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| Training Wheels | 11th February 2006, 00:15 | |
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My question of the day is this: If I have been given a reserved seat on a train, should I go out of my way to ensure that I have it? Today I got the train back home from uni for the weekend and because I booked the tickets in advance Virgin very kindly gave me seat 43 in coach E. When it pulled in, about half the population of Coventry climbed out of the door I was trying to get in, but still there were no obviously vacant seats in coach E (ignoring the people who deliberately put their bags on the seats next to them so no one will sit there). I glanced at the full baggage rack and began to make my way down the aisle as the train moved jerkily out of the station, glancing at the seat numbers as I passed, conscious of the people who had got on behind me and who were following me down the carriage. So, when I reach my 'reserved' seat, it is sat in. So here comes the question... do I, with my rucksack on, and no where to put it, challenge this person, or do I continue on along the carriage in hope of finding a luggage rack and a seat? I decided to take the easy option, and carried on. Arriving in coach D (coach/carriage?) I took one look down the blocked aisle and set my rucksack down in the doorway - after all, there were no stops before mine in 50 minutes time (as a side note, I'm sure that trip used to take 90 minutes). From my rather low vantage point, I observed one customer of the railway who clearly thought the other way and was challenging someone just inside coach D about their seat. The person sitting there wouldn't budge, and so the man carried on down the train... or so I thought. Minutes later he returned, dragging a poor ticket inspector (who stopped to check our tickets on the way through) who eventually convinced the seated passenger that he had to move. I preferred my choice. Meanwhile, there was an announcement that due to a technical fault there would be no trolley service for 'standard class' passengers. What sort of technical faults do trolleys get? Wonky wheels? I suppose the kettle could be broken or something but they could still serve crisps etc. I think perhaps 'technical fault' is a euphemism for 'we don't want to push the trolley through carriages this crowded'. |
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