Feeling unusually cheerful for a Monday morning. First Capital Connect’s (‘FCC’) new, improved, reduced service timetable comes into force today and they are running an online ‘meet the managers’ forum between 1 & 3pm. At least I will have some small chance of satisfaction.
Head for the station, catch a random train (no point in planning any further than that). Train unusually slow, even for FCC. Driver apologises for the delay, and for the slow running - he only has half power and is calling an engineer. Driver then announces that he has the solution. Lights go out, lights come back on, train sets off at full speed. Clearly the time honoured solution of ‘switch it off, the switch it back on again’ applies to FCC trains as well as computers. Not bad.
Ticket inspectors, oops, FCC's crack team of revenue protection officers not at Farringdon today. Mildly disappointed.
Completely forgot about online forum until 2.55pm. Submit question at 2.57pm. Await call from FCC offering full refund of season ticket....
Out on the town this evening. Catch 1.02am train from St Pancras. On time! Remove 3 empty sandwich wrappers from seat and fall asleep.
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