Front page of the Evening Standard, rail chief "arrogant and out of touch" because he suggests passengers may have to stand at peak hours. Cue comments from commuters about how more money should be spent (naturally not their own) so their particular lifestyle can be accommodated. I look forward to similar outrage about how hard it is to get a ticket at the cinema on a Friday night and subsequent demands that the local council should pay for more seats.
Frankly, if you want excess carriages and infrastructure improvements that will only be used twice a day, you should pay for them. Likewise companies can clearly adapt their working hours if it becomes too hard to attract employees because of the crush. Sounds a bit harsh maybe, but it was the whining actuary from Bath in the article that got me grumpy. With blackberries, mobiles, laptops and the like, does he really really need to be in at 9am every day? When have you ever heard anyone say they need an urgent face to face meeting with an actuary?
Wednesday, 17 January 2007
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