If I could just
get through this shift
I’d write
a poem
about something more than this station
or what people sound like
as they rush through this instrument
PA
“The Victoria line is currently part suspended between Walthamstow Central and Victoria with Minor delays on the rest of the line due to a person ill on a train at Kings Cross. Tickets will be accepted on local bus services”
I try to say it in one breath, I get as far as “person” before sucking a lungful of air in and attempting to continue
I sound
like a concertina
Take two
PA
“The Victoria line is currently part suspended (small breath) between Walthamstow Central and Victoria (small breath) with Minor delays on the rest of the line due to a person ill on a train earlier at Kings Cross (big breath try not to cough) Tickets will be accepted on local bus services”
Beep beep
Service update from service control the Victoria Line now has Severe delays I repeat the Victoria Line now has severe delays service control out
Ok..
PA
“There are currently severe delays on the Victoria Lone due to a person (due to a person what?.. )
Breathe
PA
“There are currently severe delays on the Victoria Line due to a person.. ill.. on a train earlier at Kings Cross”
A Stock
S Stock
412 hold at Aldgate please, hold at Aldgate
This is information only, please use the ticket machines
Would you like a hand?
Touch your oyster card on the yellow circle
Just push the gate
Push the gate
Push it
No not pull
Push
There is no need to speak to me like that madam
Stop swearing
PA
Please keep your belongings with you at all times and report any unattended item to a member of staff or a police officer
Beep beep
Service update from service control the Victoria line now has minor delays, minor delays, service control out.
Okay..
PA
“The Victoria line currently has minor delays due to a person ill on a train earlier at Kings Cross”
All the fours at Farringdon can you hold there please
Did you say how much is a monthly one to five?
£180.50 Sir
Just push the gate
Push the gate
Push it
No not pull
Push
Where?
Take the Metropolitan line to Finchley road, then change for the Jubilee line southbound to Westminster take the river exit you’ll see the London Eye across the water and Big Ben behind you
For St Paul’s cathedral you want St Paul’s it’s on the Central line
Last train from Baker Street departs at eleven minutes passed midnight
Your welcome
Service update from service control there is now a good service operating on the Victoria line, I repeat, a good service now operating on the Victoria line service control out
PA
“ There is a good service oeprating on all London Underground lines”
Just push the gate
Push the gate
Push it
No not pull
Push
3 comments:
May be just another shift to you, but I loved reading it. The combination of fast pace, dealing with public and ho-hum repetition of one's workday. Thank you for letting me peer into the window at the station. :)
haha love it - you took me right back to london tube madness..i love the london tube...and maybe i should've visited when i was in brighton... will be back for sure... please mind the gap!!
wow you took me into your world for a bit...whole lot of chaos eh...nice felt the repitition as well...just push the damn gate....haha
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