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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2007 1:01:23 GMT
I was travelling on the H&C the other day. We got held at Barbican for a bit. The t/op seemed to know it was going to take a while and announced that he'll close some of the doors to keep the heat in!  The doors closed...and a commuter standing by the one open door in the carriage was bewildered and started tugging at the doors! Quite amusing. See, people never listen to announcements. ;D (Shame the selective door closing made no difference to me as I just had to sit beside the one open set of doors!) |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2007 16:26:56 GMT
This is sadly all too typical. I had someone come up to me at Edgware Road and ask me if he could get on the train. "Yes, of course you can." So he asks me to open the doors. Er, if you look more than 3 feet past your nose you'll see that there are doors open, just not all of them!
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Post by Chris W on Feb 10, 2007 18:05:02 GMT
When I was at Uni I worked in a private sports club... the bar steward (he wasn't always called that ;D ;D) there used what I believe is a northern term to describe such people....
"[shadow=red,left,300]BRAINS OF A ROCKING HORSE[/shadow]"
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2007 18:08:38 GMT
Well, I was travelling home one evening, after finishing a shift. One young lass started chatting to me, and came to asking me how old I was... So I said, nearly 29, so she asks me when I was 29 so I tells her, she asks me holw old I was presently, so I just said what comes before 29, but after 27... she looks a lil' non-plussed and casually says, Oh 28...
Silly woman! I think she had been drinking...
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Post by nexus6 on Feb 10, 2007 18:24:49 GMT
And I thought it was only TOs that got tunnel vision; looks like our passengers - sorry, customers - have the same problem too.  |
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Post by thomas on Feb 10, 2007 19:09:36 GMT
I wouldn't want to say anything bad about my loved catt ... passengers. But sometimes I really ask myself: Why are there still people that board empty, dark trains that say "NOT IN SERVICE"? Wait a second - did I just hear someone saying "ALL CHANGE PLEASE" three times in a row? No, it must be an illusion.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2007 19:13:13 GMT
They see a train, immediately think it is the one that goes where they want to go, so get on it, irrespective of any dot matrix displays, announcements, etc!
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Post by nexus6 on Feb 10, 2007 19:42:50 GMT
I once saw a guy stop and read the whiteboard/CIB, which had a poster on it stating that "The last southbound train has departed". It was placed directly at the base of the staircase leading up to the platform. So what does he do? Having read it, he proceeds around the CIB and walks up the stairs! And all this despite me also TELLING HIM there were no more trains!! He must have thought I was lying or something. People never cease to amaze me.
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Post by towerman on Feb 10, 2007 21:22:35 GMT
Was accompanying a damaged stock move on the Central once,62TS trailer between two Standard stock pilot motors,from Hainault to Acton Works via Ruislip link and at nearly every station they all stepped forward to board and looked most put out when we didn't stop.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2007 21:58:40 GMT
That 62ts Sanditer did a foray at Woodford once, came round the Chiggy Loop and got held at WFD westbound. Pax waiting stepped up and waited for the doors to open - train remained there while persons in cab got on the blower to Control...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2007 1:00:17 GMT
I wouldn't want to say anything bad about my loved catt ... passengers. But sometimes I really ask myself: Why are there still people that board empty, dark trains that say "NOT IN SERVICE"? Wait a second - did I just hear someone saying "ALL CHANGE PLEASE" three times in a row? No, it must be an illusion. Hah! I can beat that. I had to tip out a defective train a few weeks back. Did the usual announcements. Hit the 'All change, defective train' button on the DVA a few times and nipped down the platform to close up. Got to the last car and saw about 10 passengers on there (in fairness, they could have missed the announcements) and some sterling bloke ran over ahead of me and told them the train was defective and they'd have to get off. I got there and yelled 'All change please!' a few times. So they all hustled off except for ONE woman. Who got as far as the door and then stood there looking at the dot-matrix trying to see when the next train was in.  My ACP quickly changed to 'Get OFF the train!!!!' BTW Nexus-6, yes they do seem to think we are lying. I've had several passengers ask if the train I'm driving goes to station x and when I assure them it does they responded 'Are you sure?' ;D |
