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So the eastern end of the central line has been shut down twice now during
the Olympics for the usual pathetic excuses. Can Blunderground go for the
hat-trick and win Olympic gold in the synchronised team incompetance?

B2003

I doubt it. I'll make you a prediction. When the Olympics are over,
TfL will insist that they did a brilliant job.

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On Fri, 03 Aug 2012 08:37:41 +0000, boltar2003 wrote:

So the eastern end of the central line has been shut down twice now
during the Olympics for the usual pathetic excuses. Can Blunderground go
for the hat-trick and win Olympic gold in the synchronised team
incompetance?

I guess you've been saving "London Blunderground" up for this - you must
be gutted that all you've got is a couple of minor incidents that really
had zero impact on people getting to the games?

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On Sat, 4 Aug 2012 12:14:19 +0000 (UTC), martin_petrov
wrote:

On Fri, 03 Aug 2012 08:37:41 +0000, boltar2003 wrote:

So the eastern end of the central line has been shut down twice now
during the Olympics for the usual pathetic excuses. Can Blunderground go
for the hat-trick and win Olympic gold in the synchronised team
incompetance?

I guess you've been saving "London Blunderground" up for this - you must
be gutted that all you've got is a couple of minor incidents that really
had zero impact on people getting to the games?

Indeed, London's public transport system seems to be coping very well,
hitting new records for passengers with few problems. The DLR, in
particular, is being stress-tested like never before.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19125580

I dare say there will be more breakdowns on the Central and Jubilee
lines before the Games are over, just as there are anyway, but the
sheer choice over routes means that few people will be stranded. Has
any previous Olympics or other large sporting event been held in a
place with so many railway lines (and even a cable car for variety)?

Zero impact? TfL were advising passengers to avoid both the Jubilee and
Central Lines and instead to go by District Line to West Ham . . . and to
walk from there to the Olympic Park! Do you know how far that is? Do you
know how many elderly people were obliged to make that expedition?
Westfield Shopping Centre was closed to non Olympic people. A new,
major shopping precinct closed! Zero impact!

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Robin9 wrote on 05 August 2012
13:20:54 ...
martin_petrov;132158 Wrote:
On Fri, 03 Aug 2012 08:37:41 +0000, boltar2003 wrote:
-
So the eastern end of the central line has been shut down twice now
during the Olympics for the usual pathetic excuses. Can Blunderground
go
for the hat-trick and win Olympic gold in the synchronised team
incompetance?-

I guess you've been saving "London Blunderground" up for this - you must

be gutted that all you've got is a couple of minor incidents that really

had zero impact on people getting to the games?

Zero impact? TfL were advising passengers to avoid both the Jubilee and

Central Lines and instead to go by District Line to West Ham . . . and
to
walk from there to the Olympic Park! Do you know how far that is? Do you

know how many elderly people were obliged to make that expedition?
Westfield Shopping Centre was closed to non Olympic people. A new,
major shopping precinct closed! Zero impact!

The restricted access to Westfield for Friday and Saturday was planned
and announced in advance of any problems on the Central Line.
--
Richard J.
(to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address)

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You'd think there were no other bloody shops in East London the way
people keep bringing up the "Westfield was closed" argument as some
example of armageddon.

1. The nearest other Waitrose is Canary Wharf which is a bit of a bloody
pain to get to compared with Westfield for a lot of us locals. For a
decent size M&S it's Oxford Street: no better with all that extra
traffic on the Overground.

2. My complaint was less that they closed it and more that (i) they did
so with less than 24 hours notice and (ii) then claimed it was part of
their plans all along. In other words they are either liars or
continuing the practice perciewved from TfL and LOCOG for a long time
now: tell the locals as little as possible as late as possible so they
don't have time to complain ('cos we'll ignore their complaints in any
event so we can only win).

