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Would this have happened in the UK?
Aug 8th 2014, 11:22 am
#17
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Re: Would this have happened in the UK?
Probably fair to say the poll didnt go exactly as planned 
Aug 8th 2014, 11:30 am
#18
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Re: Would this have happened in the UK?
Dorothy! Lovely to see you posting again, are you back from your trip? How were the flights in the pointy end of the plane? I hope you had a wonderful time.
Aug 8th 2014, 1:21 pm
#19
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Re: Would this have happened in the UK?
No. National Rail would make two feeble attempts to free him with a cheap plastic litter picker before giving up and leaving him to starve.
By way of compensation they would offer his family a Starbucks gift voucher, a halfhearted apology and some kind of lame excuse about the victim having http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_wrong_type_of_snow
They would then suspend the entire line for 6 months while they widen the platforms to prevent this from happening again. Meanwhile, Virgin Trains would be busy widening their trains for the same purpose.
Neither side would consult each other at any time during this process, so at the end of the 6 months they would discover the platforms are now so wide that they almost reach the middle of the track, while the carriages are so wide that they can't even get out of the sheds.
Labour would blame the Tories; the Tories would blame the unions; the Lib Dems would blame the House of Lords; UKIP would blame gays, Muslims, and the EU; and Shami Chakrabarti would blame white people.
An internal enquiry would confirm that while nobody was responsible, 'lessons have been learned.'
By way of compensation they would offer his family a Starbucks gift voucher, a halfhearted apology and some kind of lame excuse about the victim having http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_wrong_type_of_snow
They would then suspend the entire line for 6 months while they widen the platforms to prevent this from happening again. Meanwhile, Virgin Trains would be busy widening their trains for the same purpose.
Neither side would consult each other at any time during this process, so at the end of the 6 months they would discover the platforms are now so wide that they almost reach the middle of the track, while the carriages are so wide that they can't even get out of the sheds.
Labour would blame the Tories; the Tories would blame the unions; the Lib Dems would blame the House of Lords; UKIP would blame gays, Muslims, and the EU; and Shami Chakrabarti would blame white people.
An internal enquiry would confirm that while nobody was responsible, 'lessons have been learned.'
Last edited by Vash the Stampede; Aug 8th 2014 at 2:32 pm.
Aug 8th 2014, 1:55 pm
#20
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Re: Would this have happened in the UK?
No. National Rail would make two feeble attempts to free him with a cheap plastic litter picker before giving up and leaving him to starve.
By way of compensation they would offer his family a Starbucks gift voucher, a halfhearted apology and some kind of lame excuse about the victim having 'the wrong type of leg.'
They would then suspend the entire line for 6 months while they widen the platforms to prevent this from happening again. Meanwhile, Virgin Trains would be busy widening their trains for the same purpose.
Neither side would consult each other at any time during this process, so at the end of the 6 months they would discover the platforms are now so wide that they almost reach the middle of the track, while the carriages are so wide that they can't even get out of the sheds.
Labour would blame the Tories; the Tories would blame the unions; the Lib Dems would blame the House of Lords; UKIP would blame gays, Muslims, and the EU; and Shami Chakrabarti would blame white people.
An internal enquiry would confirm that while nobody was responsible, 'lessons have been learned.'
By way of compensation they would offer his family a Starbucks gift voucher, a halfhearted apology and some kind of lame excuse about the victim having 'the wrong type of leg.'
They would then suspend the entire line for 6 months while they widen the platforms to prevent this from happening again. Meanwhile, Virgin Trains would be busy widening their trains for the same purpose.
Neither side would consult each other at any time during this process, so at the end of the 6 months they would discover the platforms are now so wide that they almost reach the middle of the track, while the carriages are so wide that they can't even get out of the sheds.
Labour would blame the Tories; the Tories would blame the unions; the Lib Dems would blame the House of Lords; UKIP would blame gays, Muslims, and the EU; and Shami Chakrabarti would blame white people.
An internal enquiry would confirm that while nobody was responsible, 'lessons have been learned.'
Aug 8th 2014, 1:56 pm
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Re: Would this have happened in the UK?
Aug 8th 2014, 2:46 pm
#22
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Re: Would this have happened in the UK?
WA's public transport is the best I've experienced in Australia. Needs plenty of improvement, but after 5 years in South Australia you start to miss it.
Aug 8th 2014, 3:30 pm
#23
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Re: Would this have happened in the UK?
I'm sure it would have happened in the UK; providing there weren't jobsworths and EU regulators and managers around!
