First Class Frugality at Huddersfield station 1st class lounge

[wellhouse]

There have been several threads discussing the virtues and vices of First Class rail travel, including the lacklustre offer from many TOCs.

I often travel First Class with Transpennine Express, and I have taken advantage of their (only) First Class Lounge at Huddersfield, usually when it is a bit early to enjoy the delights of The Kings Head or the Head Of Steam.

Today was the first time I used the First Class toilet. Sparkling clean, and most pleasant, like the rest of the lounge BUT....

...the toilet roll is just 89mm wide, 14.4% narrower than Andrex (104mm)

Something of a First World problem, I appreciate, but remarkably parsimonious nevertheless?

 

[6Gman]

There have been several threads discussing the virtues and vices of First Class rail travel, including the lacklustre offer from many TOCs.

I often travel First Class with Transpennine Express, and I have taken advantage of their (only) First Class Lounge at Huddersfield, usually when it is a bit early to enjoy the delights of The Kings Head or the Head Of Steam.

Today was the first time I used the First Class toilet. Sparkling clean, and most pleasant, like the rest of the lounge BUT....

...the toilet roll is just 89mm wide, 14.4% narrower than Andrex (104mm)

Something of a First World problem, I appreciate, but remarkably parsimonious nevertheless?

You take a tape measure into toilets?

 

[westv]

I trust it wasn't that horrible stuff which fingers can go through. A truely bad end to the toilet experience.

 

[Parallel]

I love this thread already.

I imagine the toilet roll is probably the same as they use in the rest of the station - The same as trains with first class that have their own toilet - i.e. GWR HSTs.

 

[Tio Terry]

I seem to remember, from years gone by, that HST's had narrower than standard toilet rolls because there was not room for a full sized version in the toilets.

 

[Wombat]

I think you should use 14.4% more sheets of paper. In fact round it up to 15% to punish their tightfistedness.

 

[TBirdFrank]

Are you sure it isn't a problem with a normal size roll being out of gauge???

 

[Bletchleyite]

Could be worse - could be Izal Medicated!

 

[PaxVobiscum]

I tend to notice the thickness/number of layers rather than the width. I'm tempted to say that on the hole the width doesn't really matter, but that would be just too puerile, even for me.

 

[BestWestern]

You take a tape measure into toilets?

I trust it's only the toilet roll that gets measured!

 

[iphone76]

I tend to notice the thickness/number of layers rather than the width. I'm tempted to say that on the hole the width doesn't really matter, but that would be just too puerile, even for me.

Can I please clarify - Do you mean hole or whole? I wasn't too sure given the subject in hand.

 

[Jona26]

Could be worse - could be Izal Medicated!

Do you mean John Wayne toilet paper?

It's rough, tough and takes no sh*t from anyone

 

[PaxVobiscum]

Can I please clarify - Do you mean hole or whole? I wasn't too sure given the subject in hand.

I wasn't expecting to be assed to explain the joke. :roll:

 

[wellhouse]

You take a tape measure into toilets?

Although there is a ruler on my Leatherman, on this occasion I took a sample home, and later consulted Mr Google regarding Andrex.

 

[edwin_m]

Although there is a ruler on my Leatherman, on this occasion I took a sample home, and later consulted Mr Google regarding Andrex.

The mind bog-gles.

 

[takno]

Although there is a ruler on my Leatherman, on this occasion I took a sample home, and later consulted Mr Google regarding Andrex.

Can't have been that bad if you nicked some to take home with you

 

[westv]

Is this a sign that some TOCs are papering over their cracks?

 

[Mikey C]

What size toilet paper do they use across the turd rail network?

 

[Howardh]

Couldn't you use the Daily Mail just like everyone else?!

 

[ComUtoR]

You take a tape measure into toilets?

I have a tape measure in my work bag. It's reasonable to believe someone could be carrying a tape measure. No doubt there is an app too.

 

[Tetchytyke]

a ruler on my Leatherman

Never heard it called that before.