--
Robin
reply to address is (meant to be) valid

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On 05/08/2012 13:20, Robin9 wrote:
martin_petrov;132158 Wrote:
On Fri, 03 Aug 2012 08:37:41 +0000, boltar2003 wrote:
-
So the eastern end of the central line has been shut down twice now
during the Olympics for the usual pathetic excuses. Can Blunderground
go
for the hat-trick and win Olympic gold in the synchronised team
incompetance?-

I guess you've been saving "London Blunderground" up for this - you must

be gutted that all you've got is a couple of minor incidents that really

had zero impact on people getting to the games?

Zero impact? TfL were advising passengers to avoid both the Jubilee and

Central Lines and instead to go by District Line to West Ham . . . and
to
walk from there to the Olympic Park! Do you know how far that is? Do you

know how many elderly people were obliged to make that expedition?
Westfield Shopping Centre was closed to non Olympic people. A new,
major shopping precinct closed! Zero impact!




When was Westfield closed? I was there on Sunday and two weeks ago, and
I had not noticed any closures. Indeed, I saw very little delay in even
getting across the bridge to get to either Westfield of to the Olympic park.

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On 2012-08-05, Robin wrote:
You'd think there were no other bloody shops in East London the way
people keep bringing up the "Westfield was closed" argument as some
example of armageddon.

1. The nearest other Waitrose is Canary Wharf which is a bit of a bloody
pain to get to compared with Westfield for a lot of us locals.

And what on earth did you do before Westfield opened, it wasn't that
long ago. Waitrose addict in so short a time?

For a decent size M&S it's Oxford Street: no better with all that extra
traffic on the Overground.

Oxford Street? Overground????

Eric
--
ms fnd in a lbry

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And what on earth did you do before Westfield opened, it wasn't that
long ago. Waitrose addict in so short a time?

Plan differently and no. Of course might be frustrated by transport
problems. But TfL sprang their surprise and then claimed it was
surprise at all. If they had announced the closure of Westfield - or
even the possibility of closing it - earlier I'd not have complained.
(Interesting too that despite TfL's claims, John Lewis were unaware that
non-Olympians might be locked out of Westfield.)

For a decent size M&S it's Oxford Street: no better with all that
extra traffic on the Overground.

Oxford Street? Overground????

So where do you suggest I should have gone to get something special for
a dinner when Westfield was denied to me? Or how would you have got to
Oxford St from Homerton?



--
Robin
reply to address is (meant to be) valid

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And despite all the anti-TfL ranting in this
thread, this was not in any way caused by TfL.

Who then please was responsible for the decision and for it being
communicated so late? (TfL were in the frame in all the reports I saw,
and I have seen no statement from an official source other than that
from TfL - see eg
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/medi...tre/25135.aspx)
--
Robin
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There is a perfectly decent Waitrose at South Woodford which is about
5-7 mins walk from the tube. It has a far better range that the
Waitrose at Stratford which I find disappointing. If push came to
shove you could go to Waitrose at Holloway Road - Overground to
Highbury and 43/271/393 bus up the road.

There is also a decent M&S at Ilford which is a train or bus ride from
Stratford. OK it's not Oxford St but it's not bad for food. Stratford
is better clothes wise but who needs to buy clothes so urgently that
they're deprived if a shop is closed for 7 hours?

I know both South Woodford and Ilford but from Homerton both involve
travel via Stratford. I was planning on walking the c.3 miles to
Westfield on Friday morning to avoid travel congestion and then take the
Overgound back: early in the day the Westbound services have been fine.


How do you know it wasn't part of the plans all along? You're
guessing.

Umm - ISTR that I very deliberately did not assume it wasn't part of
the plans all along. And looking back I see I wrote "In other words
they are either liars or
continuing the practice perciewved [sic] from TfL and LOCOG for a long
time now: tell the locals as little as possible as late as possible so
they don't have time to complain ('cos we'll ignore their complaints in
any event so we can only win)." Please note "either ... or....".

