On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 13:15:38 +0000 (UTC), "Piccadilly Pilot"
wrote:

It's possible of course that the staff in this particular booking office had
asked for arrangements to be made for them to have a proper break, even if
that simply meant closing the window for half an hour, which had been
declined and they were making a protest.

Quite possibly - though I think a handwritten notice stating "Closed
for lunch" would have done the trick...

Neil

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On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 20:11:16 GMT someone who may be
(Neil Williams) wrote this:-

Quite possibly - though I think a handwritten notice stating "Closed
for lunch" would have done the trick...

Agreed. Any annoyance the public feel can usually be rapidly
diminished by explaining what is going on.


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"Neil Williams" wrote in message
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Quite possibly - though I think a handwritten notice stating "Closed
for lunch" would have done the trick...

That would have been fine. The felony was compounded by the fact that there
was a queue at the ticket office on the other side of the station and the
clerk there sent us around to the other one!

Ian

David Hansen wrote:
On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 20:11:16 GMT someone who may be
(Neil Williams) wrote this:-

Quite possibly - though I think a handwritten notice stating "Closed
for lunch" would have done the trick...

Agreed. Any annoyance the public feel can usually be rapidly
diminished by explaining what is going on.

At the risk of stating the blindingly obvious, "nothing" is what was going
on. At least as far as ticket sales were concerned anyway. :-)

"Ian F." wrote in message
...
"Neil Williams" wrote in message
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Quite possibly - though I think a handwritten notice stating "Closed
for lunch" would have done the trick...

That would have been fine. The felony was compounded by the fact that
there
was a queue at the ticket office on the other side of the station and the
clerk there sent us around to the other one!


Quite obviously there is a serious lack of communication, which could be at
the heart of the problem.

In article , David H Wild
wrote:

In article ,
Piccadilly Pilot wrote:
From a narrow self-interested point of view it may well appear that way.
Since neither of us know the reason why the booking clerk behaved in the
manner described neither of us are in a position to make judgements are
we?

This is uk.railway. :-))
Sentence first - followed, possibly, by the trial.

Any defence of the accused is, of course, superfluous.

Sam

Sam Wilson wrote:
In article , David H Wild
wrote:

In article ,
Piccadilly Pilot wrote:
From a narrow self-interested point of view it may well appear that
way. Since neither of us know the reason why the booking clerk
behaved in the manner described neither of us are in a position to
make judgements are we?

This is uk.railway. :-))
Sentence first - followed, possibly, by the trial.

Any defence of the accused is, of course, superfluous.

Only superfluous? I thought was tantamount to contempt.

"Piccadilly Pilot" wrote in message
...
Sam Wilson wrote:

Any defence of the accused is, of course, superfluous.

Only superfluous? I thought was tantamount to contempt.

Worse than that. Tantamount to trolling.
Peter

"Ian F." wrote

The scene: EXT. DAY. Willesden Junction station ticket office 12 noon-ish
today, window open, woman sitting behind window

Mrs. Ian: "Can I have a ticket to Boundary Zone 3 please?"
Ticket office woman: "No, sorry - I'm on my break."

:-))))

Not restricted to WJ. A well known British manufacturer of model railway
equipment based in Devon once employed a Mrs Turner (no relation) who
revelled in answering the telephone during her lunch break and then
complaining that the caller was interrupting same.

Fortunately she has now retired!

John.

"John Turner" wrote in message
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"Ian F." wrote


Not restricted to WJ. A well known British manufacturer of model railway
equipment based in Devon once employed a Mrs Turner (no relation) who
revelled in answering the telephone during her lunch break and then
complaining that the caller was interrupting same.

On a trip to Southern Ireland I once saw a notice in a cafe window "Closed
for lunch"
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Paul