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matthewhughes
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11 June 2009, 10:34 am

Has anyone had to deal with this (supposedly) bad strike going on?

Nate Lanxon
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11 June 2009, 12:34 pm

Lots of people here. Not me though, as I live about 4 minutes walk from the office. And not Jason, who is lucky enough to only use overland trains. I think Ian has it worst on the team in terms of suffering from the Tube strike. He's stuck at home for the duration.

jasonquinn351
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11 June 2009, 01:18 pm

Yeah Ian seems to spend about 90% of his twitter time complaining about the trains

Nick Hide
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11 June 2009, 05:09 pm

My overland train has been slightly busier but much fartier. Conclusion: tube users stink.

Fun fact: the Tube carries as many people every day as the entire national rail network.

matthewhughes
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11 June 2009, 05:19 pm

jasonquinn351 says:
Yeah Ian seems to spend about 90% of his twitter time complaining about the trains

I have been enjoying Ian's rants on the tube strike somewhat!

Ian Morris
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11 June 2009, 05:49 pm

Bloody lot of them need their heads banging together.

I have no sympathy for any of them, and I'm a sodding socialist.

Their pay demands are ridiculous, they essentially want to be immune from being sacked and all of this while providing a shocking bad, rude and downright irritating service.

For my £200 a month I get a stinking train (the one I went home on before the strike has vomit all over it) a ride that's so bumpy it feels like being on the open sea. The staff think they don't have to explain any decision or failure, and if you question them, or get angry you'll get yourself done for abuse.

Every year the fares increase, and every year the service either gets worse or stays the same. My pay hasn't gone up this year, so I'm actually worse off than I was last year. And all of this to drag myself across the city in conditions that you wouldn't subject animals to.

It's a disgrace, and those selfish striking bastards can kiss my satchel.

Nate Lanxon
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11 June 2009, 05:49 pm

Nick Hide says:
Fun fact: the Tube carries as many people every day as the entire national rail network.

Holy crap. Never knew that.

Nick Hide
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11 June 2009, 05:51 pm

Ian Morris says:
It's a disgrace, and those selfish striking bastards can kiss my satchel.

I'm going to get that made into a badge. With Ian's disembodied head on it.

matthewhughes
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11 June 2009, 06:41 pm

Ian Morris says:
Bloody lot of them need their heads banging together.

I have no sympathy for any of them, and I'm a sodding socialist.

Their pay demands are ridiculous, they essentially want to be immune from being sacked and all of this while providing a shocking bad, rude and downright irritating service.

For my £200 a month I get a stinking train (the one I went home on before the strike has vomit all over it) a ride that's so bumpy it feels like being on the open sea. The staff think they don't have to explain any decision or failure, and if you question them, or get angry you'll get yourself done for abuse.

Every year the fares increase, and every year the service either gets worse or stays the same. My pay hasn't gone up this year, so I'm actually worse off than I was last year. And all of this to drag myself across the city in conditions that you wouldn't subject animals to.

It's a disgrace, and those selfish striking bastards can kiss my satchel.

So, you don't like the tube then?

redmozzy
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11 June 2009, 08:45 pm

I will play devils advocate here as someone who worked on the railway (not the tube) and striked a few times over pay.

first of all, the condition of the trains, network etc are not the fault of the staff but the people who run it (the top managers who prob got a huge pay rise). The media are prob not telling the whole story (this always happened in the past) and I bet they are getting paid a lot less than the people who work at C-Net.

I am not trying to start a flame war here, just trying to balance this a little and Matthew... it's called the underground or the tube and not the subway (you are not American!)