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mandragora) wrote2005-07-14 02:28 pm
mandragora) wrote2005-07-14 02:28 pm
Message to WAGN
You're a bunch of useless buggers.
Journey From Hell today. Had to get into the office for a 9.30am meeting. No Piccadilly Line, of course, so I went to get the overground. Arrived at the train station to find a packed platform and that I couldn't get onto the train as it was too full. Thought, 'Oh well, there's another one along in 4 minutes, so I'll get that one'.
WAGN cancelled it. No reason given. Oh, and the next one was running late... Result, a twenty minutes gap between trains. Because that makes *so* much sense, when you're the only route into the City that a substantial chunk of North London has. No, no, that's fine, cancel a train in *rush hour* when there's no Piccadilly Line, and when the next train is running late. No problem at all.
Then the news trickled in that the Victoria Line wasn't working either, presumably because of a security alert. So, two out of the three main North London tube lines were out.
Late-running train arrived. I'd positioned myself just by the doors to my carriage and a woman and myself squeezed on. No one else made it - there just wasn't room.
Did I mention that it's hot today? By this time it was already 24C. Now imagine a horde of sweating people gasping for air wedged into the train like sardines. Such fun. I'm still dehydrated.
Oh, and I was late, even having left myself an hour and a quarter to get to the office instead of the usual 45 minutes.
Transport problems all over London this morning, though, because everyone else was late as well. We were still locked in the conference room deep in discussions at midday, so missed the two minutes silence completely.
Journey From Hell today. Had to get into the office for a 9.30am meeting. No Piccadilly Line, of course, so I went to get the overground. Arrived at the train station to find a packed platform and that I couldn't get onto the train as it was too full. Thought, 'Oh well, there's another one along in 4 minutes, so I'll get that one'.
WAGN cancelled it. No reason given. Oh, and the next one was running late... Result, a twenty minutes gap between trains. Because that makes *so* much sense, when you're the only route into the City that a substantial chunk of North London has. No, no, that's fine, cancel a train in *rush hour* when there's no Piccadilly Line, and when the next train is running late. No problem at all.
Then the news trickled in that the Victoria Line wasn't working either, presumably because of a security alert. So, two out of the three main North London tube lines were out.
Late-running train arrived. I'd positioned myself just by the doors to my carriage and a woman and myself squeezed on. No one else made it - there just wasn't room.
Did I mention that it's hot today? By this time it was already 24C. Now imagine a horde of sweating people gasping for air wedged into the train like sardines. Such fun. I'm still dehydrated.
Oh, and I was late, even having left myself an hour and a quarter to get to the office instead of the usual 45 minutes.
Transport problems all over London this morning, though, because everyone else was late as well. We were still locked in the conference room deep in discussions at midday, so missed the two minutes silence completely.
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