{"id":223,"date":"2008-08-14T19:18:25","date_gmt":"2008-08-14T18:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.weirdbutinagoodway.co.uk\/blog\/?p=223"},"modified":"2009-01-05T11:13:29","modified_gmt":"2009-01-05T10:13:29","slug":"no-bullet-jibe-for-train-row-soldier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weirdbutinagoodway.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/08\/14\/no-bullet-jibe-for-train-row-soldier\/","title":{"rendered":"‘No bullet’ jibe for train row soldier"},"content":{"rendered":"

After writing of the insults I received courtesy of a train manager on my journey south the other day (here)<\/a> I came across an article in today’s Metro that sounded all too familiar. It seems Cross Country Trains managers are at it again, and not even our armed forces are impervious to their jibes<\/p>\n

A teenage solider traveling home from a tour of duty in Iraq is removed from a train after getting irate with a smart mouthed train manager whom, after asking the solider to pay full fare quipped:<\/p>\n

‘I don’t know what you’re complaining about. It is not as if you’ve taken a bullet or anything.’<\/p>\n

Full Story HERE<\/a><\/p>\n

I wonder if Zachary had encountered the same man I was I faced with, I seriously hope so as maybe this time his superiors maybe forced to take action!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After writing of the insults I received courtesy of a train manager on my journey south the other day (here) I came across an article in today’s Metro that sounded all too familiar. It seems Cross Country Trains managers are at it again, and not even our armed forces are impervious to their jibes A … Continue reading ‘No bullet’ jibe for train row soldier<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[72,71,74,73],"class_list":["post-223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wbiagw","tag-cross-country","tag-cross-coutry-trains","tag-insults","tag-trans"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6WGy-3B","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":222,"url":"https:\/\/www.weirdbutinagoodway.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/08\/11\/a-word-of-warningrant-rant-rant\/","url_meta":{"origin":223,"position":0},"title":"A word of warning….(rant rant rant) Cross Country Train Managers are SHIT","date":"August 11, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"CrossCountry trains have the most appalling train managers. 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