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Robin May · October 23rd 03, 10:43 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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Robin May wrote:
I'm sure you love it when your train is delayed by a person
throwing themselves under it, or even slipping and falling under
it by accident.

Unlikely they've made a blind bit of difference.

A) Anyone who wants to top themselves will just go to one of 200
odd other stations to do it if thats the way they want to go.

Well there's at least one part of the tube where they can't do it,
which is a good thing in my opinion.

B) The platforms on the extension are MUCH wider than in older
tube stations so platform crowding should never get to the point
where someone falls off.

People often stand right by the platform anyway though. It doesn't
matter whether there's extra space, what matters is what people do with
it.

Ok someone might still get pushed but
that happens what , once a year over the whole system?

Yeah, that's the spirit. So someone dies. So what? Who cares? It's only
the odd person every now and then, nothing to worry about.

I won't talk about distress caused to the people who have to deal
with it afterwards because I can't imagine you caring about it
beyond the effect it has on you.

You're right , I couldn't give a rats arse about them. They chose
that job, if they don't like it the job centre always has
vacancies for McDonalds.

No, they didn't choose that job. They chose the job of driving a train.
They shouldn't have to deal with people throwing themselves in front of
it and if that can be avoided then it certainly should be.

Two sets of doors being broken for a day or two is hardly the end
of the world. I suppose that next time your car gets a flat tyre
you'll take it to the scrap heap.

If I'd paid a million quid for the tyre in the first place and it
blew after 3 years on the road in normal use I think i'd try and
get my money back.

So what are you trying to say? That mechanical systems should never
ever go wrong and that they're fundamentally flawed if anything ever
does go wrong, no matter how rarely and how little time it takes to
repair? Please come back to this subject once you have returned to the
real world.

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