Proper shit show this evening. To be fair, it has been quite wet today, hardly the sort of weather you expect to see in England.
Anyway, bless them - they have apologised for any inconvenience this may cause, so that makes it all okay.
Utter c#%ts. Give me 5 minutes in a locked room with one of the South Eastern Managers - you would be amazed how much pain I can inflict with a strategically folded "Delay Repay" leaflet.
Ive tried to go to those meetings before. however, i pass through the station well before their 8am start time. The one time I was starting work a little later and thought I'd attend, my train was late so I missed it as I was then late for work.
Proper shit show this evening. To be fair, it has been quite wet today, hardly the sort of weather you expect to see in England.
Anyway, bless them - they have apologised for any inconvenience this may cause, so that makes it all okay.
Utter c#%ts. Give me 5 minutes in a locked room with one of the South Eastern Managers - you would be amazed how much pain I can inflict with a strategically folded "Delay Repay" leaflet.
Do you go to those meetings?
If you do ask to film it. Could be a YouTube hit.
What meetings are you referring to? If you mean the "Meet the Manager" meetings, I've never bothered. They aren't really meetings anyway, they just get all the managers to stand around in a group on the concourse at one of the big stations, Charing Cross, Cannon Street, etc on a random morning every few weeks, so that passengers can politely enquire as to why the service is so f*&king dismal, how can you "displace a train crew", does one cloud really constitute "extreme weather conditions", etc, etc. Nobody really seems to bother though, which I presume is either because they can't stop because they're late for work as a result of disruption caused by a points failure at Lewisham, or because the South Eastern Management Team mostly look like the kind of people who have to spend a good few minutes thinking up a response to the question "what is your name?".
I did once stop and ask one of them if he'd come to work with me and explain to my manager why I was late every morning (wasn't up for it unfortunately), but generally it's just a pointless PR exercise. If your main issue with South Eastern is that the hand dryer in the ladies toilets at Robertsbridge Station has been broken for the last two months then you might just see some action taken. If, however, your main issue with South Eastern is that they are the worst company in the entire world, that they steal your money, steal your time and force you to travel in a mobile septic tank, it's unlikely to make much difference if you spend 5 minutes talking about it with a man who probably reminds you of the thickest kid you went to school with.
Proper shit show this evening. To be fair, it has been quite wet today, hardly the sort of weather you expect to see in England.
Anyway, bless them - they have apologised for any inconvenience this may cause, so that makes it all okay.
Utter c#%ts. Give me 5 minutes in a locked room with one of the South Eastern Managers - you would be amazed how much pain I can inflict with a strategically folded "Delay Repay" leaflet.
Do you go to those meetings?
If you do ask to film it. Could be a YouTube hit.
What meetings are you referring to? If you mean the "Meet the Manager" meetings, I've never bothered. They aren't really meetings anyway, they just get all the managers to stand around in a group on the concourse at one of the big stations, Charing Cross, Cannon Street, etc on a random morning every few weeks, so that passengers can politely enquire as to why the service is so f*&king dismal, how can you "displace a train crew", does one cloud really constitute "extreme weather conditions", etc, etc. Nobody really seems to bother though, which I presume is either because they can't stop because they're late for work as a result of disruption caused by a points failure at Lewisham, or because the South Eastern Management Team mostly look like the kind of people who have to spend a good few minutes thinking up a response to the question "what is your name?".
I did once stop and ask one of them if he'd come to work with me and explain to my manager why I was late every morning (wasn't up for it unfortunately), but generally it's just a pointless PR exercise. If your main issue with South Eastern is that the hand dryer in the ladies toilets at Robertsbridge Station has been broken for the last two months then you might just see some action taken. If, however, your main issue with South Eastern is that they are the worst company in the entire world, that they steal your money, steal your time and force you to travel in a mobile septic tank, it's unlikely to make much difference if you spend 5 minutes talking about it with a man who probably reminds you of the thickest kid you went to school with.
Where's Stig gone with his 'post of the week' image?
Wife has just phoned me to say that a freight train has broken down outside Hither Green station. They have all been turfed off and no idea when the line will be cleared.
Wife has just phoned me to say that a freight train has broken down outside Hither Green station. They have all been turfed off and no idea when the line will be cleared.
Good job she left work early!
Wonderful! Yesterday my train was diverted from the Sidcup line to the Bexleyheath line due to a "problem" at Hither Green.
When I got off at Eltham people trying to get to New Eltham were having their tickets refused by the bus drivers and in one instance the driver refused to let a passenger on as he had a tin of paint with him.
The bloke got a bit annoyed and lobbed the tin of paint at the bus!
So if you see a 314 bus with a nice new white emulsion paint job,you know how it happened.
At Dartford, the 08 via bexleyheath, has no driver, he shows up and cancel all stops to lewisham to make sure it's on time when it gets to the other end.
At Dartford, the 08 via bexleyheath, has no driver, he shows up and cancel all stops to lewisham to make sure it's on time when it gets to the other end.
And so means that people cant apply for a refund via. the claim repay...
At Dartford, the 08 via bexleyheath, has no driver, he shows up and cancel all stops to lewisham to make sure it's on time when it gets to the other end.
I wish they were all like that, in fact sod Lewisham, make the first stop Eltham.
Is there still the peak time fast train to Sidcup from Charing Cross? Miss that one now i'm based at Victoria.
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If you do ask to film it. Could be a YouTube hit.
I did once stop and ask one of them if he'd come to work with me and explain to my manager why I was late every morning (wasn't up for it unfortunately), but generally it's just a pointless PR exercise. If your main issue with South Eastern is that the hand dryer in the ladies toilets at Robertsbridge Station has been broken for the last two months then you might just see some action taken. If, however, your main issue with South Eastern is that they are the worst company in the entire world, that they steal your money, steal your time and force you to travel in a mobile septic tank, it's unlikely to make much difference if you spend 5 minutes talking about it with a man who probably reminds you of the thickest kid you went to school with.
Good job she left work early!
Yesterday my train was diverted from the Sidcup line to the Bexleyheath line due to a "problem" at Hither Green.
When I got off at Eltham people trying to get to New Eltham were having their tickets refused by the bus drivers and in one instance the driver refused to let a passenger on as he had a tin of paint with him.
The bloke got a bit annoyed and lobbed the tin of paint at the bus!
So if you see a 314 bus with a nice new white emulsion paint job,you know how it happened.
Today is a 1% day though :-)
Spoons at 4.30 anyone? :-)
Is there still the peak time fast train to Sidcup from Charing Cross? Miss that one now i'm based at Victoria.