Southern Rail train drivers furious

They are just being difficult for the sake of it. I have no sympathy for them whatsoever.

Agreed there they aren't thinking of the amount of passengers who are suffering because of this mess, personally I think they need to shut up and get on with their job, we all got things in our jobs we don't like.

If the job you're are being asked to do is unreasonable then fair enough, but what they are being asked to do is perfectly reasonable and already implemented successfully elsewhere.

Indeed, it clearly looks like there is a hidden agenda.

Nothing is hidden, they want more money in order to do the added tasks and they conductors won't agree because they will be out of a job eventually.

It will be so much better when they just automate the entire network... One can but dream.

Looks like this one is far from over
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/15074412.article/?ref=fbpg

Oh yeah it is clear they want more money, that is what they really want. If only it was Vancouver, the trains are automated there.

Unfortunately that kind of improvement is a long way off, the network is in massive disrepair and has incredibly dated. The best we have is the DLR and parts of the tube.

Makes you wonder where all the money is going from when they keep putting the fares up.

Given TSR is headquartered in Brighton, I imagine the continued mess on Southern has impacted some of them too, when they've needed to go up to town. I used to live in West Sussex, so know that line pretty well. It was busy then. My friends tell me that it's actually worse than it's been reported - people really have had to give up their jobs, move house and do all manner of ridiculous things just because they don't know day to day whether they're going to be able to get to work and, once there, whether there's any possibility of their getting back home before 10pm or whether they'll be kicked off at Crawley.

I've always assumed the people behind TSR to be the ultimate hipters. Old enough to be completely out of touch and quite awkward. They probably live in in Brighton and have no need for the train. Originally when they went there to stay in a madly overpriced studio above a Lush shop in town, and any trip to London would be on the back of a Vespa, or taking a Megabus to be down with the kids.

Now, years later, I assume that TSR staff are even more like aged hipsters. They have beards, tattoos and vintage dresses that are just that little bit too perfect and try-hard, and are married and living in 3-bed semis in Portslade. They still don't need the train.

I've always assumed the people behind TSR to be the ultimate hipters. Old enough to be completely out of touch and quite awkward. They probably live in in Brighton and have no need for the train. Originally when they went there to stay in a madly overpriced studio above a Lush shop in town, and any trip to London would be on the back of a Vespa, or taking a Megabus to be down with the kids.

Now, years later, I assume that TSR staff are even more like aged hipsters. They have beards, tattoos and vintage dresses that are just that little bit too perfect and try-hard, and are married and living in 3-bed semis in Portslade. They still don't need the train.

They're actually really lovely people, not too hipster-y although I have my suspicions about one or two members of the CT...

I believe @Captain Jack travels by train most days, so probably best to ask rather than assume. As for out of touch, I'd say they're doing a pretty good job maintaining the UK's most popular education site...

Ok, this isn't the place for it - but technically and administratively, I'm sure they do a wonderfully competent job. But there's no denying how they're completely out of touch with students. The non-forum content is more awkward than a ginger step-child. Some of the stuff cringes so hard it could initiate a nuclear chain reaction.

TSR has been around a while, and every year, students stay the same age - roughly 16-24, but the TSR staff get older and older.

Given TSR is headquartered in Brighton, I imagine the continued mess on Southern has impacted some of them too, when they've needed to go up to town. I used to live in West Sussex, so know that line pretty well. It was busy then. My friends tell me that it's actually worse than it's been reported - people really have had to give up their jobs, move house and do all manner of ridiculous things just because they don't know day to day whether they're going to be able to get to work and, once there, whether there's any possibility of their getting back home before 10pm or whether they'll be kicked off at Crawley.

I've always assumed the people behind TSR to be the ultimate hipters. Old enough to be completely out of touch and quite awkward. They probably live in in Brighton and have no need for the train. Originally when they went there to stay in a madly overpriced studio above a Lush shop in town, and any trip to London would be on the back of a Vespa, or taking a Megabus to be down with the kids.

Now, years later, I assume that TSR staff are even more like aged hipsters. They have beards, tattoos and vintage dresses that are just that little bit too perfect and try-hard, and are married and living in 3-bed semis in Portslade. They still don't need the train - they've got a Vauxhall Meriva to go to Sainsburys and back when the Ocado slots are too expensive.