Lights in the grass!?

More information, please :-)

Or Metronet left something there that you don´t really want to know about!

Correct. Or to give them their proper title, Jubilee Line Management Spy Fairies.

They often sit and spy on the real railway, trying to work out how it's done.

Except of course, sitting at Wembley they would still see Met trains passing them. Add to this that my remark was banter of a kind that staff on all lines exchange on a regular basis. Little is actually meant of it. The Jubilee is for example a tube line and is run completely differently to a sub-surface line such as the Met.

I get the distinct feeling, marty, that you and a few others appear to be trying to bash the railway at any given point. Your signature does the District no favours.

It's always healthy to have good discussion of all areas. However since my return I have lost count of the posts I have noticed which don't exactly give the railway a chance. The posts concerned may have been more at home on the Evening Standard fourm.

We can all have digs, but let's not let it get to the point where it's the norm.

I'm with Citysig on this one. Railwayman do tend to 'take the mick' out of each other all the time - it's part of the culture. Drivers have a dig at the signalman, signalman give it back to the drivers, then the depot staff get a good going over too but it's our way. Oh, and everyone bashes management!
What you need to remember is that we are professionals doing a professional job of moving over three million people safely every day. We do not take it lightly and we take exception when unfair criticism is levelled against us.
At the end of the day, we welcome anyones comments about the way we do our jobs -provided it is raised in a constructive fashion. We know we don't always get it right and a healthy debate about that has got to be a good thing.
Personally though, I don't understand why members of this forum would want to constantly bash the network and it's staff (dodgy signatures included!). After all aren't we here because we have an interest in it?
Soap box anyone?

You've persuaded me to go back and change my location to its original. I'm no longer with Zippy & George!

Theres a sign at Bounds Green on the south just beside the platform end barrier that says Do not put any liquid down this drain, because it is blocked. There is a job out on it!

Been there for about 9 months now!

Some of the above, particularly prjb's post, has summed-up what I wanted to say a little better than I could have done.

Some of the above also gives good justification for the banter and signatures.

However, whatever we the members air on this forum, for whatever reasons, we should remember that it is now quite a fairly well-known place.

People will visit here as guests to quietly view the information at hand. Hopefully, the majority of these people will have an interest in railways and their operation.

However, my concern would be the silent visit by some journalist, who on seeing certain messages, may be lead to believe that "If the enthusiasts and staff have lost all hope, what hope do my readers have..."

I think with the message given in this thread and others, everyone more or less knows what everyone else thinks on this so we can probably leave it there....?

Oh yea! It did stray a little didn't it?