I'm still looking at the clip to see if there are British Expats standing watching and debating the cost of living and house prices Perth vis a vis the UK.
Good comments from the PTA spokesman (sorry spokesperson):
Mr Hynes said it was a “nice change” to be dealing with an incident with such a positive outcome.
“The problem with public transport is it gets a bad wrap and unfairly, I think," he said.
“Public transport is a microcosm of what happens in society, when something bad happens on a train it is not because public transport is nasty or bad, it is the people involved.”
Read more: Perth train rescue takes off like a bullet train in world's media
I'm still looking at the clip to see if there are British Expats standing watching and debating the cost of living and house prices Perth vis a vis the UK.
Good comments from the PTA spokesman (sorry spokesperson):
Mr Hynes said it was a “nice change” to be dealing with an incident with such a positive outcome.
“The problem with public transport is it gets a bad wrap and unfairly, I think," he said.
“Public transport is a microcosm of what happens in society, when something bad happens on a train it is not because public transport is nasty or bad, it is the people involved.”
Read more: Perth train rescue takes off like a bullet train in world's media
Aug 8th 2014, 3:33 pm
#24
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Re: Would this have happened in the UK?
And then you get this clip now taken down:
$15,000 reward offered for 'sadistic' Grand Canyon squirrel kicker
$15,000 reward offered for 'sadistic' Grand Canyon squirrel kicker
Aug 8th 2014, 9:44 pm
#25
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Re: Would this have happened in the UK?
He was lucky he didn't slip on a Sydney train - his entire body would have fallen down the gap 
Aug 9th 2014, 10:42 am
#26
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Re: Would this have happened in the UK?
I think it might have happened in Liverpool or Manchester but in London? not so much.
Having said that I do think it was a dangerous thing to do and someone should have held a bit of wood or something in the gap so if the train rocked back it wouldn't have squashed his leg more.
But it's good to see people teaming up to help others. It reminds me of the Bushfire Service and the SES.
Having said that I do think it was a dangerous thing to do and someone should have held a bit of wood or something in the gap so if the train rocked back it wouldn't have squashed his leg more.
But it's good to see people teaming up to help others. It reminds me of the Bushfire Service and the SES.
Aug 9th 2014, 11:24 am
#27
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Re: Would this have happened in the UK?
I think it might have happened in Liverpool or Manchester but in London? not so much.
Having said that I do think it was a dangerous thing to do and someone should have held a bit of wood or something in the gap so if the train rocked back it wouldn't have squashed his leg more.
But it's good to see people teaming up to help others. It reminds me of the Bushfire Service and the SES.
Having said that I do think it was a dangerous thing to do and someone should have held a bit of wood or something in the gap so if the train rocked back it wouldn't have squashed his leg more.
But it's good to see people teaming up to help others. It reminds me of the Bushfire Service and the SES.
Aug 10th 2014, 6:29 am
#28
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Re: Would this have happened in the UK?
In the UK, the platform jobsworth would call the emergency services and shut down the train line. Causing misery for thousands of passengers.
In China they would have filmed and robbed him before the train departed cutting the victim in two.
LiveLeak.com - Passengers Rock a Train Back & Forth to Free Trapped Man
In China they would have filmed and robbed him before the train departed cutting the victim in two.
LiveLeak.com - Passengers Rock a Train Back & Forth to Free Trapped Man
Aug 10th 2014, 7:47 am
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Re: Would this have happened in the UK?
Would this have happened in Australia?
Background - golfer Ian Poulter's family was travelling to watch him play in the USPGA and he had booked 6 J class tickets for his wife, children and their nanny. When they arrived at the airport the nanny's ticket was downgraded to Y due to overbooking. Poulter took to Twitter to moan about his wife not having the nanny to look after the children.
Golfer Ian Poulter complains after his nanny's British Airways seat is downgraded - Telegraph
Poulter argues that it is like ordering a steak in a restaurant and getting a tomato (he would of course in this incident only have paid for a tomato as he'd get a refund for the downgrade).
Background - golfer Ian Poulter's family was travelling to watch him play in the USPGA and he had booked 6 J class tickets for his wife, children and their nanny. When they arrived at the airport the nanny's ticket was downgraded to Y due to overbooking. Poulter took to Twitter to moan about his wife not having the nanny to look after the children.
Golfer Ian Poulter complains after his nanny's British Airways seat is downgraded - Telegraph
Poulter argues that it is like ordering a steak in a restaurant and getting a tomato (he would of course in this incident only have paid for a tomato as he'd get a refund for the downgrade).