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Fri 7 December 2007 - Who is Vladimir?

Posted in Transport — Daniel @ 8:21am

Who is Vladimir, and why does Connex think he’s affected more than anybody else when the trains are out?

Vladimir, all trains from Sandringham are delayed at Brighton Beach...

6 Responses to “Who is Vladimir?”

  1. nathan Says:
    December 7th, 2007 at 9:35am

    Oh no! The Red Peril!!!! RUN FOR THE HILLS!!!!

  2. Andrew Says:
    December 7th, 2007 at 12:18pm

    Looks like someone cut a bit too much before pasting. What would be the punishment for such sloppiness? Impalement?

  3. Daniel Says:
    December 7th, 2007 at 5:36pm

    Not the first time Vladimir has shown up in this info though; I wonder if it’s a semi-automatic script somewhere which has a bug in it.

  4. Rob K Says:
    December 7th, 2007 at 9:17pm

    It’s actually for Putin. They at Connex have seen what that guy does when he isn’t kept in the loop about EVERYTHING.

  5. Michael Green Says:
    December 8th, 2007 at 1:19pm

    Vladimir might be the *one* person who signed up for that “SMS me when my train’s late or cancelled” service Connex were pushing!

    (We more experienced travellers know to expect trains to be cancelled or running late. It is the default for Connex.)

  6. Roger Says:
    December 9th, 2007 at 10:09am

    Fortunately, I caught an earlier train from Brighton Beach into the city, before the wires went down.
    I love Andrew’s suggestion of impalement. Unfortunately, all Connex’ staff would be too stupid to get the joke.
    Rog.