That said, I do admire the way you translate "tell the locals as little
as possible as late as possible " into "the "best" way to handle the
communication issue": you are a press officer AICMFP :)

--
Robin
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In message , at 19:46:32 on Sun, 5 Aug 2012,
Robin remarked:

1. The nearest other Waitrose is Canary Wharf which is a bit of a bloody
pain to get to compared with Westfield for a lot of us locals. For a
decent size M&S it's Oxford Street:

Would it kill you to shop at Tesco for a day or two?
--
Roland Perry

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"Richard J." wrote in message ...
When was Westfield closed? I was there on Sunday and two weeks ago, and
I had not noticed any closures. Indeed, I saw very little delay in even
getting across the bridge to get to either Westfield of to the Olympic
park.

It was not closed. It was open only to Olympics visitors on Friday and
Saturday 3/4 Aug. And despite all the anti-TfL ranting in this thread,
this was not in any way caused by TfL.

I was there on Saturday lunchtime and it appeared anyone could enter freely.
Seems to have been an attempt by TfL to scare people away rather than a
genuine closure.

Peter Smyth

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Peter Smyth wrote on 05 August 2012 22:16:26 ...
"Richard J." wrote in message ...
When was Westfield closed? I was there on Sunday and two weeks ago, and
I had not noticed any closures. Indeed, I saw very little delay in even
getting across the bridge to get to either Westfield of to the Olympic
park.

It was not closed. It was open only to Olympics visitors on Friday and
Saturday 3/4 Aug. And despite all the anti-TfL ranting in this thread,
this was not in any way caused by TfL.

I was there on Saturday lunchtime and it appeared anyone could enter freely.
Seems to have been an attempt by TfL to scare people away rather than a
genuine closure.

Oh, for heaven's sake! TfL do not run Westfield Stratford City. The
restricted opening was decided upon by LOCOG and Westfield, and
announced on both their websites. The press and TfL relayed the message.

If the restrictions were relaxed by lunchtime, I guess that was done
after reviewing traffic levels, as has also happened tactically with
Games Lanes.
--
Richard J.
(to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address)

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Would it kill you to shop at Tesco for a day or two?

No. But then I did mention I wanted something special. I also know
full well that the Tesco stores within easy reach of here during the
games cannot be relied upon to have the full range of Finest food.

It also would not have killed the Games organisers to tell us about road
closures earlier than 2 weeks before the games. It would also not have
killed them to have avoided lying about the arrangements for parking
permits (eg arguing repeatedly that it was impossible lawfully to buy a
car without getting a V5C, and that DVLA would process a change of
ownership within 5 days). I don't expect perfection but I can assure you
I am not the only person living near the site who is fed up with their
"never apologise, never explain" approach.
--
Robin
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On 2012\08\05 23:18, Paul Corfield wrote:

I am not a press officer or anything else at the moment.

Sorry to hear that, Paul, I hope something turns up.

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"Robin" wrote:

No. But then I did mention I wanted something special. I also know
full well that the Tesco stores within easy reach of here during the
games cannot be relied upon to have the full range of Finest food.

What's the phrase - "first world problem"? ;)

Neil
--
Neil Williams in Milton Keynes, UK. Put first name before the at to reply.

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In article , (Robin) wrote:

The nearest other Waitrose is Canary Wharf which is a bit of a
bloody pain to get to compared with Westfield for a lot of us
locals. For a decent size M&S it's Oxford Street: no better with
all that extra traffic on the Overground.

You could always try Sainsbury, Morrisons, Asda or... Tesco.

All of which are within easy reach of Westfield

--
Paul Cummins - Always a NetHead
Catching a train home from work

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"Robin" wrote in message ...


Would it kill you to shop at Tesco for a day or two?

No. But then I did mention I wanted something special. I also know
full well that the Tesco stores within easy reach of here during the
games cannot be relied upon to have the full range of Finest food.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

You mean that you can tell the difference.

You must be the only one :-)

tim

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In message , at 23:01:24 on Sun, 5 Aug 2012,
Robin remarked:

It also would not have killed the Games organisers to tell us about road
closures earlier than 2 weeks before the games.

I thought all the arrangements for road closures had been trailed for
months.
--
Roland Perry

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On Sat, 4 Aug 2012 12:14:19 +0000 (UTC)
martin_petrov wrote:
On Fri, 03 Aug 2012 08:37:41 +0000, boltar2003 wrote:

So the eastern end of the central line has been shut down twice now
during the Olympics for the usual pathetic excuses. Can Blunderground go
for the hat-trick and win Olympic gold in the synchronised team
incompetance?

