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Author Topic: We've all had this problem with a train toilet...  (Read 2017 times)
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« on: January 08, 2015, 16:33:28 »

Perhaps surprisingly. This is nothing to do with me. Despite the young gent travelling First Class and using the aforementioned facilities...

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Virgin Trains' customer service team went above and beyond the call of duty when one passenger tweeted about his toilet woes.

Teen vlogger Adam Greenwood, from Lancaster, found himself in a nightmare situation while travelling on the train from London Euston to Glasgow - a complete lack of loo roll.

But rather than keeping quiet about the situation, Adam decided to tweet about his predicament:

His call for help was met with an unusual response - Virgin Trains came to the rescue in this interesting Twitter exchange
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« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2015, 16:52:45 »

Perhaps surprisingly. This is nothing to do with me. Despite the young gent travelling First Class and using the aforementioned facilities...

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Virgin Trains' customer service team went above and beyond the call of duty when one passenger tweeted about his toilet woes.

Teen vlogger Adam Greenwood, from Lancaster, found himself in a nightmare situation while travelling on the train from London Euston to Glasgow - a complete lack of loo roll.

But rather than keeping quiet about the situation, Adam decided to tweet about his predicament:

His call for help was met with an unusual response - Virgin Trains came to the rescue in this interesting Twitter exchange

Classic! Although this does reinforce the fact that it is prudent to check for availability of a suitable quantity of supplies prior to beginning ones business!
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« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2015, 17:29:10 »

It's happened to me. Fortunately there was a copy of Metro in the cubicle. Being published by the same company as the Daily Mail it was a perfectly appropriate, albeit a little rough, alternative use.
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« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2015, 00:14:41 »

Not necessarily the worst thing that can happen, according to Armstrong and Miller. Spike Milligan also told a certain story about a chap with dysentery.
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