Typical

[caddyman]

Well let's all enjoy the irony, shall we?

The Tube network is largely shut down because of the RMT Union drivers' strike. Services are either suspended, partly suspended or severely disrupted depending upon which line you are looking at. Except for the Northern Line, known in London and the South-East as the 'Misery Line' because it is always suffering disruptions because of signal failures etc.

Except today. Today, the Northern Line is providing a good service.

Guess who has arranged to work from home because of the strike? And who arranged delivery of packages today because he was at home? Yep, you guessed.

Luckily, I have emailed my boss and she is cool with me staying here for today while I work through the form design and testing. We are way behind with them and the fewer interruptions I have the better, so it works out well enough, but it is still ironic.

I expect that I shall have to go in tomorrow though, if the drivers on the Northern Line stay at work.

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[budgie-uk.livejournal.com]

I was planning on driving in, since there's stuff that I actually need to be at work to deal with today, but then realised the Northern Line was... working (if sporadically, with several stations closed).

Thought I’d reduce the chances of me being affected by more stations being closed this evening, so I drove to East Finchley and tubed it in from there.

Fingers, arms, legs and everything else crossed that the next shift of Northern Line staff - when they come on duty (this afternoon?) – don’t shut the whole bloody line...

[ellefurtle.livejournal.com]

I should like it to work until I am home tonight and then go down tomorrow as I have arranegd to work from home then if needed! But that's a little selfish Furtle wish :)

[budgie-uk.livejournal.com]

No idea yet whether I'm working from home, or tubing/driving in.

Hope like hell that the guys who came to work today on the Northern Line don't face any "pressure" to not turn up tomorrow...

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

How was the trip in to work today?

[ellefurtle.livejournal.com]

No charring cross branch trains (at least not while I was there and stern advice to just get on the Bank train), then ok journey to Camden where I didn't change as it was absolute bedlam. Went to Bank, got shut inside for a while for crowd control, but overall was ok and only took an extra 25 mins or so.

[nortysarah.livejournal.com]

I spoke to one of the guys at our station. He said it's likely to get worse tomorrow as most of the drivers will want one day off, but as so many of them came in today...