourse ever again.

    Yes, cycle.
    Ha! So wrong. ;-)

    So wrong you had to say it twice? :wink:
    My phone is cack.
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