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Post by thomas on Feb 11, 2007 1:32:53 GMT
yes they do seem to think we are lying. I've had several passengers ask if the train I'm driving goes to station x and when I assure them it does they responded 'Are you sure?' ;D My usual response to that is: "No, I don't feel like stopping there today". ;-) |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2007 11:14:08 GMT
On a C stock at Earls Court: "This train isn't really going to Ealing Broadway, is it?" Er, no. I just thought it would be amusing to put Ealing Broadway up on the front, set up the DVA for Ealing Broadway and get the signaller to put Ealing Broadway on the platform describer. What do you think? Oh, I'm sorry, you don't. |
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Post by chris on Feb 11, 2007 12:18:56 GMT
Of course some passengers don't even have to say anything to prove their stupidity. At Southampton station last night waiting for a late train back a freight train passed through (albeit very slowly) to which a drunk person decided he wanted to touch it as it was moving along the platform. Not satisifed with doing it once he did it a few more times! If it was going a bit faster and he didnt have his slightly more sober friend with him, i think it could've been a messy end and i really didnt want to have to witness that.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2007 12:32:15 GMT
Well once I was in Singapore. At Jurong East, the train I was riding tipped out to return to the depot (Ulu Pandan). The next train did not stop. Nor did the next. When a train did stop, it was tipping out. There was this lady who tried to board the train, despite all the DVAs saying not to board and her friend teling her not to board. She protested 'chiah lai liou!' (Hokkien dialect for 'vehicle come already').
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2007 15:45:47 GMT
On a C stock at Earls Court: "This train isn't really going to Ealing Broadway, is it?" Er, no. I just thought it would be amusing to put Ealing Broadway up on the front, set up the DVA for Ealing Broadway and get the signaller to put Ealing Broadway on the platform describer. What do you think? Oh, I'm sorry, you don't. Haha, you should be surprised that person could tell the difference between a C and D stock! There's enough people on the East End of the line at least, asking if the train went to KX, Vicky etc! |
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Post by pakenhamtrain on Feb 13, 2007 10:53:35 GMT
I was down at the station a while ago and this 3 car train on Driver training pulled in. If a in service train arrives most of the time an announcement plays(somtimes it plays and a train flies through the station or nothing). Anyway the train stopped and sat there as it would and this passenger walked up and tugged on the door handle. They horn blew and the train took off(with the passenger out of the way). Rather amusing.
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Post by rdejones on Feb 13, 2007 14:21:51 GMT
I have to say that if I saw a C stock saying Ealing Broadway at ECT I'd probably want to question it - actually no - I'd jump on and enjoy the novelty!
In fairness, from time to time things do get the wrong description, and often you only have a few seconds to take the information in. Fine if you live and breathe London; but if your from Darlington it can be a tad more confusing.
C stock to Ealing - if waiting for it!
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Post by thomas on Feb 13, 2007 16:47:58 GMT
If one of our "doubledecker" trains refuses service for some reason, it's line is beeing served with a spare composition that is always on call. Unnecessary to say that these are very old trains. Funny how people are confused when you're pulling in to their station with such a thing. And as they can't put it into words, they always say: Oh no, it's one of "these" today!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2007 0:17:35 GMT
If one of our "doubledecker" trains refuses service for some reason, it's line is beeing served with a spare composition that is always on call. Unnecessary to say that these are very old trains. Funny how people are confused when you're pulling in to their station with such a thing. And as they can't put it into words, they always say: Oh no, it's one of "these" today! A TULLOCK? ;D Or a similar set to the one in Newcastle?  |
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My ACP quickly changed to 'Get OFF the train!!!!'
