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Title: Branson in 'patronising' rail ad Post by: Chris from Nailsea on May 06, 2009, 21:40:02 Quote Sir Richard Branson has been accused of patronising rail staff after dressing as a station cleaner for a TV advert. The billionaire Virgin boss appears with forearms covered with fake tattoos and blacked-out teeth as he empties bins at Glasgow's Central Station. The RMT rail union said it demonstrated a patronising attitude to staff who had worked hard to make him a fortune. Sir Richard insisted the advert showed how proud he was of Virgin Trains employees. See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8035524.stm ::) Title: Re: Branson in 'patronising' rail ad Post by: Mookiemoo on May 06, 2009, 21:51:14 Quote Sir Richard Branson has been accused of patronising rail staff after dressing as a station cleaner for a TV advert. The billionaire Virgin boss appears with forearms covered with fake tattoos and blacked-out teeth as he empties bins at Glasgow's Central Station. The RMT rail union said it demonstrated a patronising attitude to staff who had worked hard to make him a fortune. Sir Richard insisted the advert showed how proud he was of Virgin Trains employees. Since I am a faithful of Virgin Atlantic and I like Virgin trains (I can ignore the smell if I sit in the middle of the carriage) - I'm with the bearded one. Also, when I have had issues with Virgin, addressing an email to Richard.Branson@Virgin.com gets results - I KNOW its not him but the fact that a random email get to someone who sorts it makes a difference. i had a squeazy jet flight booked out of liverpool - was in hemel and suppoed to be connecting in BNS to London Midland to Liverpool. Was the lines down at bletchley incident this year - patform staff at watford gave me their name and advised me to connect at milton keyenes to a voyager to crewe then connect - it then broke down and I missed the flight - flew next morning (stayed at moms overnight). Wrote to Virgin explainign how whilst I did not hold the platform staff at watford responsible, I was not happy. got a vouvher for a first class ay time return liverpool to london. now - put FGW in their place See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8035524.stm ::) Title: Re: Branson in 'patronising' rail ad Post by: dog box on May 07, 2009, 09:39:01 Old beardie the man who brought us voyagers in place of HSTs.....dont think i need to say anymore
Title: Re: Branson in 'patronising' rail ad Post by: Btline on May 07, 2009, 20:22:56 I think the adverts are enjoyable/ entertaining, (as ever with VT) although a missed opportunity.
No mention of improved journey times, frequencies etc. Only a background message about the WiFi in the "toilet" scene. And i think that calls that Branson's appearance is "patronising" is stupid. I like the man's sense of humour. Oh: why is there a CH in standard class in the adverts? (where the CH "pops" the water bottle) This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |