Re: Illawarra Meltdown 8/3/00

["Mitch" <this.is.not.my@mail.bigmailbox.com>]

*laughs*

Aim for the dry doors...
...or aim for the guard

12 minutes is nothing... 30 minutes is the delay where you really get pissed
off when you miss a train.


"Jonathan Boles" <mousewithglasses@NO.CANNED.HAM.hotmail.com> wrote in
message 01bf8a70$d75b0520$f367868b@tfboles">news:01bf8a70$d75b0520$f367868b@tfboles...
| Severl times have I been a victim of the guard closing the door on me,
when
| running for a wet door, and then having to wait 12 minutes for another
| train!
|
| > I've found when rain comes in at 45º angles, people will stand OUT of
the
| > rain for waits more than 2 minutes. ie. closer to the other side of the
| > platform. Then when the train comes, the people aim for 2 doors, with
| some
| > people running, in rain, to get to "wet" doors, and others with
umbrellas
| > strolling to the closest "free" door.
| >
| > This is especially noticeable @ peak hour, on delayed trains and on
| trains
| > that are very spaced [ie. 15 or more minutes apart in peak hour]
| >
|