Excitement At Waterloo
 

Drunk bloke smoking on Westbound Platform. LU guy asks him to put it
out. He gets abusive. LU guy asks him to leave. Drunk guy decides to go
on to other platform. LU guy goes after him and starts trying to stop
him. Drunk bloke fights back and LU guy only escapes having his head
kicked in by two passengers stepping in to pull the drunk guy off him.
Im sure this happens all the time. But coming back from peaceful quiet
break. It was kinda a "Welcome back to London" moment.
--
CJG

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"CJG" wrote in message
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Drunk bloke smoking on Westbound Platform. LU guy asks him to put it
out. He gets abusive. LU guy asks him to leave. Drunk guy decides to go
on to other platform. LU guy goes after him and starts trying to stop
him. Drunk bloke fights back and LU guy only escapes having his head
kicked in by two passengers stepping in to pull the drunk guy off him.
Im sure this happens all the time. But coming back from peaceful quiet
break. It was kinda a "Welcome back to London" moment.

Can we presume that you were *not* one of these public spirited individuals.
We can accept a moment's immodesty in this instance I feel, others may
disagree.

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CJG wrote the following in:


Drunk bloke smoking on Westbound Platform. LU guy asks him to put
it out. He gets abusive. LU guy asks him to leave. Drunk guy
decides to go on to other platform. LU guy goes after him and
starts trying to stop him. Drunk bloke fights back and LU guy only
escapes having his head kicked in by two passengers stepping in to
pull the drunk guy off him. Im sure this happens all the time. But
coming back from peaceful quiet break. It was kinda a "Welcome
back to London" moment.

Why are you relaying this story?

--
message by Robin May, founder of International Boyism
"Would Inspector Sands please go to the Operations Room immediately."

Unofficially immune to hangovers.

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In message , Cast_Iron
writes
Can we presume that you were *not* one of these public spirited
individuals. We can accept a moment's immodesty in this instance I
feel, others may disagree.

Well I was actually pushed out of the way by the both of them as they
come onto the platform. And two people were already holding him down so
what exactly what did you want me to do? Kick him while they held him
down?
--
CJG

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In message , Robin May
writes
Why are you relaying this story?

Well it is a newsgroup for London Transport. And it did happen on London
Underground property which Im guessing comes under the term "London
Transport"?
Sorry. Didn't have any criticism of London Underground in it did it?
Well...... LU staff were a bit thin on the ground helping the poor LU
guy out. I dont know if they have people who are designated to sort
problem customers out. But I think he was just a poor sap who happened
to be on duty on the platform.

--
CJG

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"CJG" wrote in message
...
In message , Cast_Iron
writes
Can we presume that you were *not* one of these public spirited
individuals. We can accept a moment's immodesty in this instance I
feel, others may disagree.

Well I was actually pushed out of the way by the both of them as they
come onto the platform. And two people were already holding him down so
what exactly what did you want me to do? Kick him while they held him
down?

I didn't "want" you to do anything, I was posing a question to ascertain
your part in the proceedings, if any, other than as an observer.

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In article , CJG
writes
Kick him while they held him down?

Great idea!
--
Andrew
Electronic communications can be altered and therefore the integrity of this
communication can not be guaranteed.
Views expressed in this communication are those of the author and not
associations or companies I am involved with.

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"CJG" wrote in message
...
I dont know if they have people who are designated to sort
problem customers out. But I think he was just a poor sap who happened
to be on duty on the platform.

Allegedly they are called the British Transport Police.

Excitement At Waterloo
 

In message , Cast_Iron
writes
I didn't "want" you to do anything, I was posing a question to
ascertain your part in the proceedings, if any, other than as an
observer.

As much as I think LU is a **** company. And a majority of LU workers
are lazy and not customer focused. I wouldn't have watched, while LU
worker got his head kicked in by a drunk customer.
--
CJG

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In message , Robin Mayes
writes
Allegedly they are called the British Transport Police.

Three days in New York I police on the subway about 10times. Maybe more.
In a year of living in London. And in years of coming to London on a
bi-weekly basis I have never ever seen any kind of police officer on
London Underground property.
--
CJG

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"CJG" wrote in message
...
In message , Robin Mayes
writes
Allegedly they are called the British Transport Police.

Three days in New York I police on the subway about 10times. Maybe more.
In a year of living in London. And in years of coming to London on a
bi-weekly basis I have never ever seen any kind of police officer on
London Underground property.

Isn't the camouflage absolutely stunning?

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In article ,
CJG wrote:
In message , Robin Mayes
writes
Allegedly they are called the British Transport Police.

Three days in New York I police on the subway about 10times. Maybe more.
In a year of living in London. And in years of coming to London on a
bi-weekly basis I have never ever seen any kind of police officer on
London Underground property.

I did this morning, and yesterday. Both (as it happens) at Stratford.

Perhaps you're looking in the wrong places?

--
Good night little fishey-wishes.... I've counted you, so no
sneaky eating each other.
-- FW (should I worry?)

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"CJG" wrote in message
...
In message , Robin Mayes
writes
Allegedly they are called the British Transport Police.

Three days in New York I police on the subway about 10times. Maybe more.
In a year of living in London. And in years of coming to London on a
bi-weekly basis I have never ever seen any kind of police officer on
London Underground property.
--
CJG

Maybe that says something about the potential dangers on the New York
subway? Having travelled daily on the London Underground for some 30 years I
cannot during that time, recall seeing the sort of incident you previously
described. That said, I have occasionally seen BT Police travelling on the
tube but their absence on a regular basis has not concerned me. But then I
guess us Brits are not as neurotic as our American cousins!!

Robert Griffith

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"CJG" wrote in message
...

Three days in New York I police on the subway about 10times. Maybe more.

