MGF's Official Rant Thread

[Jassassino]

I'll start:



Every week I go into the office once a week, grab a Thameslink to get there. Used to be easy enough, I'd get a seat easy. Over the past 4 or 5 months, there's been exponentially more and more people on my usual train. There's been times in the past few weeks where I would simply have to wait for the next one to be able to get on, and if one was cancelled, I'd be fucked for space on any of them and have to find another way. 

Just let people continue working from home. I actually don't care about all this talk about productivity etc. 

And if there's an uptick on people commuting to the office? Increase the number and size of trains! 

Also, coincidentally, as I was just done typing all the above, an overhead wire for our track broke and we had to get off the train to change to the underground instead. Bruh. 💀

Anyway yeah, what's been on your mind lately? Anything you wanna get off your chest?

[Annoying Prick]

Something I find annoying about going into the office is that they've absolutely becoming stricter about people using off-peak tickets during peak times, which I frequently do. I swear you used to be able to get through the barriers no matter what ticket you had but now it won't let you through unless you travel at the correct time. It costs about half as much and I'm not paying the extortionate price of a peak time ticket!

[Dirty Duck]

Something I find annoying about going into the office is that they've absolutely becoming stricter about people using off-peak tickets during peak times, which I frequently do. I swear you used to be able to get through the barriers no matter what ticket you had but now it won't let you through unless you travel at the correct time. It costs about half as much and I'm not paying the extortionate price of a peak time ticket!

I feel like spending a bit of time in the North and in Wales has made me feel quite grateful for how lax some of the ticket people in the South feel in comparison. They can't take that away from us, it's all we have!

@Jassassino how often do you get a ticket person on Thameslink. I have never, ever had one. I'm sure they exist. But I've never seen one in the flesh.

[Jassassino]

Something I find annoying about going into the office is that they've absolutely becoming stricter about people using off-peak tickets during peak times, which I frequently do. I swear you used to be able to get through the barriers no matter what ticket you had but now it won't let you through unless you travel at the correct time. It costs about half as much and I'm not paying the extortionate price of a peak time ticket!

I feel like spending a bit of time in the North and in Wales has made me feel quite grateful for how lax some of the ticket people in the South feel in comparison. They can't take that away from us, it's all we have!

@Jassassino how often do you get a ticket person on Thameslink. I have never, ever had one. I'm sure they exist. But I've never seen one in the flesh.

I've had a ticket check on Thameslink literally once - it was when I was on my way to Hertfordshire, so well outside of London. Bell ends!

[Dirty Duck]

You know what really brings my piss to a boil? Duo Chocolate Bars. Obviously we all know that they've never been as big as two of the normal ones but very recently it seems like they've now all shrunk to the point where they're practically the same size as a single bar used to be.