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The biggest cause of train delays, I put down to passengers who take their time boarding, or running up and down the platform supposedly looking for their mate/friend before boarding.
One guy did this to me almost daily on one train when I was a Guard on an EMU, so after getting fed-up with his antics, one night he did it, and when he was between doors, so I closed them, and off we went, leaving him an hour to wait for the next one. The next day when he saw I was on the train again, he got on the nearest door, and when I got to him he complained, so I told him Not to run up and down the platform, when you can walk through the train as all others including myself do. Needless to say, he took notice and always boarded through the nearest door after that.
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I wouldn't say I am old, but when I was a youngster, the Dead Sea was still alive.
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