I must admit, I don't have a lot of inspiration for today's post. After the day I had at work yesterday, I decided to take a 'mental health' day today, and spend have some me time. The bulk of my day has consisted of a mini-facial, shopping, and watching the movie Stardust, which my boyfriend would have consented to watch with me as long as he could fall asleep and not be forced to admit he liked it.
This evening, I met up with him after work to have drinks with his workmates, who apparently are sick of hearing about me and want to meet me. It was conveniently the birthday of one of them, so he decided it was the perfect time to show me off. I wasn't sure what to think of the 'you're quite pretty, actually' comments. Did they for some reason not think that I was pretty? Or do they think my boyfriend's not good looking enough to pull someone like me? More to the point, what kind of woman, upon meeting another woman, uses the phrase 'you're quite pretty actually'? Although obviously these were the kind of people who think outside the box, because by the time we left, I'd seem a demonstration of t-bagging given by a woman, and tits pressed against glass. Don't get me wrong, I've seen much worse behaviour than this at drunken parties, but this was a first seeing it at a work social club hosted friday drinks in the rec room on work premises. If I felt so inclined to demonstrate the interaction of a standing man's privates with the mouth of a woman on her back, or show how my tits look pressed against a window, I'd make certain that it wasn't in the presence of people I expected to respect and work with me on Monday morning. Maybe that's just me.
We left early anyway, in an effort to catch the last train home before our station was shut early tonight for trackwork over the weekend. Which we thought we had successfully managed, until we got to one stop before our station and were told that the train terminated there, despite previous announcements that the train would stop all stations to the end of the line. Queensland Rail ineptitude strikes again! It seems they had decided to start the trackwork earlier than expected, no doubt brought on by the sudden pelting rain that had started only half an hour before. They thoughtfully provided buses to deliver us to our destination, in only twice the time it would have taken for the whole trip on the train. They also apologised for the inconvenience, which obviously was heartfelt and gracefully accepted... By all but one woman, who was, it seemed, determined to argue with security until the train continued it's journey.
Now, I understand this woman's frustration, and I even gave vent to a few choice words on my way to the buses. But I still fail to see how sticking a flyer under the nose of someone not even technically employed by QR and yelling that the train must continue, because the station doesn't close until 8pm and she has a flyer to prove it, is actually going to do any good. Did she perhaps think that the security guard would suddenly see her point of view, and command the train to continue to all stops until 8pm (still half an hour away at this point)? Quite frankly, even if all of the passengers banded together and refused to leave the station any other way than that train I doubt it would have made any difference, let alone if one person did so. We'd probably all be sitting there tired, cold, hungry and wet until trains started running again at midnight on Sunday.
QR certainly don't seem to show much concern for the passengers they transport. It's more about the money, as recent issues with their new ticketing system (with 10-trip passes replacing weekly ones that are discounted) clearly proves. I personally think it's about time that they started being fined for cancelling trains - more when they don't even bother to announce it's not coming. And how about ticket refunds for late trains? In fact, I reckon something similar to the Customer Service Guarantees that apply to phone connections would go down well here. The later it is, the more you get back. Maybe I should do up a petition and send it to parliament, what do you think? If you've got an opinion, leave a comment and let me know. Meanwhile, I might pop back down to that train station with a sandwich. 8pm was a while ago, the protestors might be getting hungry!
Much love!
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