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shmmeee

shmmeee

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mmttww said:
Can we really trust that it'll result in lower fares, though?
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Generally old infrastructure costs more to maintain and results in more costly downtime. So yeah generally not allowing infrastructure upgrades costs the users of a network. If capacity is low, prices are high, that’s just supply and demand.
 
mmttww

mmttww

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shmmeee said:
Generally old infrastructure costs more to maintain and results in more costly downtime. So yeah generally not allowing infrastructure upgrades costs the users of a network. If capacity is low, prices are high, that’s just supply and demand.
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I mean can we trust humans to actually pass on the benefits through lower fares. I've seen nothing in my lifetime to suggest that'll happen. Hope I'm wrong.
 
chiefdave

chiefdave

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So my train was cancelled, got told to get on any train. Stood on a roasting hot train with no air con for ages that didn’t leave and nobody had a clue what was going on.

Next thing I know there’s loads of shouting and ‘get on the ground’ and there’s a load of armed coppers dragging someone off the train!
 
Ccfc_Addy

Ccfc_Addy

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chiefdave said:
So my train was cancelled, got told to get on any train. Stood on a roasting hot train with no air con for ages that didn’t leave and nobody had a clue what was going on.

Next thing I know there’s loads of shouting and ‘get on the ground’ and there’s a load of armed coppers dragging someone off the train!
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They probably left their young person's railcard at home
 
Captain Dart

Captain Dart

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Nick

Nick

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My home insurance company decided they weren't doing home insurance any more, so they must have sold my "policy" to another company who have taken it upon themselves to setup a direct debit for a renewal that's £80 more a year. Get fucked.
 
shmmeee

shmmeee

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mmttww said:
I mean can we trust humans to actually pass on the benefits through lower fares. I've seen nothing in my lifetime to suggest that'll happen. Hope I'm wrong.
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Well we can certainly trust them to pass on the costs of not maintaining the network!
 
Captain Dart

Captain Dart

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Tommo1993 said:
The wind. Have we had a single week in the last 18-24 months when there hasn’t been all this wind blowing?
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Sure it's not your diet?
 
Terry_dactyl

Terry_dactyl

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Builders. I’ve planned to have some work done…nothing too massive but quite a few jobs around the house/outside.
After some consultation I agreed to pay a grand up front as part payment.
I messaged them the Friday before they were due to start and he told me his mum had died and could he start the following week. Not a lot I could say to that…although alarm bells were ringing, especially as it wasn’t him that was doing the work. It left me in this strange position where I was hoping that this man’s mum had died…otherwise he’d run off with my money.
Anyway, he Didn’t start the week after and didn’t let me know this. So I text him and it took him a few days to reply. Grrrrrrr.

The work started a week later and they cracked on and have done a lot of it. He asked me for some extra money - to be knocked off the bill - for running costs or something. Again, after consulting others, I agreed to pay…the work was up and running and I was happy with it…and I still have more money to give them.
They worked on for a few days more - or at least were coming to the house and doing some stuff. Then they stopped coming.
Yer man text me to apologise but said their van was broken down.
A few more days passed and I got home from work and noticed they’d taken their tools and left my key behind.
I’ve text the bloke and nothing back.
I mean, they’ve probably done half the work and I’ve probably paid them half the money but ffs. I ain’t seen them for 3 weeks now.

This sort of thing seems to happen a lot with trades people. I’ve spoken to loads of people who’ve had similar complaints/experiences and I have had similar things happen before. If you’ve got another job on then tell me you fucking wimps…it’s the radio silence and having to chase them that really fucks me off.
Looks like I’ll have to get someone else in.

Anyway, apologies if you’re a trades person who doesn’t do this. Go fuck yourself if you’re a trades person who does.
 
Mcbean

Mcbean

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Terry_dactyl said:
Builders. I’ve planned to have some work done…nothing too massive but quite a few jobs around the house/outside.
After some consultation I agreed to pay a grand up front as part payment.
I messaged them the Friday before they were due to start and he told me his mum had died and could he start the following week. Not a lot I could say to that…although alarm bells were ringing, especially as it wasn’t him that was doing the work. It left me in this strange position where I was hoping that this man’s mum had died…otherwise he’d run off with my money.
Anyway, he Didn’t start the week after and didn’t let me know this. So I text him and it took him a few days to reply. Grrrrrrr.

