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stemll
1,513 posts
69 months
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trooperiziz said: Podie said: stemll said: My commute into Euston on London Midland is fine. How was last night? I was over 2 hours late... Only 10 minutes late for me, I walked into the station as the 16:24 was boarding, even though it wasn't actually 16:24... Utterly crammed though, perfect for the hottest day in recent weeks  Similar. I got the 1805 which was about 40 minutes late whereas I'd normally get the 1834. Late enough for a Delay Repay claim. There were six of us in first.
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trooperiziz
8,042 posts
121 months
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stemll said: trooperiziz said: Podie said: stemll said: My commute into Euston on London Midland is fine. How was last night? I was over 2 hours late... Only 10 minutes late for me, I walked into the station as the 16:24 was boarding, even though it wasn't actually 16:24... Utterly crammed though, perfect for the hottest day in recent weeks Similar. I got the 1805 which was about 40 minutes late whereas I'd normally get the 1834. Late enough for a Delay Repay claim. There were six of us in first. Worst thing was, there was some weird girl who insisted on trying to have a conversation with people
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Alfanatic
5,992 posts
88 months
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BrabusMog said: You can thank the person who decided to top themselves at Wimbledon just before rush hour for that. If they succeeded, then no, you can't thank them.
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surveyor
4,549 posts
53 months
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Alfanatic said: BrabusMog said: You can thank the person who decided to top themselves at Wimbledon just before rush hour for that. If they succeeded, then no, you can't thank them. Had a delay recently travelling to London due to someone being killed on tracks. While it's a selfish way to do it, I can't be annoyed. You can be safely assured that somewhere someone is having a much worse day than you are.
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stemll
1,513 posts
69 months
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surveyor said: Alfanatic said: BrabusMog said: You can thank the person who decided to top themselves at Wimbledon just before rush hour for that. If they succeeded, then no, you can't thank them. Had a delay recently travelling to London due to someone being killed on tracks. While it's a selfish way to do it, I can't be annoyed. You can be safely assured that somewhere someone is having a much worse day than you are. Yep, the driver.
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Tidybeard
259 posts
58 months
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Crossflow Kid said: I feel sorry for the bag. Please don't. It was hand made in Cambridge by artisans and is a prince amongst bags. Plus, it has a nice comfy seat to itself while you stand in the corridor, quietly seething, breathing in the s  t fumes that invariably waft from the toilet and working up just enough bravery about the sheer unfairness of it all to post about it anonymously on the internet. 
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Timberwolf
4,684 posts
87 months
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It's much like road commuting in terms of irritations; after a certain while you learn there are routes, times and places to avoid, it's just that instead of trying not to be near the local school when all the sprogwagons are forming a road block, you work out how to avoid sharing a train with 301 junior underwriting assistants who all have to prove how much considerably more important they are than yow.
But just like the temporary traffic lights on your favourite undiscovered back-road cut-through, there's always one little thing you can't eradicate. The current one for me seems to be that particular type of fat person who is determined that, despite being 90th percentile for size on a train designed around (at best) the 50th, they are going to sit fully in the seat with their arms by their sides, and when the the presence of other people prevents that, sit there flapping their chubby, stubby little arms like deformed chicken wings, as if that's going to help overturn the laws of geometry and physics.
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Crossflow Kid
4,631 posts
60 months
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Tidybeard said: Crossflow Kid said: I feel sorry for the bag. Please don't. It was hand made in Cambridge by artisans and is a prince amongst bags. Plus, it has a nice comfy seat to itself while you stand in the corridor, quietly seething, breathing in the s t fumes that invariably waft from the toilet and working up just enough bravery about the sheer unfairness of it all to post about it anonymously on the internet. Why would I be standing in the aisle of your train? Last time I checked, Network Rail don't allow motorbikes in their carriages. I still feel sorry for the bag though, more so now it's been heralded as a prince amongst bags.....travelling with a pleb on public transport. Ghastly.
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HereBeMonsters
11,481 posts
51 months
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Noise cancelling headphones. Pretend to be asleep. Just sit on people's bags if they're on the seat. Amazing how fast people can move them if it looks like they might get sat on.
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Tidybeard
259 posts
58 months
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Crossflow Kid said: Why would I be standing in the aisle of your train? Last time I checked, Network Rail don't allow motorbikes in their carriages.
I still feel sorry for the bag though, more so now it's been heralded as a prince amongst bags.....travelling with a pleb on public transport. Ghastly. Ah, a power ranger. Enough said.
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Alfanatic
5,992 posts
88 months
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Tidybeard said: Ah, a power ranger. Enough said. Give it a rest, beardy. It's only funny to you so save yourself the bandwidth and just imagine this battle of wit happened and your half won.
