So this mornings journey to work started off with the ticket office being shut. That's the first time I can ever remember it being shut at 8am. A couple of ticket inspectors were selling tickets in the street - almost like touts outside a concert shouting "Standing tickets for the 8:09".
Only when I got to the platform the 08:01 was delayed till 08:12 and the 08:09 till 08:13. When the 08:01 did turn up it was packed - I could not get on so had to wait for the 08:09 which came in a few minutes later. And the heating was on. Again. In summer. Idiots.
I get to London Bridge and the Jubilee has a points failure - long delays and huge crowds so I opted for a Northern line journey to Bank and then the DLR to Canary wharf. It was so hot and crowded that I now know what boiled potatoes feel like.
And then I find out that the Rail companies want to reduce the number of some services and charge a congestion fee for certain peek trains while the passenger numbers are rising! - Independent and the Government have a little somethign to say. Hang on - I am already paying the full whack for my pre 09:30 journey and they want to charge me more? Yes we have known the trains are over 100% capacity - they have been well before the Clapham rail crash enquiry pointed out that they shouldn't be years ago.
The Londonist has a few choice words to say.
And look - the train companies are making huge profits. Train companies not minting it (says train companies).
I despair.