Archives for “Commuting”
I didn’t have any particularly strong feelings about London Mayor Boris YeltsinJohnson’s Barmy Booze Ban on public transport, which came into effect on 1 June this year. I don’t drink alcohol on Tubes and buses, mainly because they don’t have toilets. I do, however, enjoy an occasional can of Stella on my way home from [...]
I feel like I’ve had my fair share of bad appalling customer service over the past few months and years. Maybe I’m getting grouchier? Is it just me? Do I expect too much? Or is the standard of customer service across the board nowadays so poor as to be effectively non-existent? Just last month I [...]
Yesterday I experienced what I believe to be possibly a Divine Intervention. A Child of God approached me while I was waiting for a bus and asked me if I was in the mood to talk about Jesus Christ? What did I think about Jesus? Before I could answer, as if by magic, my bus [...]
FGW Alert: Tue 20/6/2006Full advertised serviceNat Rail: 08457484950 On arrival at the station I’m advised that my train is cancelled due to ‘technical difficulties’. WTF does that mean? How hard is it to send a text message advising your customers (I pay ?157.50 pcm) for this ‘service’ (the train not the text) of the actual, [...]
At least this morning I didn’t have to deal with the jobsworth ticket inspector who once tried to fine me £20 for sitting in First Class when it was standing room only. But there’s something quaintly old-fashioned about commuting to work everyday while modern technology means that I could do most of the work I [...]
I’ve been commuting 3-4 hours daily to and from my new job for nearly two months. It’s not as bad as it sounds. I start off with a brisk twenty minute walk to the station followed by another twenty-five minutes snooze on the train into London. There, I get my first hit of adrenalin-fuelled rush-hour [...]