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Richard J.[_3_] · September 26th 11, 09:00 PM posted to uk.transport.london

d wrote on 26 September 2011 10:29:17 ...
On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:16:44 +0100
Basil wrote:
On 2011\09\26 10:11, d wrote:
On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:02:23 +0100
Basil wrote:
On 2011\09\26 09:48, d wrote:
Heard on a centrali line train this morning at white city: "This train will
be
delayed while the relief driver turns up. I'm told he's on the train
behind."

What utter utter ****wit dreamed up that rostering?

Obviously the guy was late for work. You clearly find it easier to
complain than to think.

How could he be late for work , he was driving the ****ing train behind!

You didn't say he was driving it.

Well he was in the cab of it. Either way , someone else should have taken
the roster.

And where do you expect that someone else to be? On the platform just
in case he's needed, in which case there'll be a lot of extra hours
worked "just in case", or in the canteen 5 minutes' walk away?

What if he was a passenger and hadn't got that train but the one
behind it? Would he have to leg it from Shepherds bush while we all wait?
As it was we sat there for 5 minutes waiting for this train to turn up.

Yes, the problem shouldn't have happened, but in the circumstances 5
minutes' delay is about as good as you can expect. With the current
timetables, he'll have made it up by West Ruislip.
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Richard J.
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