1. It's "Chainsaw Team", not "Chain saw team". If you're in a communications job I would have thought understanding English grammar would be quite an important prerequisite.
2. You sent the Chainsaw Team? Have you seen the size of the tree? You could have sent the Scissors Team, the Toenail Clippers Team, the Butter knife Team or even the "Power of Positive Energy" Team, they could all have removed that branch in seconds.
Like sending in the SAS to rescue a cat from a tree, morons!
Now let me be clear I am absolutely not defending them here, southeastern are a shower of wobbly, chinless, horse fuckers
However the blokes recovering that bit of wood possibly amongst others are bound by health and safety statute and also have a duty to make sure other bits of tree aren't going to fall onto the track too. As much as we can all say just sling it to one side they won't want to be getting called back because any one has got hurt because they rushed about. And I promise you nobody thanks you when you do things like that regardless of goodwill and a keenness to be helpful
1. It's "Chainsaw Team", not "Chain saw team". If you're in a communications job I would have thought understanding English grammar would be quite an important prerequisite.
2. You sent the Chainsaw Team? Have you seen the size of the tree? You could have sent the Scissors Team, the Toenail Clippers Team, the Butter knife Team or even the "Power of Positive Energy" Team, they could all have removed that branch in seconds.
Like sending in the SAS to rescue a cat from a tree, morons!
It'll be the contract. It's almost as bad as the unions. "Can't touch that. Not my job. Not in the contract."
Now let me be clear I am absolutely not defending them here, southeastern are a shower of wobbly, chinless, horse fuckers
However the blokes recovering that bit of wood possibly amongst others are bound by health and safety statute and also have a duty to make sure other bits of tree aren't going to fall onto the track too. As much as we can all say just sling it to one side they won't want to be getting called back because any one has got hurt because they rushed about. And I promise you nobody thanks you when you do things like that regardless of goodwill and a keenness to be helpful
Fucking annoying though
I think you're right, sadly. I'm sure every bit of common sense in them is being overridden by rules that they can't move things until this ridiculous 'Chainsaw Team' arrive. On any the company's side - you don't need to be sued by some clumsy berk many times before you start covering your arse with rules and regs.
What always annoyed me about this sort of thing was that they never warned you before you get on the train. As long as the train is on time when it gets into your station they don't bother telling you about the 3 hour queue ahead.
If they said 'trains are running okay here but there is a serious delay further up the line' at least people will know. Those who can take other transport or work from home will do so. The number or times I could have saved myself a load of agro and worked from home...
The worst time what when I got on the train no sign of any issues no announcements. Get most if the way there and join a 3 hour queue of trains trying to get a platform because Victoria is flooded (and has been since 4am) and there are only 3 platforms open.
I complained and they said 'it was on our Twitter'. What so I have to check your Twitter every day even if all the trains at my station were on time... where's the logic in that. Just tell us there is an issue further up the line.
What always annoyed me about this sort of thing was that they never warned you before you get on the train. As long as the train is on time when it gets into your station they don't bother telling you about the 3 hour queue ahead.
If they said 'trains are running okay here but there is a serious delay further up the line' at least people will know. Those who can take other transport or work from home will do so. The number or times I could have saved myself a load of agro and worked from home...
The worst time what when I got on the train no sign of any issues no announcements. Get most if the way there and join a 3 hour queue of trains trying to get a platform because Victoria is flooded (and has been since 4am) and there are only 3 platforms open.
I complained and they said 'it was on our Twitter'. What so I have to check your Twitter every day even if all the trains at my station were on time... where's the logic in that. Just tell us there is an issue further up the line.
What always annoyed me about this sort of thing was that they never warned you before you get on the train. As long as the train is on time when it gets into your station they don't bother telling you about the 3 hour queue ahead.
If they said 'trains are running okay here but there is a serious delay further up the line' at least people will know. Those who can take other transport or work from home will do so. The number or times I could have saved myself a load of agro and worked from home...
The worst time what when I got on the train no sign of any issues no announcements. Get most if the way there and join a 3 hour queue of trains trying to get a platform because Victoria is flooded (and has been since 4am) and there are only 3 platforms open.
I complained and they said 'it was on our Twitter'. What so I have to check your Twitter every day even if all the trains at my station were on time... where's the logic in that. Just tell us there is an issue further up the line.
Their communications are absolute dogshit. You can get better info from the National Rail app than they pass on to the drivers and station staff. I've actually stood at the station before and told people roughly whereabouts on the line our late train is ("departed Bexleyheath 14 minutes late, " for example) while the South Eastern station bloke tries and fails to get the same info in his office, and the display boards in the station either say "Delayed" or, even more annoyingly, they tell you that it's 2/3 minutes away when you can tell on your phone that it's not gonna be there for at least fifteen minutes.
