While traveling home last night,the picadilly line was ground to a standstill because one,yes ONEperson fell ill at Turnpike lane. When I asked a member of staff , she suggested I get a mini cab! It was after an Arsenal game and thousands were left stranded. Wht aren't they equipped to deal with these sort of situations? No doubt they'll have the audacity to up there fairs in the new year!
2006-11-02 01:07:43 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ United Kingdom ➔ London
In Russia, it's 10p to use the tube, which runs on time through clean and well decorated stations. We have a lot to learn.
2006-11-02 01:31:55 · answer #1 · answered by Little One 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
IF IT HAD BEEN Y O U WHO HAD FALLEN ILL and was being looked after by trained staff YES, TRAINED STAFF WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT until the ambulance arrived, the boot would have been on the other foot alright then, wouldn't it !!! SO BEFORE YOU START YOUR LOUD-MOUTHING about how shitty you think the Underground is, spend a moment thinking about that one, and while you're thinking, you can just surmise what people are thinking about your use of the English language regarding your spelling, grammar and word usage.
By the way, how long did you have to wait - was it ALL OF FIFTEEN MINUTES until they could get the person off the train at Turnpike Lane or was it a few minutes more before they could restore the service? EITHER WAY, YOU BLAME THE UNDERGROUND FOR THE DELAY WHEN IT WAS NO FAULT OF THEIRS AT ALL.. If you knew anything about dealing with medical emergencies you'd know that there are SOME "casualties" that can't be moved without proper equipment.
Perhaps the next time you have an accident and fall and break your neck or back and somebody just grabs hold of you and drags you out of their way and in so doing cause you so much damage that you'll never be able to walk again, we all hope you won't complain because they didn't delay some people just coming out of a football match.
2006-11-02 01:44:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Well this is a bit of a hard one really. It not Lu fault that someone was taken ill and not their fault Arsenal were playing football at the same time. I guess if you were taken ill it would be a different story. I also guess that the person who was taken ill was not that happy about it either. Lets have a bit of love and understanding here.
You also have to remember LU has not had a significant amount of money spent on it for years so it is old and dilapidated and needs money and one of the ways of getting revenue is to raise the fairs.
Then again I am not a fan of LU but in this instance I think you are being a little selfish.
2006-11-02 01:23:36 · answer #3 · answered by sweetiesweetydarling 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Over privileged spoiled Nancy Brits moaning!
I'm from Africa, where people get thrown out off moving trains, or stabbed and left to bleed to death, simply for a cellphone and a cheap wristwatch!
People overcrowd, sometimes up 10, yes 10, believe it, in a single car, to get to work, because public transport is so unsafe, and you complain about a freaking delay after a football match!
You could have caught a Night bus!
As an African in London, I find the public transport to be very good, and I wish that my family back home could travel as safely as I do here.
2006-11-02 01:52:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anria A 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You obviously complain about it because you've never directly been involved in an emergency situation, and no doubt you've never seen how other countries train systems work either. Other cities have trains every 5 -10 min where in London they try to bring off peak trains to about 3mins so that you dont have to squeeze, maybe one day you'll fall ill at a platform and then if you dont get attended because you too late to go home the don't ask why...
2006-11-02 01:52:56 · answer #5 · answered by Ermmm 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The London underground is not a load of shxit. It is one of the most respected rail net works in the world. And acknowledged as such by surveys carried out by foreign countries. In fact the whole of the London Transport system has even outvoted NYC, Madrid, Paris as being the best in the world.
Sorry that you had a bad experience last night and I just glad I was not there too. But in the grand scheme of things what you had to put up with is minor don't you think?
2006-11-02 01:21:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
It's what happens if you're an Arsenal supporter, I'm afraid.
2006-11-02 01:22:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
i like fairs, hate paying the tube fare to get there though
2006-11-02 01:16:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Unfortunately, cruel deficit of local toilets
2006-11-02 01:10:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