"You just can't get the staff these days ..."

caliwag

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Re: "You just can't get the staff these days ..."

« Reply #15 on: June 02, 2010, 16:34:10 »

...and locally made ice cream sometimes...marvellous


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JayMac

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Re: "You just can't get the staff these days ..."

« Reply #16 on: June 02, 2010, 16:34:19 »

Indeed. Last year I took a trip on the 'Settle and Carlisle'. The guy manning the trolley was a font of information regarding the line. He pointed out many of the features en route (as did the guard over the PA^▸ ).

We came to a stand at Garsdale station with technical problems on the Class 158 we were on. The speedometer had apparently failed in the lead cab and we waited some 20 minutes while the driver attempted to get things working again. He had no sucess, and it appeared that we would have to crawl to Skipton at a snails pace. The driver resolved the problem by having the guard ride shotgun in the rear cab calling out the speed over the intercom between the cabs!! A neat, on the hoof solution, when stuck in the back of beyond. Not sure it would've be allowed if sticking to the rule book!

To avoid delaying/cancelling the return service, we were caped at Skipton and transfered to an Airedale Line 333 EMU^▸ for the onward journey to Leeds. This allowed the delayed 158 to complete its return diagram over the S&C^▸ starting from Skipton.


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Re: "You just can't get the staff these days ..."

« Reply #17 on: June 02, 2010, 17:40:18 »

Quote from: caliwag on June 02, 2010, 11:59:18

The 185 are damn reliable, and pretty comfortable. They are noisy from the outside but are a comfortable ride and not as noisy as vomitors IMHO^▸ ...and no I have no connection with the builders or First...just praise where praise due. We could do with an expanded fleet of 185s nationally...perhaps 2025! Grin

I've only had the one trip and was fairly impressed, though obvious drawbacks were the constant barrage of automated announcement, a lack of litter bins, and a shortage of seats - just two and a third coaches of standard seating soon fills up!


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Nemesis

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Re: "You just can't get the staff these days ..."

« Reply #18 on: June 02, 2010, 20:44:10 »

Quote from: bignosemac on May 31, 2010, 09:32:09

Quote from: Nemesis on May 31, 2010, 06:42:38

....or so I have heard.

Wot no guard or driver? Was it catering staff you overheard this time? Shocked

It may well have been a customer host Brother bignosemac

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word. ^ Romans 10:17


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TerminalJunkie

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Re: "You just can't get the staff these days ..."

« Reply #19 on: June 02, 2010, 22:25:13 »

Quote from: Nemesis on June 02, 2010, 20:44:10

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word. ^ Romans 10:17

"Mind your own business, you nosy bastard." - Dish and Dishonesty, Blackadder the Third


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Chris from Nailsea

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Re: "You just can't get the staff these days ..."

« Reply #20 on: June 02, 2010, 23:20:54 »

Hmm.

I'm rather reluctantly going to step in here, with a polite request that certain members now desist from posting in rather provocative ways.

The quoting of verses from the Bible, on a train discussion forum, has been acknowledged in the past as being inappropriate, and the originally amusing theme of 'overheard conversations' has probably now run its full course.

May I ask that we now move on, please, before anyone takes offence?

Thanks,

Chris. Wink


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« Reply #21 on: June 03, 2010, 06:24:35 »

I concur that we should move on, CfN, but I have to say that TJ's rejoinder is one of the funniest things I've ever seen on this forum.

Nursie? Can you stitch my sides back up?


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Nemesis

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Re: "You just can't get the staff these days ..."

« Reply #22 on: June 03, 2010, 08:00:44 »

Yes, Brother Chris, I accept the reprimand. No offence intended, just though it was apposite as a one off. Cool


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Chris from Nailsea

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Re: "You just can't get the staff these days ..."

« Reply #23 on: June 03, 2010, 18:56:08 »

Thank you for your very reasonable responses.

Chris.


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