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26.11.2012, 14:42
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It's clearly easy to measure the tardiness of a bus or tram, and there's a little box next to the driver telling them how may seconds ahead or behind schedule they are.
What is lacking though, is any sort of consideration for the passengers as they are strewn about the aisles as the driver pilots his vehicle like a demented teenage boy in a pimped up Clio, while they vainly try to make up that 30 second deficit.
Not to mention the doors slamming into those hapless passengers naive enough to have let the previous evacuees shakily stumble out, before they attempted to board this second rate roller coaster.
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26.11.2012, 14:50
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| Quote: | |  | | | Not to mention the doors slamming into those hapless auslander passengers naive enough to have let the previous evacuees shakily stumble out, before they attempted to board this second rate roller coaster. | | | | | FTFY
That'll be foreigners - no Swiss worth his or her salt would wait for the people to get off before they try to get on, as we well know from all the threads on this topic...  | | The following 10 users would like to thank Carlos R for this useful post: | |
26.11.2012, 15:01
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So, those old Basel trams weren't painted in British Racing Green for nothing then 
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26.11.2012, 15:02
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Must be a Basel thing |
26.11.2012, 15:07
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| Quote: | | | | | So, those old Basel trams weren't painted in British Racing Green for nothing then
Sounds like fun | | | | | It's the BLT ones with the go-faster red stripe you have to watch out for!  |
26.11.2012, 15:13
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Good. They don't go fast enough in my opinion. I took the tram to the office earlier for the first time in ages, due to the rain. And wow was it slow. Slow slow slow.
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26.11.2012, 15:19
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Where's the lady who didn't like the phrase "First World Problems"? | Quote: | |  | | | "When my tram struggles to stay within the tiny margin of error which is legally allowed, I get slightly jostled and I can't apply my lipstick accurately. The other day, I even got my fat first world ass slightly bruised on the corner of my iPad case sticking out of my Tumi briefcase" | | | | | You've changed, bonny lad
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26.11.2012, 15:23
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I love it! lol
I understand what your saying but i think its a small price to pay for the very efficient transport |
26.11.2012, 15:36
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I love it when the door slams in my face. It teaches me to be punctual. My idea of heaven is a place where bus drivers close the door in my face.
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26.11.2012, 15:38
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Can I be the first to say First World Problem?
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26.11.2012, 15:38
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| Quote: | | | | | I love it when the door slams in my face. It teaches me to be punctual. My idea of heaven is a place where bus drivers close the door in my face. | | | | | I never thought I'd hear Leeds described as heaven.
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26.11.2012, 15:39
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| Quote: | | | | | Where's the lady who didn't like the phrase "First World Problems"?
You've changed, bonny lad | | | | | | Quote: | | | | | Can I be the first to say First World Problem? | | | | | You can try. But you will fail
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26.11.2012, 15:39
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All's well in timetables and war, until the busses start drifting downhill here to make up time...
And these MAN busses all seem to be designed with the notion that riders only want to stand... Makes the balancing act more interesting, I guess...
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26.11.2012, 15:39
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| Quote: | | | | | Where's the lady who didn't like the phrase "First World Problems"? | | | | | | Quote: | | | | | Can I be the first to say First World Problem? | | | | | No.
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26.11.2012, 15:39
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| Quote: | | | | | Can I be the first to say First World Problem? | | | | | No. Way off the pace... | Quote: | | | | | Where's the lady who didn't like the phrase "First World Problems"? | | | | | |
26.11.2012, 15:40
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| Quote: | | | | | | Quote: | | | | | | Quote: | | | | | You can try. But you will fail | | | | | No. | | | | | No. Way off the pace... | | | | | Aarrghhh... the triple irony... | | The following 6 users would like to thank Carlos R for this useful post: | |
26.11.2012, 15:40
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| Quote: | | | | | You can try. But you will fail | | | | | Ach. Failure. At. My. First. Attempt.
Back to work it is then.
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26.11.2012, 16:07
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Breezy - as slow as a Basel tram.
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26.11.2012, 20:30
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| Quote: | | | | | Breezy - as slow as a Basel tram. | | | | | But not as bright.  | | The following 2 users would like to thank Breezy for this useful post: | |
26.11.2012, 20:34
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I have a feeling that my grievance isn't being treated with the consideration and respect it merits.
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