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Last night, I was working.
Pretty normal shift really, 8 - 3:35. Except we're talking 8 PM to 3:35 AM...
BUT.. I love working night, so IMO that's the best shift there is! People are usually very easy to handle (they're asleep, mostly) and the majority of them is on their way home from something like a night out or similar. Which means they're typically in a very genial mood.
There's just one thing.. the sleep thing...
Because... We're NOT on the train to remember where everybody is supposed to get off - so *IF* people fall asleep.. it's their own responsibility to wake up in time to get off where ever they were supposed to get off the train.
And last night.. there was this guy who didn't:
Now... To make this a little more understandable for those not accustomed to Danish geography, I've attached this map:
(click to open a larger version in a new window)
About the map: The green line is the route the passenger was supposed to take. The red is where he got it all wrong...)
So.. This guy, who was traveling on First Class, was already sound asleep when I boarded the train at Fredericia (on the map that's where the red and green line meet) so I didn't think much about him, reckoning he knew where and when to get up and out.
So, after little more than one hour, the train reaches its terminus, at Aarhus, where I happen to live. So.. When I go through the train to check for leftover luggage and/or passengers, this guy (a man I'd say in his mid fifties) was still there. Still sleeping like a log.
The driver was with me, and we got him stirred to life. And he looked at me, confused (as you typically are when just awoken) - and his words were: "Fredericia? Pattburg? Deutschland?" (translated, from German.. poor tourists...: Fredericia (the station where he should have changed train, the spot where the red and green lines meet) Padborg (the border-station) Germany?
Poor bugger was bound for Germany and had now ended up in the opposite direction. At least this train didn't go any further, some trains continue all the way to Aalborg, 1½ hour further north...
To his luck, the early morning train towards Copenhagen (and Fredericia once more) was just about to depart, so I could point him towards that and ..er.. get rid of him.. that way...
But.. honestly it was pretty hilarious.. I felt bad for the poor german of course, but at the same time it was ..snicker-worthy >:o)
So.. the lesson here: DON'T take the night train without some sort of alarm to wake you up in proper time for you to reach the right destination ;o))
(or at least place a note on yourself with a "please wake me up at ...", because the crew changes several times though the trip so don't count on the person who saw your ticket to also be there when you should get up and out)
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Pretty normal shift really, 8 - 3:35. Except we're talking 8 PM to 3:35 AM...
BUT.. I love working night, so IMO that's the best shift there is! People are usually very easy to handle (they're asleep, mostly) and the majority of them is on their way home from something like a night out or similar. Which means they're typically in a very genial mood.
There's just one thing.. the sleep thing...
Because... We're NOT on the train to remember where everybody is supposed to get off - so *IF* people fall asleep.. it's their own responsibility to wake up in time to get off where ever they were supposed to get off the train.
And last night.. there was this guy who didn't:
Now... To make this a little more understandable for those not accustomed to Danish geography, I've attached this map:
(click to open a larger version in a new window)
About the map: The green line is the route the passenger was supposed to take. The red is where he got it all wrong...)
So.. This guy, who was traveling on First Class, was already sound asleep when I boarded the train at Fredericia (on the map that's where the red and green line meet) so I didn't think much about him, reckoning he knew where and when to get up and out.
So, after little more than one hour, the train reaches its terminus, at Aarhus, where I happen to live. So.. When I go through the train to check for leftover luggage and/or passengers, this guy (a man I'd say in his mid fifties) was still there. Still sleeping like a log.
The driver was with me, and we got him stirred to life. And he looked at me, confused (as you typically are when just awoken) - and his words were: "Fredericia? Pattburg? Deutschland?" (translated, from German.. poor tourists...: Fredericia (the station where he should have changed train, the spot where the red and green lines meet) Padborg (the border-station) Germany?
Poor bugger was bound for Germany and had now ended up in the opposite direction. At least this train didn't go any further, some trains continue all the way to Aalborg, 1½ hour further north...
To his luck, the early morning train towards Copenhagen (and Fredericia once more) was just about to depart, so I could point him towards that and ..er.. get rid of him.. that way...
But.. honestly it was pretty hilarious.. I felt bad for the poor german of course, but at the same time it was ..snicker-worthy >:o)
So.. the lesson here: DON'T take the night train without some sort of alarm to wake you up in proper time for you to reach the right destination ;o))
(or at least place a note on yourself with a "please wake me up at ...", because the crew changes several times though the trip so don't count on the person who saw your ticket to also be there when you should get up and out)
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