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Just got tickets for Ricky Gervais Work in progress on Friday for tonight, travelling from Chiswick ffs"!! On twitter, tfl reckon services will reduce after 6pm ffs!! Have to be Waterloo train from Richmond I think
 


Butcher's Coat said:
You're going to check out all of the tickets offices that are under threat of their staff being made redundant?

Who do think helps out when people have a problem with said Oyster cards, people who need assistance??
Who empties/fills up the Oyster card machines?
If there are any incidents, then the station staff have been trained to sort out any problems - what happens if someone hurts themselves at the top of an escalator when there's nobody there in the ticket office??

We're talking about 800 people losing their jobs.
The ticket office staff play an important part of the LU system.
LU have had months and months to get this sorted, and they are still hell-bent on going ahead with the closures.

Members have been balloted correctly, and are right behind the action.

It is up to LU to sort this out, but they are dragging their feet, and trying to blame the unions as per usual.
And people are getting brainwashed by the media who keep on quoting how much this is costing London and the British economy - utter crap.
What about the people who are losing their livelihoods?


Every job matters.



Utter crap, and you know it.
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What is utter crap?
 
Paddy O'Dors said:
Easy to get a ticket from Schönefeld to Central Berlin?
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The queues at the machines were horrendous when we went in November. There's no machines on the trains either. There's BVG & DB staff there to help but only one for every 2-3 machines. Download the BVG app and buy on your phone before you get there. You need to get a Berlin ABC ticket. A one day ticket will cost €7.70 for one person. If there's two of you, you're better off buying individual tickets. You only start saving money if there's 3-5 people travelling on one ticket.
 
The Lambton Worm said:
The queues at the machines were horrendous when we went in November. There's no machines on the trains either. There's BVG & DB staff there to help but only one for every 2-3 machines. Download the BVG app and buy on your phone before you get there. You need to get a Berlin ABC ticket. A one day ticket will cost €7.70 for one person. If there's two of you, you're better off buying individual tickets. You only start saving money if there's 3-5 people travelling on one ticket.
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I read somewhere the Berlin ticket inspectors dinnit fuck about and give you a canny expensive on the spot fine if you dinnit have a ticket or the incorrect one. Ta for the advice. Any news on Edgbaston?
 
Paddy O'Dors said:
I read somewhere the Berlin ticket inspectors dinnit fuck about and give you a canny expensive on the spot fine if you dinnit have a ticket or the incorrect one. Ta for the advice. Any news on Edgbaston?
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You're right they don't mess about. Seen them checking tickets just about every day I've been there and catching someone. They don't wear a uniform either. Didn't get tickets for Edgbaston unfortunately.
 
dangermows said:
Imagine being such a twat you are happy to see people lose their jobs :rolleyes:
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Not sure anyone on here is saying that.

Sadly with technological advances, some jobs are no longer required like they used to be.

Holding a city of 9m people to ransom when that happens is not a sustainable solution.

Unfortunately creates a groundswell of anger which allows the tories the chance to push through things like Trade Union bill, of which we've only seen the beginning.
 
Paddy O'Dors said:
I read somewhere the Berlin ticket inspectors dinnit fuck about and give you a canny expensive on the spot fine if you dinnit have a ticket or the incorrect one. Ta for the advice. Any news on Edgbaston?
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Like anywhere it depends what kind of person it is. We got away with it by playing stupid tourists, the bloke was sound. It was a genuine mistake on our part tbf.
 
ABZ1879 said:
Not sure anyone on here is saying that.

Sadly with technological advances, some jobs are no longer required like they used to be.

Holding a city of 9m people to ransom when that happens is not a sustainable solution.

Unfortunately creates a groundswell of anger which allows the tories the chance to push through things like Trade Union bill, of which we've only seen the beginning.
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Strikes never annoy me. There's always a reason for them.

HellsBells said:
Similar to people who won't use self service aisles at Asda because it puts checkout staff out of work, but are happy for the Tories to erode Union rights with no challenge.
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Yup
 
ABZ1879 said:
Holding a city of 9m people to ransom when that happens is not a sustainable solution.

Unfortunately creates a groundswell of anger which allows the tories the chance to push through things like Trade Union bill, of which we've only seen the beginning.
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Are you blaming the unions and the general public for the Trade Union bill?
 
HellsBells said:
Are you blaming the unions and the general public for the Trade Union bill?
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It appears that way. He is basically the type the Tories love and can use.

All part of the race to the bottom... "hey look your pension deal is shite, but instead of getting angry at your own place let's get angry at all those with slightly less shit pensions"
 
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