The work started a week later and they cracked on and have done a lot of it. He asked me for some extra money - to be knocked off the bill - for running costs or something. Again, after consulting others, I agreed to pay…the work was up and running and I was happy with it…and I still have more money to give them.
They worked on for a few days more - or at least were coming to the house and doing some stuff. Then they stopped coming.
Yer man text me to apologise but said their van was broken down.
A few more days passed and I got home from work and noticed they’d taken their tools and left my key behind.
I’ve text the bloke and nothing back.
I mean, they’ve probably done half the work and I’ve probably paid them half the money but ffs. I ain’t seen them for 3 weeks now.

This sort of thing seems to happen a lot with trades people. I’ve spoken to loads of people who’ve had similar complaints/experiences and I have had similar things happen before. If you’ve got another job on then tell me you fucking wimps…it’s the radio silence and having to chase them that really fucks me off.
Looks like I’ll have to get someone else in.

Anyway, apologies if you’re a trades person who doesn’t do this. Go fuck yourself if you’re a trades person who does.
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They ( the main man ) have probably gone on holiday sadly
 
chiefdave

chiefdave

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Terry_dactyl said:
Builders. I’ve planned to have some work done…nothing too massive but quite a few jobs around the house/outside.
After some consultation I agreed to pay a grand up front as part payment.
I messaged them the Friday before they were due to start and he told me his mum had died and could he start the following week. Not a lot I could say to that…although alarm bells were ringing, especially as it wasn’t him that was doing the work. It left me in this strange position where I was hoping that this man’s mum had died…otherwise he’d run off with my money.
Anyway, he Didn’t start the week after and didn’t let me know this. So I text him and it took him a few days to reply. Grrrrrrr.

The work started a week later and they cracked on and have done a lot of it. He asked me for some extra money - to be knocked off the bill - for running costs or something. Again, after consulting others, I agreed to pay…the work was up and running and I was happy with it…and I still have more money to give them.
They worked on for a few days more - or at least were coming to the house and doing some stuff. Then they stopped coming.
Yer man text me to apologise but said their van was broken down.
A few more days passed and I got home from work and noticed they’d taken their tools and left my key behind.
I’ve text the bloke and nothing back.
I mean, they’ve probably done half the work and I’ve probably paid them half the money but ffs. I ain’t seen them for 3 weeks now.

This sort of thing seems to happen a lot with trades people. I’ve spoken to loads of people who’ve had similar complaints/experiences and I have had similar things happen before. If you’ve got another job on then tell me you fucking wimps…it’s the radio silence and having to chase them that really fucks me off.
Looks like I’ll have to get someone else in.

Anyway, apologies if you’re a trades person who doesn’t do this. Go fuck yourself if you’re a trades person who does.
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The stress I had when I need loads of work done unexpectedly when I moved into my new place. Supposedly reputable workmen who I’d had personal recommendations for turned out to be a nightmare. And you just get completely ignored when you point out any problems with work done and ask for it to be sorted.

Everyone always says don’t pay anything until the work is finished but you’d never get anyone agree to work on that basis, they all pull the same shit.
 
Terry_dactyl

Terry_dactyl

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chiefdave said:
The stress I had when I need loads of work done unexpectedly when I moved into my new place. Supposedly reputable workmen who I’d had personal recommendations for turned out to be a nightmare. And you just get completely ignored when you point out any problems with work done and ask for it to be sorted.

Everyone always says don’t pay anything until the work is finished but you’d never get anyone agree to work on that basis, they all pull the same shit.
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You have my sympathies. On the grand scale of things, in comparison to others, I’ve probably not had the worst of it.

It’s an incredible way for an industry to operate. I was joking with a colleague - who’s had 6 months of stress trying to get a roof sorted with a reputable builder - that we should start doing the same thing in our work ie just not turning up, leaving halfway through a job without any notice etc etc etc.
See how long we last.
 
B

Brighton Sky Blue

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Terry_dactyl said:
You have my sympathies. On the grand scale of things, in comparison to others, I’ve probably not had the worst of it.

It’s an incredible way for an industry to operate. I was joking with a colleague - who’s had 6 months of stress trying to get a roof sorted with a reputable builder - that we should start doing the same thing in our work ie just not turning up, leaving halfway through a job without any notice etc etc etc.
See how long we last.
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Naive question perhaps but did you sign anything with them?
 
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