You've got just 2 months of your life left to enjoy @cantersaddick, then it's gonna be a daily living hell all the way to retirement. Welcome back.
What always annoyed me about this sort of thing was that they never warned you before you get on the train. As long as the train is on time when it gets into your station they don't bother telling you about the 3 hour queue ahead.
If they said 'trains are running okay here but there is a serious delay further up the line' at least people will know. Those who can take other transport or work from home will do so. The number or times I could have saved myself a load of agro and worked from home...
The worst time what when I got on the train no sign of any issues no announcements. Get most if the way there and join a 3 hour queue of trains trying to get a platform because Victoria is flooded (and has been since 4am) and there are only 3 platforms open.
I complained and they said 'it was on our Twitter'. What so I have to check your Twitter every day even if all the trains at my station were on time... where's the logic in that. Just tell us there is an issue further up the line.
Their communications are absolute dogshit. You can get better info from the National Rail app than they pass on to the drivers and station staff. I've actually stood at the station before and told people roughly whereabouts on the line our late train is ("departed Bexleyheath 14 minutes late, " for example) while the South Eastern station bloke tries and fails to get the same info in his office, and the display boards in the station either say "Delayed" or, even more annoyingly, they tell you that it's 2/3 minutes away when you can tell on your phone that it's not gonna be there for at least fifteen minutes.
You've got just 2 months of your life left to enjoy @cantersaddick, then it's gonna be a daily living hell all the way to retirement. Welcome back.
That was always one of the things that wound me up when I used to get the train. The board would say the train was 3 minutes away, slowly tick down to 1 minute away, then jump back up to 3 minutes away. There must be some sort of false advertising law that can be applied to lying about when a service is going to arrive.
What always annoyed me about this sort of thing was that they never warned you before you get on the train. As long as the train is on time when it gets into your station they don't bother telling you about the 3 hour queue ahead.
If they said 'trains are running okay here but there is a serious delay further up the line' at least people will know. Those who can take other transport or work from home will do so. The number or times I could have saved myself a load of agro and worked from home...
The worst time what when I got on the train no sign of any issues no announcements. Get most if the way there and join a 3 hour queue of trains trying to get a platform because Victoria is flooded (and has been since 4am) and there are only 3 platforms open.
I complained and they said 'it was on our Twitter'. What so I have to check your Twitter every day even if all the trains at my station were on time... where's the logic in that. Just tell us there is an issue further up the line.
Their communications are absolute dogshit. You can get better info from the National Rail app than they pass on to the drivers and station staff. I've actually stood at the station before and told people roughly whereabouts on the line our late train is ("departed Bexleyheath 14 minutes late, " for example) while the South Eastern station bloke tries and fails to get the same info in his office, and the display boards in the station either say "Delayed" or, even more annoyingly, they tell you that it's 2/3 minutes away when you can tell on your phone that it's not gonna be there for at least fifteen minutes.
You've got just 2 months of your life left to enjoy @cantersaddick, then it's gonna be a daily living hell all the way to retirement. Welcome back.
It's like a slightly less sinister version of The Sun's countdown to Emma Watson's 16th birthday.
Now let me be clear I am absolutely not defending them here, southeastern are a shower of wobbly, chinless, horse fuckers
However the blokes recovering that bit of wood possibly amongst others are bound by health and safety statute and also have a duty to make sure other bits of tree aren't going to fall onto the track too. As much as we can all say just sling it to one side they won't want to be getting called back because any one has got hurt because they rushed about. And I promise you nobody thanks you when you do things like that regardless of goodwill and a keenness to be helpful
Fucking annoying though
Also there's the small matter of the conductor rail. Its a brave man who would remove that huge wet twig without unplugging the electric first.
Having to work out if its actually a tree or whether its something thats fallen down from outer space!!
Just as an aside, can anybody tell from this cab what class this train is?
Its part of the Chatham Main Line so could be one of four rolling stock... Based on the photo, I'd say its the British Rail Class 375 as it looks as though its got that bit in the middle
Pretty sure that's a 465 Networker, guys. You can tell by the angle of the windscreen wipers.
Cracking piece of kit, great looking bogies and a top speed of 120km/h and a maximum inside temperature of 117C, subject to acheiving the right blend of overcrowding, commuter anger, windows shut and heating on despite excessively high outside temperatures.
Pretty sure that's a 465 Networker, guys. You can tell by the angle of the windscreen wipers.
