Urban CameraMay 11

Time to get out and about again, and today's destination is Wuppertal. The route goes from Bremen to Osnabrück, Essen, Wuppertal. The first problems are already cleared out of the way, where a quicker journey with more transfers is no longer available.

Here's hoping it goes well. The first coffee has been bought, a seat secured, and we're just waiting for the off.

#life #travel #train #Bremen #Wuppertal #Osnabrück #Essen

Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPEMay 11
@uc That is no ****ing way to treat a customer. Should lose their job.
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@TimWardCam I don't think you'll find too many people here who agree with you. Firing someone just for a simple comment, over what was effectively an insult, is very north American, not European, not reality.
Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPEMay 11
@uc Well, maybe, but I'd expect some retraining at the very least.
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@TimWardCam

For the "customer". The drivers rarely have any control over what happens underway, so there's no need to insult them. Even my continual comments about delays, missed trains, which are frequent for a traveller like me, don't sink to insults of the staff.

Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPEMay 11
@uc No. I frequently look at my watch whilst travelling, I'm interested in things like whether I'll get to the meeting on time, whether I'll be able to catch the connection, and so on. Interpreting that as rudeness is bizarre.
Show threadBytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱May 11

@TimWardCam

Dude, look at your watch as much as you want. It literally doesn't affect the likely arrival time in the slightest. Leave the staff trying (probably, unknown to you, in difficult or unusual conditions) alone to get the trip done as best they are able.

@uc

Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPEMay 11
@bytebro @uc Sure. But it might affect my decisions as to various actions I can take, ranging from when I go to the loo to whom I phone.
Show threadBytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱May 11

@TimWardCam

Wow. Such hardship.

Best life advice one of my former team-leads gave me decades ago was "Mate, don't get stressed about shit you literally cannot change".

@uc

Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE
@bytebro @uc Which is why I listed a couple of things I *can* change.
May 11 at 4:34pmWeb
Show threadUrban CameraMay 11

@TimWardCam @bytebro

Well, any way, it happened, and we can all have a giggle or a frown and live our lives .. ..