It’s not about me

It all went tits up yesterday .

The train stopped at Polegate and refused to go any further .The electrics were blamed and we all got off .There’s not much to do in Polegate and there’s a limit to how many times you can go round the wines and spirits aisle of the Co-op . But the friend I was meeting saved the day and came and picked me up .We drove to Bexhill , set up our picnic outside her beach-hut ,and then her phone rang .It wasn’t good news ,I won’t go into details ,but involved ( incompetent and insensitive ) service-providers and one of her children with learning disabilities .It was a crisis. So we packed up , she drove me to a station on a different line .I travelled back to Brenford via Waterloo (not Clapham Junction ) and the jobsworth ticketman got all stroppy with me as i hadn’t paid to travel back via Central London .He wouldn’t let me through the barrier ,even though I was told i could travel this route with this ticket .I was so upset for my friend/her daughter / Rosie , I felt like head-butting him .But I didn’t ,I did the next best thing – had a little weep .Those tears are always just under the surface.

6 Replies to “It’s not about me”

  1. He couldn’t give a dam about the tears- just got onto his walkie-talkie to his boss.His boss told him they were accepting Southern Train tickets and so I shot through the barrier uttering unprintable expletives!

  2. good to see that those ticket people working for UK train services haven’t changed a bit! I wonder if they every stop to think their day might be more enjoyable if they interacted with people in a different wayx

  3. good to see that those ticket people working for UK train services haven’t changed a bit! I wonder if they every stop to think their day might be more enjoyable if they interacted with people in a different wayx

  4. Yes this guy was a bit of a jobsworth ,bully-bull-dog ,BUT the one on the Deal to Charing Cross train was an angel when I lost my purse with everything in it -I only cried cos he was so nice and understanding and radio’s ahead to CX to warn them of my arrival (ie. tired and emotional with huge blisters !)………So I always hope they will be kind

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