I guess you've been saving "London Blunderground" up for this - you must

No, I've used it here before. Google.

be gutted that all you've got is a couple of minor incidents that really
had zero impact on people getting to the games?

Zero impact? Yeah , right. If you think closing the main tube line to the
olympics has zero impact then why not shut it completely and save some money?
Moron.

B2003

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I am not a press officer or anything else at the moment.

I am sorry if my foot trod on any corns on its way into my mouth.

--
Robin
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I thought all the arrangements for road closures had been trailed for
months.

If only. We had a letter on 8 July about a nearby "vehicle permit
checkpoint". I emailed ' on 14 July as
it was not clear if its references to residents covered us and if so if
our temporary Olympic parking permits sufficed. I had a reply on 19
July telling us that access was for taxis, PHVs and games vehicles only
(plus I think the residents on the travellers site on Hackney Marshes).
So we had in effect less than a week's notice of the closure. I suspect
it was a very late decision because the letter said we could find out
more at getaheadofthegames.com but the control point wasn't even shown
on the map there until I pointed out its omission.

The closure (to the public) was probably the only practicable thing to
do following the re-phasing of the traffic lights at the Lea
Interchange. But the communication was about as opaque
as they could make it; and there was of course no hint of an apology for
the late notice, any inconvenience caused etc.

--
Robin
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On 2012\08\06 10:14, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Mon, 06 Aug 2012 04:55:50 +0100, Basil Jet
wrote:

On 2012\08\05 23:18, Paul Corfield wrote:

I am not a press officer or anything else at the moment.

Sorry to hear that, Paul, I hope something turns up.

No need to feel sorry - it was my own decision.

I'm still sorry that a job you once loved that much turned that sour.

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On Mon, 06 Aug 2012 10:14:20 +0100
Paul Corfield wrote:
On Mon, 06 Aug 2012 04:55:50 +0100, Basil Jet
wrote:

On 2012\08\05 23:18, Paul Corfield wrote:

I am not a press officer or anything else at the moment.

Sorry to hear that, Paul, I hope something turns up.

No need to feel sorry - it was my own decision.

Excellent. We now have our very on dole scrounger on the group who can give
us reports from the frontline, watching jeremy kyle on his sofa.

B2003

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On 06/08/2012 10:31, d wrote:

On Mon, 06 Aug 2012 10:14:20 +0100
Paul Corfield wrote:

On Mon, 06 Aug 2012 04:55:50 +0100, Basil Jet
wrote:

On 2012\08\05 23:18, Paul Corfield wrote:

I am not a press officer or anything else at the moment.

Sorry to hear that, Paul, I hope something turns up.

No need to feel sorry - it was my own decision.

Excellent. We now have our very on dole scrounger on the group who can give
us reports from the frontline, watching jeremy kyle on his sofa.

Why do you revel in being such an epic ****?

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On 2012\08\06 10:31, d wrote:
On Mon, 06 Aug 2012 10:14:20 +0100
Paul Corfield wrote:
On Mon, 06 Aug 2012 04:55:50 +0100, Basil Jet
wrote:

On 2012\08\05 23:18, Paul Corfield wrote:

I am not a press officer or anything else at the moment.

Sorry to hear that, Paul, I hope something turns up.

No need to feel sorry - it was my own decision.

Excellent. We now have our very on dole scrounger on the group who can give
us reports from the frontline, watching jeremy kyle on his sofa.

You're supposed to see Stewie Griffin as a figure of fun, not a role model.

Anyway, IIRC you can't get dole after quitting a job, and can't get any
benefits for six months.

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On 2012-08-06, Mizter T wrote:

On 06/08/2012 10:31, d wrote:
totally unnecessary rudeness from boltar snipped

Why do you revel in being such an epic ****?

He's always been like that, though this one represents a new extreme. I
think we should all conspire to ignore him.

