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« on: October 04, 2011, 13:30:16 »
A good article about shaping the future of the Greater Western franchise, but also an article on page 32 "Watch the birdie" about TOC▸ (Train Operating Company)'s using Twitter.  The @fgw didn't come off very well, however a certain person did:

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...but @fgwOllie - a helpful member of staff at Paddington using his own phone in a private capacity - took less than 10 minutes to respond.  His instant knowledge is what people on Twitter are looking for..."
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« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2011, 13:48:23 »
Is this available online perchance?
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« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2011, 16:04:59 »
Actually yes:

The GW» (Great Western - used as an abbreviation for the area / lines under the Great Western franchise, as opposed to FGW which includes "First", the company operating them too. For tickets - about) article isn't available but the Twitter one is:

http://www.railpro.co.uk/magazine/?idArticles=1097

Other articles here:  http://www.railpro.co.uk/magazine/
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« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2011, 19:10:46 »
Nice work Ollie!
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« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2011, 23:48:29 »
Thanks Gents Smiley
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« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2011, 23:59:18 »
Thanks for posting the link for us
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« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2011, 00:29:46 »
made me laugh the other day on the @fgw, ollie had tweeted the answer to a blokes question, the bloke tweeted in response to the fgw official one to tell fgwollie to butt out!

I must say the fgw tweet thing seems full of morons who dont have a clue looking to hurl abuse at someone. you see tweets tagged @fgw that its fgw fault their life is crap, and they missed the bus every day, or they were late for work every day. I have a simple solution, catch an earlier train!
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« Reply #7 on: October 05, 2011, 00:48:56 »
The funnier thing was that he was mentioning me in his tweets, so of course I'm going to answer.

He did apologise though and I have helped him out again since then.

Most of the people I have communicated with on Twitter have been pretty pleasant (including the person in question), so I have been pretty fortunate Smiley
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« Reply #8 on: October 05, 2011, 06:05:35 »
I find the vast majority moderate their language as soon as they realise that a woman is on the other end....
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« Reply #9 on: October 07, 2011, 22:21:59 »
Fair enough - but Ollie is not a woman?

Actually, he's a great bloke - very knowledgeable member of FGW▸ (First Great Western) staff: if in doubt, ask Ollie!  Wink
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« Reply #10 on: October 08, 2011, 01:10:34 »
Quote from: chris from nailsea on October 07, 2011, 22:21:59
Fair enough - but Ollie is not a woman?


I think he is on about Dani who sometimes does the FGW▸ (First Great Western) twitter.

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Actually, he's a great bloke - very knowledgeable member of FGW staff: if in doubt, ask Ollie!  Wink

I will try not to get too bigheaded now Tongue
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« Reply #11 on: October 08, 2011, 01:34:31 »
But isn't Jo a female as well...?

I was under the impression that the name "Jo" is Female and "Joe" is Male...? Or is thetrout being silly again Shocked Tongue

And of course... Well Done Ollie!! Grin
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« Reply #12 on: October 08, 2011, 01:51:32 »
Jo is female too yes.

Only mentioned Dani as that is who was mentioned in the article.

Oh and thanks for the well done Smiley
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« Reply #13 on: October 08, 2011, 21:19:59 »
I'll add to the congrats to Ollie.

A shining example of the best of FGWs▸ (First Great Western) staff.

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« Reply #14 on: October 13, 2011, 03:37:38 »
I would love to be fgw Twitter person.
 There's one that says there will be trouble if fgw make him late for an interview. My response would be get an earlier train and arrive in plenty of time.

Another moans that fgw always arranges engineering for her weekends off when she wants to travel. Seriously how dim are some of them?
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