Recent content by sirjojo

are you suggesting they should have a cleaner on board every train then? it could only happen on the railway someone is criticised for taking pride in their job. she is clearly doing it for the benefit of her customers, and pride in doing a good job not to save her employers money. it is a...

dave, your clearly far more qualified on these matters than i am, but with the greatest of respect, i think its fair to assume from blips post that he denies having altered the ticket. he is not likely to admit whether he had or not on here, so i think its fair to assume the further lack of a...

Please don't judge us all by your own low standards. In what aspect do the Japanese have a better railway than us?

"wannabe guards breaking strikes" i very much doubt they want to be guards, i would assume that management grades are higher paid with more social hours, and i also think they wouldn't have had much choice in covering the 2 days. And they are not on strike, so how could they be breaking one...

nothing is perfect, most systems on the train are computer controlled anyway. computers don't sulk, have bad days, suffer fatigue, get distracted, over sleep, run late, get stuck in traffic, go sick, go on strike etc Tell me, how many rail incidents / accidents have been caused by computer...

To address some of your points: "They live in their own idyllic world, where they only "work" 9-5 Mon-Fri, have every weekend off, yet they have the absolute audacity to criticise traincrew for having their inviolate right to their days off or to take their leave days especially at weekends...

I don't begrudge the vast majority of rail staff i meet a single penny, 99% of the time they are cracking on, in often difficult circumstances, and i have nothing but respect and admiration for the cr @p they have to put up with. Of course i don't to see anyone lose their job, i just feel they...

.as i said originally, no employer can guarantee your salary for 7 years, it's an unrealistic expectation in the modern workplace, the railway needs to catch up and respect that.

i have no wish to take a pay cut, thank you. However it is a fantastic salary for those out of London, and there would doubtless be a lot of interest. I appreciate the hours / shift pattern is difficult, but there are plenty willing to do it. Perhaps ex BR drivers / guards should take the...

never said you was..

is your 50k salary not thanks enough? you're the one who needs to get in the real world mate. guess what, you work in a a customer facing role you're gonna cop a bit of grief now and then. grow a pair of balls mate, plenty of people would do your job without moaning 24/7

apologies, the "customers are an inconvenience" comment was more of a rant at people like harleydavidson, who clearly treats his customers with contempt, hence gets it back. Thank you for your informative post about areas that i hadn't fully considered. I do believe, in general, younger people...

there is no place for your common sense and reason here. guards can't accept that customers care more about getting where we need to be on time than protecting their salary

no, i'll type slowly so you understand. i don't know the drivers role, so i bow to their superior knowledge of the cab setup. I DO know the role of platform staff, possibly more so, having done the role. I am only expressing my opinion, it's not judgmental in any way, or indeed factual. MOST...

I have no problem with railway staff at all, never been in a dispute with any of them. I'm sorry if the truth hurts, but we move on. P.S Don't feel sorry for me ;-) P.P.S if you're going to be pathetic enough to get on your high horse about grammar on a forum, then "I've have" doesn't make...