(19 Jun 2015, 2:34 pm)Dan Where do I start tonight...?
Going out tonight so I went to work early doors to do my usual eight hours, only to discover that my afternoon commute would be disrupted by the usual shinanigans of the Tyne and Wear Metro system making the plan go pretty much out of the window...
A failed train resulted in delays to the network, and this in turn resulted in peak time trains being even more full than usual. To make an attempt at securing a seat, I had to travel back to Haymarket from Gateshead. Sadly the crowds of peeved scholars and commuters meant that even this did not help. American children screaming while using the Metro seats as a climbing frame, and adults shouting is just what I like on a Friday afternoon.
What's more, it was decided that cornering off seven seats to allow a driver to undergo instruction on a peak-time train (fleet number 4053) was appropriate? I've said this time and time again in the Tyne & Wear thread - it is highly inappropriate. I appreciate that instructors may not be available at all hours of the day, but I can't help but feel that it would be more appropriate to hold these during the off-peak hours.
Oh yes, and the strong smell of urine was the icing on the cake..! Sooner I learn to drive and pass my test, the better.
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(19 Jun 2015, 2:34 pm)Dan Where do I start tonight...?
Going out tonight so I went to work early doors to do my usual eight hours, only to discover that my afternoon commute would be disrupted by the usual shinanigans of the Tyne and Wear Metro system making the plan go pretty much out of the window...
A failed train resulted in delays to the network, and this in turn resulted in peak time trains being even more full than usual. To make an attempt at securing a seat, I had to travel back to Haymarket from Gateshead. Sadly the crowds of peeved scholars and commuters meant that even this did not help. American children screaming while using the Metro seats as a climbing frame, and adults shouting is just what I like on a Friday afternoon.
What's more, it was decided that cornering off seven seats to allow a driver to undergo instruction on a peak-time train (fleet number 4053) was appropriate? I've said this time and time again in the Tyne & Wear thread - it is highly inappropriate. I appreciate that instructors may not be available at all hours of the day, but I can't help but feel that it would be more appropriate to hold these during the off-peak hours.
Oh yes, and the strong smell of urine was the icing on the cake..! Sooner I learn to drive and pass my test, the better.
