Commute Ranting Thread
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bluestreak
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my commute is always very good indeed. except last monday, when due to rerouting trains for some reason or other i hopped on a wrong train with my brain on autopilot and couldn't get off til east croydon. my boss didn't laugh.
Sweaty Betty
Hemo rising!
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So your argument is with the law makers then, not with the police officers.Isambard said:
Unless you think the police should just pick and choose which laws they enforce, based on what they as individuals think is "legitimate".
PacificOcean
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bluestreak said:
I done that last night.
Ended up getting the express to Cambridge. Knodded off without realising it was a Cambridge train, slept through Tottenham Hale. Woke up to find us whistling though Waltham Cross station.
Ended up in bloody Cheshunt.
detective-boy said:
The police are not simply the agents to enforce the law as made by a parliament that is open to be influenced by all individuals equally.
Anyway, commuting: On the train today out of the corner of my eye I saw a bloke in his 50s who seemed fit enough so I didn’t offer him my seat. One stop further on someone getting off anyway offered him their seat and he was all like “oh that’s SO kind of you, it’s so rare that people offer their seats to those that need them” etc etc If I’d seen that he needed a seat, sure I’d have given it to him. Am we meant to be constant looking round in a 360° circle in case there is anyone behinds us who might need a seat?
Isambard said:
I get this sometimes......
Somebody 50 is standing
If you offer them a seat then they may be grateful but they may think that you are implying they are old and frail!
A woman is standing
If you offer her a seat are you being a gentleman or implying that she is part of a weaker sex?
Er ... so what are they then?Isambard said:
Today's commute was uneventful but very slow....
The good news is that another friendly Urbanite kindly donated me a mountain bike
Needs a bit of TLC apparently and I guess I need to invest in some riding apparel (plus a sense of direction) but could be the start of a new commuting era and a new spin for this thread
The good news is that another friendly Urbanite kindly donated me a mountain bike
Needs a bit of TLC apparently and I guess I need to invest in some riding apparel (plus a sense of direction) but could be the start of a new commuting era and a new spin for this thread
I know Cannabis is in Class C, but may move to Class B ... but what about Harry - is he Class 4D still ...Badgers said:Reclassification of cannabis or Harry Potter I expect
KeyboardJockey
Clowns to the Left of me
Isambard said:
I try to do this and look for 'baby bumps' but sometimes I'm not too good at spotting hidden disabilities.
Left 20 minutes earlier this morning....
Empty bus but train was bursting at the seams!
Not late or anything, just really annoying.
I am not a worrier or anything but sometimes I look around the 'sardine tin' commuter trains and wonder what would happen if there was a crash?!?!?!
Ouch
Empty bus but train was bursting at the seams!
Not late or anything, just really annoying.
I am not a worrier or anything but sometimes I look around the 'sardine tin' commuter trains and wonder what would happen if there was a crash?!?!?!
Ouch
Juice Terry
rama lama fa fa fa
Is it just me or are there more and more smelly people around these days, bloke on the train next to me last night absolutely stank the whole carriage out, have these people no shame.
Not too bad this morning until I got to Wandsworth Town...
Normally I get my oyster scanned at Waterloo and only very occasionally on the train by a guard. Normally when I get to Wandsworth Town I just stroll off the train and head to the office. This morning I was met by 4 policemen and about 6 revenue protection officers
The guy at Waterloo held his scanner thing over my oyster card for a few seconds, nothing happened but he just waved me through.
On the train the guard came round, scanned my oyster card and got the green light to come on.
The gentlemen who stopped me at Wandsworth tried to scan my card but it came up with the message 'card not read' and a red light. I took it out of the wallet and still came up with the message 'card not read' and a red light.
I explained that it was a monthly oyster and had already been scanned on the train. I told him how much the ticket cost me each month and the date which it was due to expire. He said that he had no option but to issue me with a penalty fare!!!!
I smiled and pointed that his scanner may be at fault and that perhaps he should use another one. He asked (I think his boss) somebody else to scan my card and they got the same red light result as him but just said 'this thing hardly ever works' and then turned her back on us.
He then said to me that as I 'seemed a nice guy' he would waive the penalty fare but had to charge me for a single from Waterloo. I politely advised that I would not pay and asked him what would happen now.....
He had no idea apart from saying that I should pay the fare and then write to Transport for London to request compensation. I said I had a better idea and we should call Transport for London right now and sort this out. He actually looked quite worried and told me not to call as he believed me now, I strolled off!
Normally I get my oyster scanned at Waterloo and only very occasionally on the train by a guard. Normally when I get to Wandsworth Town I just stroll off the train and head to the office. This morning I was met by 4 policemen and about 6 revenue protection officers
The guy at Waterloo held his scanner thing over my oyster card for a few seconds, nothing happened but he just waved me through.
On the train the guard came round, scanned my oyster card and got the green light to come on.
The gentlemen who stopped me at Wandsworth tried to scan my card but it came up with the message 'card not read' and a red light. I took it out of the wallet and still came up with the message 'card not read' and a red light.
I explained that it was a monthly oyster and had already been scanned on the train. I told him how much the ticket cost me each month and the date which it was due to expire. He said that he had no option but to issue me with a penalty fare!!!!
I smiled and pointed that his scanner may be at fault and that perhaps he should use another one. He asked (I think his boss) somebody else to scan my card and they got the same red light result as him but just said 'this thing hardly ever works' and then turned her back on us.
He then said to me that as I 'seemed a nice guy' he would waive the penalty fare but had to charge me for a single from Waterloo. I politely advised that I would not pay and asked him what would happen now.....
He had no idea apart from saying that I should pay the fare and then write to Transport for London to request compensation. I said I had a better idea and we should call Transport for London right now and sort this out. He actually looked quite worried and told me not to call as he believed me now, I strolled off!
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