Tonight was like going on a pilgrimage home. I got the 19:13 from London bridge having watched a very silly woman on the underground block the other up escalator with her "large bag on wheels" device. When a queue of about 20 had piled up behind her, with lots of people doing the 'head to the side' to see what the hold up was move, some chap tapped her on the shoulder and said "shift it" (or appropriate words to that effect - I couldn't actually hear, but whatever he said was short and effective...).
So the 19:13 train leaves on time and I am nodding off because it been a hard day but I keep waking up because I am worried about making those snorting, snoring noises in public. The train was going at a walking pace most of the way. It was obvious it was going to be late. People were getting stressed.
This service was booked as:
19:13 - 19:45 = 00:32
So we arrive at South Croydon at 19:58 - a full 13 mins late.
The driver gave some excuse about an earlier broken down train but as a passenger on the 19:13 my train was not broken down so why the delay. And why did a train break down anyway? They don't in Japan. I have often got fast trains from London Bridge to East Croydon only to find that the stopping services to South Croydon are 10 mins or more late in arriving at East Croydon. Why? Why not change the timetable to reflect the service we actually get rather than the service we are meant to have.
Rubbish, rubbish service again. It's a wonder no one has gone postal, as I understand the expression is, on one of the trains yet.