RE: Virgin challenges Jeremy Corbyn train footage
August 24, 2016 at 4:37 pm
(This post was last modified: August 24, 2016 at 4:51 pm by ReptilianPeon.)
No, I'm saying to the people that think this is a "bullshit move", yes (most?) politicians are liable to bullshit moves to one extent on another and it was unfair to single him out on this. I don't think it was a bullshit move personally. Maybe Jeremy simply didn't know he could sit in the reserved seating if it isn't being used by another passenger? He wasn't sat on the floor for the entire journey (only about forty-five minutes of the three hour journey, until a friendly member of staff informed him that a seat had become available).
Virgin Trains have little clear signage on their trains saying you can sit in the reserved seating if you haven't got the correct ticket for it. People who book online (which apparently Jeremy and his wife didn't) typically get reserved seating in trains at no extra cost. Usually, the majority of carriages on inter-city trains contain reserved seating. However, train companies aren't always clear on whether you can use the seats if they aren't being used. The lack of signage can be especially troubling if you're socially reserved.
I quote the below article:
Who, What, Why: When can you sit in a reserved seat on a train?
Edit: And why did Virgin Trains wait until now to release the footage? Jeremy was on that train on the 11th of August. Two weeks ago basically.
Virgin Trains have little clear signage on their trains saying you can sit in the reserved seating if you haven't got the correct ticket for it. People who book online (which apparently Jeremy and his wife didn't) typically get reserved seating in trains at no extra cost. Usually, the majority of carriages on inter-city trains contain reserved seating. However, train companies aren't always clear on whether you can use the seats if they aren't being used. The lack of signage can be especially troubling if you're socially reserved.
I quote the below article:
Quote:"When you book online, you [typically] automatically get a seat reservation whether you ask for it or not," says Mark Smith, who runs The Man In Seat Sixty-One rail website.
...
"I think on Virgin trains it is often very ambiguous. One of the things shy people have a problem with is social ambiguity - if things aren't clear. There might be a bag on it, people might have gone to the toilet."
Who, What, Why: When can you sit in a reserved seat on a train?
Edit: And why did Virgin Trains wait until now to release the footage? Jeremy was on that train on the 11th of August. Two weeks ago basically.
