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!).
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You have my sympathy, the UK railways are also a porcine animal to deal with, end up driving every where as it is easier than fighting the train system! it only runs 3 times a day (except when it doesn't run) never gets in on time (except when it breaks down and doesn't get in) there is often no food or drink availble for a 4 hour plus journey (and costs a lot when there is service) limited heating even if there is snow around (or no heat which is most common) you have to fight to get a seat in a train that's too short (and pre-book for one someone else sits in and won't move) nope, driving means I have a seat, I know what time and how long and that it will run(unless the road is blocked but that is a whole other story!)
Thanks! I know that the train companies that you have to deal with are muuuuch nuttier (that's the polite way to say it) than the one I have here.
Mother's thinking about buying me a car (things aren't too bad on the roads around here, so it could really be an option...).
I'm somehow plotting to intercept the first conductor I'll spot and get some help.
If I can actually make it to the station, I'm sooo boarding the train that leaves at the same time as the one I booked)... I *love* being taken hostage. *grrr*
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