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Tidybeard
259 posts
58 months
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Alfanatic said: Give it a rest, beardy. It's only funny to you so save yourself the bandwidth and just imagine this battle of wit happened and your half won. Good lord. It's all so serious isn't it? Is this really a critical matter? Really? Would you prefer everyone joined in and said "yeah, trains are rubbish"? That would be thrilling, wouldn't it?
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Crossflow Kid
4,631 posts
60 months
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Tidybeard said: Crossflow Kid said: Why would I be standing in the aisle of your train? Last time I checked, Network Rail don't allow motorbikes in their carriages.
I still feel sorry for the bag though, more so now it's been heralded as a prince amongst bags.....travelling with a pleb on public transport. Ghastly. Ah, a power ranger. Enough said. Not really. The bike's a GS, so I'm more Ewan & Thingy than Power Ranger.
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Tidybeard
259 posts
58 months
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Crossflow Kid said: Not really. The bike's a GS, so I'm more Ewan & Thingy than Power Ranger. My apologies, I hadn't intended to get into a slanging match. OP was unhappy that he didn't get to have a nap and decided to vent this at a stranger who he decided was a "w ker". I thought this was a little melodramatic and attempted to provide a little silliness to the thread. And failed. Oh well, live and learn. FWIW, having had three laptop bags stolen from the overhead shelves over the last five years, I prefer to keep my bag where I can see it. This (along with a myriad other things, such as a chronic masturbation habit) probably does make me a w ker.
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mattdaniels
5,116 posts
151 months
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jackh707 said: I dont understand why anyone would commute more than 20 miles max?
I'd move or get a different job.
It just sems obscene to me, wasting so much of your day just travelling. Time being non productive, when you could be hooning/exercising/working etc. As others have said, its nice to be able to live out in the sticks, but if you have a particular skill/experience set eg. investment banking, London is pretty much the only place you'll get work. And you get handsomly paid for it, so it makes the commute worth it. I spend about 4 hours a day commuting, 2 hours each way, and that time on the train with a nice cup of coffee checking emails or whatever is very productive before the mania of the tube and London commuters.
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mattdaniels
5,116 posts
151 months
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stemll said: My commute into Euston on London Midland is fine. I always have a seat and very rarely have anyone sat next to me (no, I don't put my bag there). What you're all doing wrong is sitting with the poor people. Get a first class ticket you cheapskates  . Apart from last night. When it was hell. I always get a first class ticket but change from London Midland train on to Virgin at Milton Keynes coming in to London in the morning as their first class service is better.
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mattdaniels
5,116 posts
151 months
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stemll said: Similar. I got the 1805 which was about 40 minutes late whereas I'd normally get the 1834. Late enough for a Delay Repay claim. There were six of us in first. Have you ever used Delay Repay? It's a waste of time. You get so little back its hardly worth it.
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stemll
1,513 posts
69 months
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mattdaniels said: Apart from last night. When it was hell.
I always get a first class ticket but change from London Midland train on to Virgin at Milton Keynes coming in to London in the morning as their first class service is better. Virgin don't stop where I want to be (don't go as far as MK any more) and not sure that a cup of coffee (all you get between MK and London on Virgin) really counts as better mattdaniels said: stemll said: Similar. I got the 1805 which was about 40 minutes late whereas I'd normally get the 1834. Late enough for a Delay Repay claim. There were six of us in first. Have you ever used Delay Repay? It's a waste of time. You get so little back its hardly worth it. Use it whenever it's available. Costs me nothing now it's done direct from their mobile app (even lets you insert a photo of the ticket using phone camera) and however small it is, it may as well be in my pocket rather than theirs.
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BlueEyedBoy
Original Poster
1,570 posts
65 months
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Tidybeard said: Crossflow Kid said: Not really. The bike's a GS, so I'm more Ewan & Thingy than Power Ranger. My apologies, I hadn't intended to get into a slanging match. OP was unhappy that he didn't get to have a nap and decided to vent this at a stranger who he decided was a "w ker". I thought this was a little melodramatic and attempted to provide a little silliness to the thread. And failed. Oh well, live and learn. FWIW, having had three laptop bags stolen from the overhead shelves over the last five years, I prefer to keep my bag where I can see it. This (along with a myriad other things, such as a chronic masturbation habit) probably does make me a w ker. He was a w ker, he got off at Woking, its where they all live  I also get a train at 5.45am and get home around 9pm every day, I should be able to do some amount of b hing! And before people say move closer, that would require a new wife and I love my work. Its the tube (jubilee) and train I hate tonight, no reason it seems for having no service from Canary Wharf to Waterloo and missed my train resulting in a 50 min wait for the next one. Only benefit is I seem to be sitting with some slightly drunk, early 20 year olds girlies
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Stupidlikeafox
781 posts
47 months
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I've made 20 train journeys this year, and been chatted up on 2 of them, not bad going. I think it must be different in London, getting the train from Worcester to Brum is relatively painless, even at rush hour. Plus I only ever have to get it for my ACA training so my company pays for the ticket, which is jolly nice of them.
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