Jon WorthJan 26

How do I overcome my railway Groucho Marx problem? 🤔

It's not “I Don’t Want to Belong to Any Club That Will Accept Me as a Member” but “Why would any company in the railway sector consider me to work for them, as there’s nothing I know they don’t know already”

But I do need to find paid work, somehow. Question is how and for whom?

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https://jonworth.eu/how-do-i-overcome-my-railway-groucho-marx-problem/

How do I overcome my railway Groucho Marx problem?

"I Don’t Want to Belong to Any Club That Will Accept Me as a Member" Groucho Marx is supposed to have said. And I have come to the view that I am facing something similar in my railway work. "Why would any company in the railway sector consider me to [...]

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Show threadQuixoticgeekJan 26
@jon the implication here is that SNCF know they are cruel unthinking arseholes who hate passengers, and that's intentional.
Show threadJon WorthJan 26
@quixoticgeek They don't think they are arseholes. But the outcomes are the system working as intended.
Show threadQuixoticgeek
@jon something something purpose of a system is what it does...
Jan 26 at 1:03pmWeb
Show threadJon WorthJan 26
@quixoticgeek Yep 🤷‍♂️ https://jonworth.eu/international-rail-ticketing-that-is-customer-unfriendly-that-is-the-system-working-as-intended-we-need-eu-law-to-change-the-system/
International rail ticketing that is customer unfriendly – that is the system working as intended. We need EU law to change the system.

Justin Scholz, a thoughtful friend of mine, sent me a link to this post by Anil Dash, entitled "Systems: The Purpose of a System is What It Does" - do read it in full. Let's have a go applying this to international railway ticketing, and use what - superficially - [...]

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