Graceland

shit kinda hit the fan really.

picked myu docket (work schedule up), then promptly lost the fucker - good start i think

go up to clitheroe on the 16:23 from manchester, steps out onto platform at darwen and falls flat on my arse - icy platform

battery then goes flat on the ticket machine - fortunately i always carry a spare , but it shouldnt go flat after issueing about 10 tickets

on the way back from clitheroe, gets into bolton, and slides the crewdoor window down, not realising it was spring loaded, and it promptly shoots back up and twats me in the face, giving me one classy shiner for my right eye - lovely.!!!!

have a break at 19:20 and then go out for the 20:01 liverpool crimestreet service from manchester victoria - goes out to find that a shitty 142 is waiting there "bus on rails" thing - instead of the class 158 (express luxury thing) that it was booked - anyway, the 158 pulls in, and i decde to quickly check the 142 for people traveling to liverpool - it promptly empties and my train fulls up .

gets down to liverpool without a problem and have a 50 min break.

go out for the 22:48 liverpool crimestreet to blackpool north and i aint got a driver - oh joy. and some pisshead decides to fall into the back cab and refuses to leave - bt police on hand on the platform swiftly drag him off and escort him away

driver turns up 5 mins late - typical. lol

anyway, get on our way, and get to prescott and someone tells me that the front door on the rear coach is not opening, ok, i go down to have a look, and the munter was only pressing the close button to open the door .

once got past bryn, get 10 mins before arriving at wigan north western - not to bad, only thing was, my ticket machine had no fares in for that route - so had to go get the fare book and piss about finding fares - very time consuming!!!!!. so sorts all that out and sell a load of tickets.

get to wigan north western and a woman wants to get on with 2 prams - nowt wrong with that, tell her to use the disabled area as it is for pram accomodation aswell - only to have 2 stubborn blokes sat there refuse to move, even tho there are 60 empty seats on the train - full scale arguement becomes between the woman, her boyfriend and these blokes - i was down the other end of the train at this point dealing with 2 slightly merry blokes trying to tell me that a 6.10 fare each was to expensive and they only wanted to pay a quid - nobbers, i got 12.20 out of them in the end

then wander back down the train and start to deal with the argueing people - only to calm the situation at first, which is good, then pull into euxton and balshaw station and some snotty nose arsefucker gets off and gives me a mouthfull about not doing my job properly, i politely tell him i can only be in 1 place at 1 time to deal with 1 problem and i arnt a miracle worker, turns out this bloke is only a reporter for the local preston rag and took photo's of the argueing people to rpint in the paper - what a fucking arsetwat - i hope that he enjoys a nice lible case from the 2 overly rich blokes who he took pictures of.

anyway, the situation is now calm, we arrive at leyland and the 2 blokes now agree to move and let the woman sit down in the big space for prams and pushchairs, but insist on pointing out there is no signs about it, to which i reply "i have not studdied the art of municiple sineage and only do my job" they burst out laughing and everyone is very happy once again.


arrive in preston and i get off and wait for the 23:29 to manchester victoria.

it arrives on time, nice and steady job back only stopping at bolton and manchester victoria - wander down the train to find the gangway doors between 2 units locked up (a 156 and a 153 together, can open gangway doors between and walk thru). rings the driver to ask him if there are any switches and sensors on the doors that would apply the breaks if opened, he says he dunno - so i leave it, and then the 2nd battery goes flat on the ticket machine - arse!.

get into manchester victoria and sort everything out and its pissing down - get soaked walking to the car - double arse!!!!

a perpect end to a perfect night - front bumper falls off going down motorway , one of the brackets on the front failed and it sagged down and broke the side brakcet and caused it to drag and rub away a lot of it. arse arse arse arse arse arse arse arse

i think i may go back on the sick


the end. lmao

R4N SS

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JohnnyB

Not good then Gracie

Fudgey

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doh

Stu.H

lol

took ur mind off other things tho mate?

CharlieSaff

bugger

CliffRS4

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JamesH

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TheBishMan

What a shite night!! Good read though mate!!

MFR_Tim

dont set your alarm clock for today

xr_craig

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Pics of the bumper?