Cracking piece of kit, great looking bogies and a top speed of 120km/h and a maximum inside temperature of 117C, subject to acheiving the right blend of overcrowding, commuter anger, windows shut and heating on despite excessively high outside temperatures.
No chance is it a 465... 100% its a Class 375, the windscreen at the front of the photo is straight whereas the 465 is curved!!
How some people on here can call themselves train enthusiasts is quite simple... a JOKE!! (winky face thing)
Pretty sure that's a 465 Networker, guys. You can tell by the angle of the windscreen wipers.
Cracking piece of kit, great looking bogies and a top speed of 120km/h and a maximum inside temperature of 117C, subject to acheiving the right blend of overcrowding, commuter anger, windows shut and heating on despite excessively high outside temperatures.
No chance is it a 465... 100% its a Class 375, the windscreen at the front of the photo is straight whereas the 465 is curved!!
How some people on here can call themselves train enthusiasts is quite simple... a JOKE!! (winky face thing)
Mate, I am soooo close to flagging you for daring to question my train knowledge, and for humiliating me in front of my co-South Eastern Trains haters!
However, I think you might be right, so I'll let it go, just this once.
They've started using 376 Electrostars on some of the services on my route home. Got to say, it's brought a really interesting new dimension to my "delayed due to a points failure at Lewisham" experience every f*%king morning and evening. Great days!
Pretty sure that's a 465 Networker, guys. You can tell by the angle of the windscreen wipers.
Cracking piece of kit, great looking bogies and a top speed of 120km/h and a maximum inside temperature of 117C, subject to acheiving the right blend of overcrowding, commuter anger, windows shut and heating on despite excessively high outside temperatures.
No chance is it a 465... 100% its a Class 375, the windscreen at the front of the photo is straight whereas the 465 is curved!!
How some people on here can call themselves train enthusiasts is quite simple... a JOKE!! (winky face thing)
Mate, I am soooo close to flagging you for daring to question my train knowledge, and for humiliating me in front of my co-South Eastern Trains haters!
However, I think you might be right, so I'll let it go, just this once.
They've started using 376 Electrostars on some of the services on my route home. Got to say, it's brought a really interesting new dimension to my "delayed due to a points failure at Lewisham" experience every f*%king morning and evening. Great days!
WHAT train knowledge!! - I can endure the embarrassment on the pitch... I can endure the idiot defenders of the Belgian regime but I really do have to question my support of Charlton Athletic when people cant identify trains on here properly!!
Comments
2. You sent the Chainsaw Team? Have you seen the size of the tree? You could have sent the Scissors Team, the Toenail Clippers Team, the Butter knife Team or even the "Power of Positive Energy" Team, they could all have removed that branch in seconds.
Like sending in the SAS to rescue a cat from a tree, morons!
That tree could have nasty prickles, a jagged branch or a fungus.
And it's wet meaning the chainsaw could slide off it, potentially severing one of the rails.
So they have to be careful.
However the blokes recovering that bit of wood possibly amongst others are bound by health and safety statute and also have a duty to make sure other bits of tree aren't going to fall onto the track too. As much as we can all say just sling it to one side they won't want to be getting called back because any one has got hurt because they rushed about. And I promise you nobody thanks you when you do things like that regardless of goodwill and a keenness to be helpful
Fucking annoying though
It'll be the contract. It's almost as bad as the unions. "Can't touch that. Not my job. Not in the contract."
If they said 'trains are running okay here but there is a serious delay further up the line' at least people will know. Those who can take other transport or work from home will do so. The number or times I could have saved myself a load of agro and worked from home...
The worst time what when I got on the train no sign of any issues no announcements. Get most if the way there and join a 3 hour queue of trains trying to get a platform because Victoria is flooded (and has been since 4am) and there are only 3 platforms open.
I complained and they said 'it was on our Twitter'. What so I have to check your Twitter every day even if all the trains at my station were on time... where's the logic in that. Just tell us there is an issue further up the line.
You've got just 2 months of your life left to enjoy @cantersaddick, then it's gonna be a daily living hell all the way to retirement. Welcome back.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_375
Cracking piece of kit, great looking bogies and a top speed of 120km/h and a maximum inside temperature of 117C, subject to acheiving the right blend of overcrowding, commuter anger, windows shut and heating on despite excessively high outside temperatures.
The giveaway is that I can just make out the heater controls which are in the 'full' position.
How some people on here can call themselves train enthusiasts is quite simple... a JOKE!! (winky face thing)
Vote now!
However, I think you might be right, so I'll let it go, just this once.
They've started using 376 Electrostars on some of the services on my route home. Got to say, it's brought a really interesting new dimension to my "delayed due to a points failure at Lewisham" experience every f*%king morning and evening. Great days!