On 07/06/2012 15:11, Neill wrote:
On Jun 7, 11:57 am, (Jim Hague) wrote:
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Judging by the fiasco of handling the cold, wet and bedraggled crowds
in London over the last four days of the Jubilee Shen. (= shenanigan
as in alt.shenanigan) I don't think that they have a chance.

Rail in Sydney in the weeks leading up the 2000 Olympics was rather a
shambles. Trains derailing right left and centre, large delays all
over the place. It was obvious transport during the Games were going
to be a disaster.

Then, for the duration of the Games, it ran like clockwork. Crowd control was
mostly done by the Olympic volunteers, cheerfully and efficiently.
Coming out of the main stadium, for example, you were guided to the
station, and then admitted to the platform in batches via parallel
entrances and positioned. At which point a train would glide in, load in
next to no time, and depart. No delays, very efficiently done.
--
Jim Hague - Never trust a computer you can't lift.

If they use the same rude, foul-mouthed little Hitlers they were using
on Sunday as crowd control, I very much doubt it. I got my Olympic
tickets for the weightlifting at the Excel yesterday. No liquids,
airport style security, just to get in the venue. Does that mean take
your belt and shoes off just to get into a sporting event that costs
£95 for 2 hours? I wonder how much they're going to fleece you for a
bottle of water once you get in? I paid for the tickets just for the
Olympic experience, I have no interest in weightlifing. I'm now
wondering why I bothered


The Olympic experience is all about being bullied by jobsworths and
being ripped off for a mediocre product, enjoy!


--
Graeme Wall
This account not read, substitute trains for rail.
Railway Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail