Robin May wrote in message .1.4...
(Niklas Karlsson) wrote the following in:
In article , only meee
wrote:
Once boarded a "First train" early in the morn and went just two
stops and noticed where the only other person had sat was a fresh
Banana skin after he alighted - left for the cleaners and other
passengers. and that was about 5.30AM.
Most people see the tube trains as a dumping ground as well as a
moving restaurant (19 hrs a day)
Is there anything stopping LU from putting a few bins in the
carriages?
Yes. Terrorism.
That of course is a load of rubbish. Just like the problem. The
problem is that if you have bins they have to be emptied occassionaly.
And with the large amounts of people using the tube most and the fact
most of them would put their rubbish in the bin means that they would
have to be emptied very regular not just when they taken out of
service.
Because London Underground has to by law provide at least 3 people
doing nothing at ticket gates as well as 2 people on platforms doing
nothing and not to mention the many thousands of staff it has to
employ across the network to sit in the infomation kiosk reading The
Sun (Obviously News Of The World on Sundays) sadly it does not have
the resources in order to employ people (or pay for a contractor to
screw London Underground out of loads of money for doing a rubbish job
and then not bother to do anything about the contractor) to empty bins
then it must of course cry about terrorism meaning they can't put bins
on stations or on trains. And you commuters must take your rubbish
home with you and if the trains and stations are covered in rubbish
and grattifi and attract rats then its not their fault. Its them
horrible commuters who insit on bringing newspapers to read.
The threat of terrorism isn't going to vanish because there are no
bins on stations. Here is a radical approach to Central London deep
underground station and train cleaniness. Instead of having idle
Startion Assistants sitting around stations all day. Outside of rush
hours having them cleaning the stations. Get them on a train for a few
stops collecting rubbish and then get them on a train back to their
station where they work.