Eric
--
ms fnd in a lbry

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On Mon, 06 Aug 2012 10:53:07 +0100
Mizter T wrote:
Excellent. We now have our very on dole scrounger on the group who can give
us reports from the frontline, watching jeremy kyle on his sofa.

Why do you revel in being such an epic ****?

Just trying to live down to your example.

B2003

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On Mon, 06 Aug 2012 11:29:20 +0100
Basil Jet wrote:
On 2012\08\06 10:31, d wrote:
On Mon, 06 Aug 2012 10:14:20 +0100
Paul Corfield wrote:
On Mon, 06 Aug 2012 04:55:50 +0100, Basil Jet
wrote:

On 2012\08\05 23:18, Paul Corfield wrote:

I am not a press officer or anything else at the moment.

Sorry to hear that, Paul, I hope something turns up.

No need to feel sorry - it was my own decision.

Excellent. We now have our very on dole scrounger on the group who can give
us reports from the frontline, watching jeremy kyle on his sofa.

You're supposed to see Stewie Griffin as a figure of fun, not a role model.

Who?

Anyway, IIRC you can't get dole after quitting a job, and can't get any
benefits for six months.

I wouldn't know. I haven't been unemployed since I was a teenager. I
certainly wouldn't be ****ing dumb enough to make myself voluntarily
unemployed no matter how much I hated my job.

B2003

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On Mon, 6 Aug 2012 11:31:40 +0100
Eric wrote:
On 2012-08-06, Mizter T wrote:

On 06/08/2012 10:31, d wrote:
totally unnecessary rudeness from boltar snipped

Why do you revel in being such an epic ****?

He's always been like that, though this one represents a new extreme. I
think we should all conspire to ignore him.

Aww , have I upset da delicate ickle flowers on da gwoop? Diddums.

B2003

What an elaborate decoy! No attempt to answer my question about the
distance people had to walk from West Ham Station. No attempt to quantify
the problems which caused TfL to recommend that people should abandon any
attempt to travel by Jubilee or Central Line.

Instead we get a fraudulent suggestion that "people keep bringing up" the
closing of Westfield. I'm not aware of anyone citing it apart from myself. Then
we have a pointless counter question. This is followed by an irrelevant Tfl
apologia: that they had already planned to use the West Ham/Greenway
escape route. So what? people who wanted to travel by Jubilee or Central Line
had by default chosen not to go via West Ham, and being suddenly obliged to use
a different route involving walking quite some way does not constitute zero impact.
And if TfL knew in advance that Stratford Station would not be able cope, why had
they not done something about it when rebuilding the station during the preceding years?
Finally we have a completely irrelevant paragraph about buses at Stratford Station
even though TfL had not recommended that people travel by bus as an alternative
to the Jubilee or Central Line.

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On Mon, 06 Aug 2012 09:04:59 +0000, boltar2003 wrote:

On Sat, 4 Aug 2012 12:14:19 +0000 (UTC)
martin_petrov wrote:
On Fri, 03 Aug 2012 08:37:41 +0000, boltar2003 wrote:

So the eastern end of the central line has been shut down twice now
during the Olympics for the usual pathetic excuses. Can Blunderground
go for the hat-trick and win Olympic gold in the synchronised team
incompetance?

I guess you've been saving "London Blunderground" up for this - you must

No, I've used it here before. Google.

Well done you!


be gutted that all you've got is a couple of minor incidents that really
had zero impact on people getting to the games?

Zero impact? Yeah , right. If you think closing the main tube line to
the olympics has zero impact then why not shut it completely and save
some money?
Moron.

Not the "main tube line", merely one of MANY lines. Jubilee, National
Rail from Liverpool St, North London Line, Lea Valley Line, Javelin, and
a couple of DLR lines, with back up support from District, H&C and C2C.
They could have closed 3 lines and it probably wouldn't have caused any
great problem because THEY THOUGHT ABOUT THIS IN ADVANCE. A couple of
hours between 7 and 9 on Friday morning without the Central Line will
have prevented nobody from getting to the games on time.

