tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6979266876113612242.post882898303255340568..comments2021-02-15T12:28:12.248-08:00Comments on Letters to First Great Western: 22 March 2012. Letter 98Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6979266876113612242.post-22938752426878773882015-07-02T04:29:02.895-07:002015-07-02T04:29:02.895-07:00This service is plagued with delays for years. Th...This service is plagued with delays for years. They not seems to be bothered to improve the service . I should be compensated everyday for running late to work because of these idiotshayesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6979266876113612242.post-56534851945322112422014-05-12T22:46:45.854-07:002014-05-12T22:46:45.854-07:00i keep on recalling the very brief phrases from yo...i keep on recalling the very brief phrases from your letter, Love to read Sansahttp://www.newvisionmarketing.pk/seo-manchesternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6979266876113612242.post-36025975070327390582014-02-07T13:28:47.574-08:002014-02-07T13:28:47.574-08:00You're brilliant, Dom. Congratulations on your...You're brilliant, Dom. Congratulations on your successful "project"! I found your blog by accident and I spent a lot of time reading some of your letter...it was not wasted time, it was entertainment time. I am from Romania, where the train delay is somehow a rule, but fortunately, I travel only once every 2 months. I've never thought to write the management e-mails, because I don't believe they will ever answer me...or at least not without an impressive delay. However, your letters will make time fly during my voyages...it's really good you wrote so many! Thanks! :))Ihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08243381786497031980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6979266876113612242.post-77030456399291433042013-09-04T02:53:50.477-07:002013-09-04T02:53:50.477-07:00Ha! Thankyou megs!Ha! Thankyou megs!Domhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14489205494200226536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6979266876113612242.post-70057934426474126642013-09-03T12:27:18.952-07:002013-09-03T12:27:18.952-07:00You have had me in bits of laughter for 30 MINUTES...You have had me in bits of laughter for 30 MINUTES. You Dom, are a genius! megshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07054094265444805403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6979266876113612242.post-21079355826999220112013-09-02T03:39:49.971-07:002013-09-02T03:39:49.971-07:00You did better than I did, Dom!
When, as one of F...You did better than I did, Dom!<br /><br />When, as one of FGW's drivers I wrote to Mark Hopwood about orchestrated bullying which arose from my various letters about piss poor driver training (a matter which history - i.e. a string of safety incidents - proved me entirely correct to do - my letters were ignored. During my time with FGW, I spent a lot of time putting in suggestions to improve performance and operational safety - and not one received even an acknowledgement. As you can imagine, I also took a lot of care in reporting on-train defects - something which is a requirement of the Rule Book. You'd think it would be seen as helpful if someone pointed out "Oi mate, do you know your exhaust is falling off?" but at FGW, this kind of behaviour is deemed as a threat: to the point my ASLEF reps told me to "Wind your neck in, stop writing reports". <br /><br />Having now joined another train operating company, I can say with certainty that FGW is oppressive and bullying towards any of its staff who dare think they might know better. And if you don't believe me about the incidents, try Googling a very well covered up incident "SPAD B9 Uphill Junction". Here, the brakes on a FGW HST froze up and the train shot past a red signal even though every safety system had intervened to try to stop the train. The incident was ranked as 26 (bloody high) due to the very near chance of a head on collision with another commuter train, just as happened at Ladbroke Grove. Yet FGW escaped a full Rail Accident Investigation Board inquiry, even though full inquiries were deemed necessary for all of the freight trains which had suffered similarly at around the same time. <br /><br />One of the many illustrations of a deranged organisation, obsessed with image is when I was pressured into driving a train during horrendous weather with a broken screenwiper motor. Id brought the train back to Temple Meads by travelling at reduced speed and getting out at each stop to clean the screen by hand, but I was asked to continue the onward journey as there were no spare trains available "Um, I can't see where I'm going!" .... at the same time my Guard was being bollocked by management for wearing a wooly hat in the cold weather as it "didn't look professional".<br /><br />Utterly incompetent c*nts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6979266876113612242.post-9740864361333251142013-08-08T01:57:27.343-07:002013-08-08T01:57:27.343-07:00Hi Dom,
Do you know latest ripoff from FGW.
Try...Hi Dom, <br /><br />Do you know latest ripoff from FGW.<br /><br />Try this ..buy below ticket from Fgw mobile app.<br /><br />Vauxhall to Bristol parkway with on change at Reading for 17.39 train at Vauxhall. Costing £30.50. <br /><br />Noo . Can't find it .. try other companies app and you will. <br /><br />FGW offers tickets routing to its service which costs over £90 but takes around same time to travel. <br /><br />What a ripoff for over packed evening trains.<br /><br />Cheers<br />ManoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6979266876113612242.post-73289473840241076632013-01-07T05:06:25.748-08:002013-01-07T05:06:25.748-08:00Ooh thankyou! But it's Dom, not Mark. Mark'...Ooh thankyou! But it's Dom, not Mark. Mark's the bad guy, right?Domhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14489205494200226536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6979266876113612242.post-60015742521858803042013-01-07T05:00:23.236-08:002013-01-07T05:00:23.236-08:00Mark. I think I love you (but don't tell my bo...Mark. I think I love you (but don't tell my boyfriend). <br /><br />FGW make me feel rage on my daily commute between Reading and Paddington. <br /><br />I hope you have managed to avoid all FGW journeys. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6979266876113612242.post-61104257191514212602012-07-11T04:28:01.454-07:002012-07-11T04:28:01.454-07:00Hi Laura - yes, go for it! Be my guest! Be sure to...Hi Laura - yes, go for it! Be my guest! Be sure to let me know how you get on (my twitter address is on the left somewhere).Domhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14489205494200226536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6979266876113612242.post-14152854021140193362012-07-11T03:08:18.417-07:002012-07-11T03:08:18.417-07:00Dear Dom,
May I begin on congratulating you on yo...Dear Dom,<br /><br />May I begin on congratulating you on your fine work, it has taken dedication, patience and creativity to keep complaining about the same things in a variety of new and eye catching ways! A shame it is the same things over and over they cannot get right. <br /><br />I myself am a commuter between Maidenhead and London daily and can relate to every single word you have ever written. As I am still suffering and will be for the forseeable, I request your permission to continue your efforts in regularly updating Mark on the increasingly poor service, which seems to be getting worse not better.<br /><br />You sir, are my hero. <br /><br />Any information on contacts would be great, all I get from the general email is exerts from press releases, which nine times out of ten are irrelevant to my initial complaint.<br /><br />Between the two of us we might not make much of a difference overall, but it will bring to his attention at least that there is not just one of us out there, but rather thousands that have had enough.<br /><br />Bring on the Cross Rail!! [If this is run by FGW you will find me tied to the tracks]<br /><br />Best regards,<br />LauraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6979266876113612242.post-55179019630088528612012-03-26T14:13:03.770-07:002012-03-26T14:13:03.770-07:00So it's not just me. Glad to hear you have esc...So it's not just me. Glad to hear you have escaped the grind. I've just started out on this blogging lark and took a similar route to you into London.friendoffgwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03688905735441421268noreply@blogger.com