Originally posted by psychocandy
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Longest train commute/ train in south east.
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostI woke up at 7.30am this morning.The commute downstairs to the office was strenuous, one of the kinder left their toy car on the stairs. Nearly took me out I tell you."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by psychocandy View PostYou get used to it. Up at 545, in office by 8. Leave 4 or 430 - home by 530 or 6.
See the kids before the youngest goes to bed. Not a problem. .
Spend a lot of time throughout the day with mine, don't appreciate it until I read something like this."Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostActually that's a little sad.
Spend a lot of time throughout the day with mine, don't appreciate it until I read something like this.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by LondonManc View PostI left the house at 4:30 this morning to get the 5:05 train from Manchester to London Euston. I'll stay over 3 nights and head home on Thursday evening, working from home on Friday.
I used to work in Geneva and it was a shorter and cheaper commute than virgin trainsRule Number 1 - Assuming that you have a valid contract in place always try to get your poo onto your timesheet, provided that the timesheet is valid for your current contract and covers the period of time that you are billing for.
I preferred version 1!Comment
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostActually that's a little sad.
Spend a lot of time throughout the day with mine, don't appreciate it until I read something like this.Rhyddid i lofnod psychocandy!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by psychocandy View PostProbably not too bad compared to some. At least Im home most nights..."Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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Originally posted by BoredBloke View PostDone that for quite a few years and don't miss it one bit but they wouldn't go for the WFH malarky. I used to catch that train each Monday - scoff my fry up and try to get some sleep. Leaving the house that early is crap as it means you have to be up at 4 - making Mondays a very long day. I used to have to be out for 4:20 and have one of the selection of local nutter taxi drivers who would ferry me into town.
I used to work in Geneva and it was a shorter and cheaper commute than virgin trainsThe greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't existComment
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3 hours door to door each day (up to 2 days WFH in theory, although in practice I needed to be with the rest of the team most days so i'd head it to main site, or another office anyway), and it is tiring. Been doing it for 6 months and was planning to be on this project until the end of the year but called it a day and self benched from this Friday. I backfilled for me so leaving on good terms. For me though, it wasn't so much the travel that done for me, but the extra hours expected to be worked on top - definitely not smooth project, and all the extras just makes it unsustainable.
If work was more controlled then i could easily have stuck it out, but for me the work wasn't fun so easier to bail and look forward to a long hot summerI am what I drink, and I'm a bitter manComment
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Originally posted by psychocandy View Post<snip>
Considering a role in London. 1hr 45 by train. Pricing is nuts - £216 for a one off return or £234 for a weekly season. I think every day would be bit mad but it might be worth doing the trek home once/twice a week.
Anyone do similar? Am I living in a fantasy world though expecting trains into/out of london at peak times to be not rammed full?
Bugger driving though - even google maps is telling me up to 4 hours for the drive in the morning...Comment
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