On a daily basis I park my car about 10 mins away from Gunnersbury tube station, and tube to Green Park (via Hammersmith).  This makes my commute from Reading somewhat longer, however for now, needs must.  The cheapest central London parking I’ve found is in Hammersmith, around 20 for the day (bare in mind my typical day runs from 0600 till 2300).  Parking nearer the office sets me back 35 for my typical day, so for now I tolerate the longer journey time – the longer term plan is to buy a parking space in the car park near the office… Mayfair, not cheap!

Anyway, back to the reason for my ranting; this morning I arrived at Gunnersbury for 0615, there was a train scheduled for 0620, this would have allowed me to get to the Soho temple in time for morning prayers.  I have been encouraged to attend the morning program before work by one on my clients, who helps and guides me a lot , and who I look up to.

You can understand my frustration then when the bloody tube doesn’t show up.  Not cancelled or delayed, it just disappears off of the board as if it had arrived and left… The following two tubes do the same thing, and no one says boo.  Its not like its the first time this has happened, but still its worth ranting about.  We get slapped with congestion tax supposedly to improve public transport, when in fact the money is poured into enforcement cameras.  The tax funding the taxation… I look forward to the day that I can sever any reliance on the public transport in this country – its one of the things that really lets our great nation down.  I’d understand if this happened (as it typically does) in the country, such as up in Malvern, but come on, this is London!

Makes you really appreciate the Swiss public transport system.

eBay have without a doubt the worst and most frustrating customer service in the universe, both known and unknown.  I am sure as we discover more of the universe they will still continue to offer the worst level of customer service.

I am too irritated to go into why they suck, but suffice it to say I deal with a lot of people and a lot of companies, this is the worst experience I have ever had.  They are worse than the Three phone network – and thats saying something!