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NickD

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  1. - People who do not anticipate barriers at tube stations- People who try to read the metro when there is no room to move you arms- People who stand on the left hand side of escalators- People who don't let you get a word in- People.. pretty muchYou should see me on my way to work... great fun!
  2. Never understood the whole 'Nightclub without alcohol' thing... would be very surprised if this didn't fail. Kabz, seems unfair for you to say that. Usually the point of people going out and clubbing is to drink etc.
  3. Wouldn't go so far to say swarm done well. Operating with one train for more than 50% of the day and I witnessed 3 shutdowns.
  4. 23rd March 2012I've just returned from my first trip to the park for about 2 years, overall I am impressed by the improvements and the place seems to have made some changes for the good. The park seems much fore easy to navigate around than previously. Additions such as the walk from the saw island towards crust by Colossus is great (I understand this is probs due to the addition of saw alive) but it is something that frustrated me previously.Staff -, well , it's a difficult one .. they deffinately didn't stand out for me a majority of the time today. It's a toughy because there are some that really do make the effort and some than seem like they really don't care. There also seem to be others who are too busy shouting between quantum to their mates working on zodiac. I understand it's a social workplace, but for people that are in control of safety I would expect maybe a little more professionalism. I think the main point on the staff issue is that a fair number didn't seem very enthuasitic at all , alot of 'Face like a slapped ass' kind of people.Presentation - seems to have improved absolutely miles since I used to visit, a few things maybe here and there. I understand though that it is early in the season, if the standard that has been set so far can be maintained it will be noticed by guests. If something needs to odd paint job, don't leave it all until the end of the year, because come the end of october the place looks like a bombsite.Reliability - .. well , it was terrible today. But I understand it may have been one of those days, I'm not too bothered but if this was in the peak of summer it would've been a fair problem.Music - Seems to be better accross the park, I don't mind the change of music on rides such as vortex, fits in for the target audience and makes perfect sense. Only nag would be Stealth area, a short delay 50/50 of speakers , short but is awfully frustrating and irritating when you are in the area.Swarm - If future additions to the park can follow suit, the park is heading in the right direction, an excellent addition. Well doneI'm a very critical person , and I've come away today thinking that I will be coming back with some friends later in the year. If the park can manage to do that for their other guests, they will be in a great situation.That's all for now.
  5. - People who take forever at cashpoints- People who take forever on ticket machines at train / tube stations- People who get on the train and say 'can you move down please' when there is clearly no space
  6. What would you expect them to do / say? Not being rude by the way, just wondering.
  7. My first ever ride.... crazy to think it was ten years ago now! Looking into it, riding Colossus changed my life (this is looking very deep into it) it eventually led to me getting my first job in a theme park and moving on to where I am today! Shame that I absolutely hate the thing these days.
  8. I'm looking forward to this. Considering I haven't been for two years! Hope to see some old fimiliar faces, and meet new ones.
  9. Will be good to catch up with some faces that I haven't seen for a while!
  10. Merlin has, and always will be an employer of which you need to perform acts of oral sex to progress anywhere further than a team leader position. I'm not going to bang on about why I got the sack there ... but just be careful , you can't trust many people there (it may of changed , this was 5 years ago nearly) and don't carry £300 cash on you either , they don't like that lol
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    Jobs..

    Have just started my new job as Software Support Manager for Barts & The Royal London NHS Trust. Am based in Whitechapel (which is like pakistan) but they have just spent 400m on an absolutely amazing new hospital. Am enjoying it all thus far, continue with a crappy induction tomorrow on how to lift up boxes and all that boring sheet.
  12. I'm tempted , I haven't been for 2 years lol!
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    Football

    RIP Gary SpeedWales Manager & Outfield Player with the most appearances in the premier league.At 42 years of age he has taken his own life leaving behind a wife and two children. Such a shame.
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    Television

    Hooked on darts at the moment.. guess I'll be the only one lol
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    Jobs..

    Not far off the same situation. I have currently got what is called a 'Flexible Contract' at Next, absolutely brilliant idea. I am a self employed contractor so am sometimes out of work, what this basically means is that whenever my contracts expire, I can work there whilst I look for a new one (better than sitting at home) I am also doing what are called 'Bank Shifts' at a local hospital, the pay is pretty good and I often get phone calls if anybody has phoned in sick (quite often). I have two interviews tomorrow! One for the RBS As a Financial Change Analyst (which would be amazing!)Other for a hospital over in Bristol!
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    Youtube Videos

    Tussauds Zone YoutubeFor those who remember, TussaudsZone was a sit that myself and Phill made back in around 2005 , we later merged with TPM before all going our seperate ways. All that now remains is this youtube channel which includes numerous On Ride / Off Ride Videos from 2005 +.
  17. Banks I get paid for work every month, and they seem to invent random charges and ****. "We have upgraded you to a silver account" - This means that I pay £6 a month for absolutely nothing of any use to me at all. £6 comes out of the account that I no longer use, this then incurrs an unplanned overdraft fee of £10 per day. Thus meaning that this month, without realizing it, I have tallied up £80 of charges for something that I no longer use.I have continually asked them to close my account, but it's much easier said than done , you have to wait weeks for a massive stack of paperwork to fill out before they can close it. Annoying.Phone bills are another one ... I never phone people, I text , use a bit of internet , emails... yet somehow I manage to get an 80 quid bill every month.These things, annoying , but whats most annoying is that you rarely have any luck disputing anything.
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    Jobs..

    Been out of work for a week and I honestly have no idea how anyone manages it. What the hell is there to do all day? Arghhhhh!
  19. Even worse for me.. I've been here for about 6-7 years... I was a right **** back then (waiting for the 'you still are' comments)
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    Jobs..

    Got in to work to find that I have an interview at 11 :/
  21. Agreed there, but what if there was a party that wasn't racist and actually tackled our problems. My main concern is that we have places such as Croydon and Thornton Heath (where I work) where I am one of the onlly white person on every bus, the only white person walking down the street, the only person talking english in the cafe every morning, unfortunately, that means that we have failed.People who immigrate to this country and actually socialize with British people are excellent, but this country has failed in doing that. This is not a Multi-Cultural society, you have areas of mainly non-british and then areas of british people. This.
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    Football

    They incite the violence to give out as many banning orders as possible. If you ever see videos of what happened last year against Cardiff it is SO obvious what they are doing, give the fans enough space to get at eachother for 2 minutes and then call for the backup. Dodgy tactics, hence why a few I know who had decent llawyers absolutely tore apart the met in court.
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