I tutted as I squeezed by the two gents who had appeared to have decided to have a chat in the entrance to the train station. Only after I reached the platform did I realise he was asking to see …
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Excitement at the ticket barrier this evening. I put my ticket in the machine and nothing happened. The machine just swallowed my ticket. I went to the human ticket collector and told him his machine just ate my season. The …
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Welcome to my new series. “things that annoy me” This morning I was hurrying to catch my train. The annoying man in front of me waited until he was standing at the ticket barrier when he started to search for …
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The second leg of my journey was a replacement bus service. Unfortunately the ticket seller seems to have underestimated the time to do the journey. The expected 20 minutes took 40 minutes. I missed my connection by five minutes, now …
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Sending this from the train. I spent half an hour last night looking for my tickets. I eventually found them in the safe place along with my oyster card. For a change, I got the train with time to spare.
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