A Jedi knight, may you be?

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In message , CJG
writes

In a year of living in London. And in years of coming to London on a
bi-weekly basis I have never ever seen any kind of police officer on
London Underground property.

I often see them. There are 405 British Transport Police assigned to
patrolling the London Underground system, according to the tfl website.

--
Paul Terry

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In message , CJG
writes
And in years of coming to London on a bi-weekly basis I have never ever
seen any kind of police officer on London Underground property.

They are often hanging around KX booking office. There were three or
four in flack jackets there yesterday early evening. Didn't appear to be
doing much to discourage the "dun wiv yer travelcard mate" brigade
lurking at the top of the exits.
--
Roland Perry

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Roland Perry wrote:

In message , CJG
writes
And in years of coming to London on a bi-weekly basis I have never ever
seen any kind of police officer on London Underground property.

They are often hanging around KX booking office. There were three or
four in flack jackets there yesterday early evening. Didn't appear to be
doing much to discourage the "dun wiv yer travelcard mate" brigade
lurking at the top of the exits.

There's been a lot of (not BTP) police around ticket halls recently
(notably Tottenham Court Road and South Kensington) with drug-sniffer
dogs. (The ones who sit down quietly when they smell cannabis [1].)

Though why they were specifically doing it there and then (a couple of
weeks ago), I have no idea. The location would suggest to me to result
in nicking a few Spanish teenagers with a joint in their pocket.

dave

[1] Just like most people really! :-)

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In article , rob wrote:

That said, I have occasionally seen BT Police [...]

Those would be the people who are out to prevent illegal use of phones?

Niklas

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"CJG" wrote in message
...
In message , Cast_Iron
writes
Can we presume that you were *not* one of these public spirited
individuals. We can accept a moment's immodesty in this instance I
feel, others may disagree.

Well I was actually pushed out of the way by the both of them as they
come onto the platform. And two people were already holding him down so
what exactly what did you want me to do? Kick him while they held him
down?

I would have expected you to kick the LU guy ... ;-)

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In message , Mike Bristow
writes
I did this morning, and yesterday. Both (as it happens) at Stratford.

Perhaps you're looking in the wrong places?

A slightly unrepresentative example given that the whole of the Royal
Docks and attached areas have been crawling with police owing to the
presence of an international arms fair taking place at Excel :) Trust
me, there are police every 15 yards here at the moment...
--
James Masterton - www.masterton.co.uk

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On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 08:06:46 +0100, CJG
wrote:

In message , Cast_Iron
writes
I didn't "want" you to do anything, I was posing a question to
ascertain your part in the proceedings, if any, other than as an
observer.

As much as I think LU is a **** company. And a majority of LU workers
are lazy and not customer focused. I wouldn't have watched, while LU
worker got his head kicked in by a drunk customer.

No, you would probably have been taking photos. With a flash.
--
Nick Cooper

[Carefully remove the detonators from my e-mail address to reply!]

The London Underground at War:
http://www.cwgcuser.org.uk/personal/...ra/lu/tuaw.htm
625-Online - classic British television:
http://www.625.org.uk
'Things to Come' - An Incomplete Classic:
http://www.thingstocome.org.uk

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"CJG" wrote in message
...

As much as I think LU is a **** company. And a majority of LU workers
are lazy and not customer focused. I wouldn't have watched, while LU
worker got his head kicked in by a drunk customer.

You weren't the person wanting to complain the other day about one of a bank
of ten ticket machines not being open whilst I had far better things to deal
with, such as a total suspension west of Baker Street were you?

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On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 17:02:31 +0100, "Robin Mayes"
wrote:


"CJG" wrote in message
.. .

As much as I think LU is a **** company. And a majority of LU workers
are lazy and not customer focused. I wouldn't have watched, while LU
worker got his head kicked in by a drunk customer.

You weren't the person wanting to complain the other day about one of a bank
of ten ticket machines not being open whilst I had far better things to deal
with, such as a total suspension west of Baker Street were you?

No, he was the one complaining about a service suspension due to a
person under a train.

He wanted to know why a suicide should disrupt the service!


Rob.
--
rob at robertwoolley dot co dot uk

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In article ,
James Masterton wrote:
In message , Mike Bristow
writes
I did this morning, and yesterday. Both (as it happens) at Stratford.

Perhaps you're looking in the wrong places?

A slightly unrepresentative example given that the whole of the Royal
Docks and attached areas have been crawling with police owing to the
presence of an international arms fair taking place at Excel :) Trust
me, there are police every 15 yards here at the moment...

Well, yes. But it's not unusual at all to see police on the
Underground. (There was some at Archway yesterday).

--
Good night little fishey-wishes.... I've counted you, so no
sneaky eating each other.
-- FW (should I worry?)

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"Robert Woolley" wrote in message
...

No, he was the one complaining about a service suspension due to a
person under a train.

He wanted to know why a suicide should disrupt the service!

Why should it. It's a bit of meat under a train. Does it matter if
it gets chewed up a bit more by the passing of a few trains?

GNER
 

The following day of witnessing this whole thing at Waterloo. I got a
train "up North" on GNER. And literally within 5 minutes of leaving
London a guy in my carriage went nuts and attacking a guy and woman.
Within seconds about three or four train guards had hold of him and kept
him in his seat until Stevenage when he was taken off the train.
--
CJG

GNER
 

"CJG" wrote in message
...
The following day of witnessing this whole thing at Waterloo. I got a
train "up North" on GNER. And literally within 5 minutes of leaving
London a guy in my carriage went nuts and attacking a guy and woman.
Within seconds about three or four train guards had hold of him and kept
him in his seat until Stevenage when he was taken off the train.

You sure do seem to have a strange influence on some people!
: )