I understand people going on strike. Really, I do.
I have to change my train ticket because my train won't be running? Okay.
I have to phone a service that's going to charge me by the minute ? Fine (I should charge them for £6 though - for wasting my time).
I have to take a train that runs before my initial travel day or I'll have to wait for months to get my money back and I'd have to buy a new, thrice as expensive ticket for a later date? I can leave early (maybe).
But...
What the flurch do you mean I must go to a train station to trade my ticket for a new one because it's a "traditional" ticket? I'm currently forty miles away from a station. Do I Apparate there? Do I call Scotty? Do I take my lawn mower on the highway (okay, it could be brilliantly nutty when I get arrested by the local coppers: 'Sorry, officer, I must go to the station if I don't want to lose money')?
The person I talked to was lovely, but her advice was to go to the station on the day I want to travel, explain my problem, and hope I can get a seat (honestly, I'm up to a point where I'll be happy to be able to board the days-early train!).