Like I say, you must be GUTTED that the whole thing has been such a
massive success. And it's refreshing that you're still here acting the
prick when most cynics ahead of time are admitting they were completely
wide of the mark. (I'm sure you still believe you're right too, but of
course you're the one that's right, and everybody else is wrong)

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On Mon, 6 Aug 2012 20:45:46 +0000 (UTC)
martin_petrov wrote:
No, I've used it here before. Google.

Well done you!

Not so you for not even being able to use it.

Zero impact? Yeah , right. If you think closing the main tube line to
the olympics has zero impact then why not shut it completely and save
some money?
Moron.

Not the "main tube line", merely one of MANY lines. Jubilee, National

No, the central line is the main tube line from central london.

a couple of DLR lines, with back up support from District, H&C and C2C.
They could have closed 3 lines and it probably wouldn't have caused any
great problem because THEY THOUGHT ABOUT THIS IN ADVANCE. A couple of
hours between 7 and 9 on Friday morning without the Central Line will
have prevented nobody from getting to the games on time.

Ooooo, they THOUGHT ABOUT THIS IN ADVANCE did they? So what magic have
they weaved that means 3 closed lines would make no difference to
the throughput of passengers to stratford? Do tell because if they could use
the same magic during a normal rush hour it would solve all their problems!
Central line, jubilee line, district line goes down - no problem! Just ask
Meistro Petrov and he'll tell you how to get the same number of people around
london with 3 lines out of action.

Tell me, do you really believe the bull**** you write or do you work for TfLs
marketing dept?

Like I say, you must be GUTTED that the whole thing has been such a
massive success. And it's refreshing that you're still here acting the
prick when most cynics ahead of time are admitting they were completely
wide of the mark. (I'm sure you still believe you're right too, but of
course you're the one that's right, and everybody else is wrong)

I don't really give a toss whether its been a success or not. Its still cost
10 billion quid for a 2 weeks sports meet either way. Oh yeah, thats worth
every penny isn't it. I mean if Paris had won there's no chance of there being
the same wall to wall coverage on TV with the same number of gold medals won
by Team GB is there ... oh wait....

B2003

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On Mon, 6 Aug 2012 18:59:09 +0100
Robin9 wrote:
Instead we get a fraudulent suggestion that "people keep bringing up"
the
closing of Westfield. I'm not aware of anyone citing it apart from
myself. Then
we have a pointless counter question. This is followed by an irrelevant
Tfl
apologia: that they had already planned to use the West Ham/Greenway
escape route. So what? people who wanted to travel by Jubilee or Central

Unfortunately the people who work (or worked) at TfL assume the rest of
the public is a dumb as them and so the sort of moronic arse covering
response you received will suffice.

B2003

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"Robin" wrote:
And despite all the anti-TfL ranting in this
thread, this was not in any way caused by TfL.

Who then please was responsible for the decision and for it being
communicated so late?

I find the frequent claim of lateness of notice odd. I knew for at least
the week before that it was going to be closed, and I know that it was
publicised before that.

Tim (tm)

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I find the frequent claim of lateness of notice odd. I knew for at
least the week before that it was going to be closed, and I know that
it was publicised before that.

Where did you learn so soon of the closure please? I ask as various
reports in the mainstream press I saw referred to 24 hours' notice;
retailers in Westfield were also quoted in trade journals as saying they
had found out only on Thursday 2 August; and John Lewis didn't warn me
I'd not be able to collect from them that weekend when I bought online
at the start of the week for collection in the Westfield store.

--
Robin
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On Wed, 8 Aug 2012 22:40:01 +0100, "Robin" wrote:

I find the frequent claim of lateness of notice odd. I knew for at
least the week before that it was going to be closed, and I know that
it was publicised before that.

Where did you learn so soon of the closure please? I ask as various
reports in the mainstream press I saw referred to 24 hours' notice;
retailers in Westfield were also quoted in trade journals as saying they
had found out only on Thursday 2 August; and John Lewis didn't warn me
I'd not be able to collect from them that weekend when I bought online
at the start of the week for collection in the Westfield store.

Just as an aside, why didn't you get Waitrose or Ocado to deliver?