The Hidden Struggles Of Working On The London Underground | The Tube

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  • Station assistant Jackie is thrown in the deep end, and there's a suicide attempt at Victoria.
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ความคิดเห็น • 988

  • @SuzieNerds
    @SuzieNerds 5 ปีที่แล้ว +937

    This is why I'm always polite to service workers.

    • @qhostprincess
      @qhostprincess 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Genuinely. They’re people too!! They’re trying to help, and at the end of the day... they are earning to live. It’s so unfair to take your frustrations out on them.

    • @petehouse8380
      @petehouse8380 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Well done.

    • @ph11p3540
      @ph11p3540 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      YOu are a very rare person. We need more people like you.

    • @dashcamexplorationuk1692
      @dashcamexplorationuk1692 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@ph11p3540 I am polite to workers as well and I love doing so

    • @racheldemain1940
      @racheldemain1940 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So am I . It's a tough job in the Service and Hospitality industry.

  • @WhatLegendsAreMadeOf
    @WhatLegendsAreMadeOf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1001

    Alan the train driver, just an absolute genuine person. I hope he mentally recovers from these acts. Sad for both victims.

    • @krashd
      @krashd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      He's likely retired by now, this was over 20 years ago. the cops still had titty helmets.

    • @Joe-fe4xi
      @Joe-fe4xi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Rob Fraser 15* 🙂

    • @tonywilson9606
      @tonywilson9606 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Terribly sad for Alan, and so upsetting for the young guy that felt so lost and alone.
      We should all be kinder and mindful of others.

    • @denfitzpatrick5988
      @denfitzpatrick5988 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mr J

    • @denfitzpatrick5988
      @denfitzpatrick5988 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rob Fraser no

  • @bethaniebentley1340
    @bethaniebentley1340 5 ปีที่แล้ว +708

    Seeing the train driver uncontrobaly shake has hit me hard, I really hope he's ok.

    • @maryoneill9630
      @maryoneill9630 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      me to, i cried looking at him.

    • @misterced4629
      @misterced4629 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Yes I hope he is ok I blame the suicidal people for this

    • @misterced4629
      @misterced4629 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Gencturk92 bruh I am 14 I am way too young to be a train driver

    • @GamingForLifeGFL
      @GamingForLifeGFL 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@Gencturk92 Calm down, if u were about to go over someone on a train and feel the bump after going over them, u defo wouldn't be saying that

    • @Gencturk92
      @Gencturk92 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GamingForLifeGFL yeah but i wouldn't quit my job for that, its being a pussy

  • @kansascitysouthernfan6966
    @kansascitysouthernfan6966 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1814

    Sad that a driver has to deal with a suicidal person once, but twice? Damn I feel bad for this driver.

    • @simmer484
      @simmer484 5 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      There is an article on the BBC site about a overground train driver who had 4 or 5 in his career. He had PTSD

    • @tachi2.07
      @tachi2.07 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yeah, horrible

    • @RatorLP
      @RatorLP 5 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      I used to know a Train driver for DB Regio here in Germany who had 9 suicides during his career. His first 8 were pretty „normal“, but after the 9th at his age of 62 he had a mental breakdown. He quit his job, became a gardener and passed away two years later (not because of the suicides, it was something else but I don’t want to share too much details publicly as I‘m still in contact with his son). I‘ve only met him 2-3 times, but he was such an awesome person and trains were the thing in his life he loved the most, and I felt very sad as I heard that he was no longer with us. Shit like this always happens to the good persons on this planet.

    • @LaurinLaki
      @LaurinLaki 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Unfortunately, 2 isnt really a whole lot, its “normal“.

    • @kishanjadeja6894
      @kishanjadeja6894 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Don't worry... He gets extra pay..... He's happy

  • @nadiabairamis3854
    @nadiabairamis3854 5 ปีที่แล้ว +411

    It breaks my heart, that poor kid, crying when he realised he wasn't going to die. I really hope he found help, i was in tears watching this. And the poor driver, the trauma of going through that, and he's such a good guy. This episode was really tragic and heart breaking.

    • @XoXoXo-wq4yg
      @XoXoXo-wq4yg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Laz Arus that kid is a selfish fucking loser. It would have caused the driver a lifetime of grief and guilt killing a person. That’s the ultimate selfish act having someone else kill you. If you want to die then have the balls to do it yourself. Don’t be a coward and cause someone else a lifetime of guilt

    • @bobjacobson858
      @bobjacobson858 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@XoXoXo-wq4yg It's like what (at least in the US) is called "death by cop"--a suicidal person threatens a cop with a gun or something that looks like a gun, and the cop shoots in self-defense.

    • @lukejnz
      @lukejnz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      @@XoXoXo-wq4yg it's a mental illness, they can't help it. Have a heart ffs

    • @misterced4629
      @misterced4629 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ikr

    • @Potatoverynice
      @Potatoverynice 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lukejnz agreed.

  • @sjain8853
    @sjain8853 5 ปีที่แล้ว +804

    how ridiculous is it that people would be willing to attack and even stab each other over football. As SPECTATORS, not even actual players. It makes no sense to me.

    • @ryanelewis1379
      @ryanelewis1379 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      sjain you just don’t understand rivalry and football casuals

    • @SpeccyMan
      @SpeccyMan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      @@ryanelewis1379 We understand perfectly. It's moronic!

    • @oli20210
      @oli20210 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Well I mean it’s the passion they have for their team they love their team to death. Yes most of it is hooligans but some people have passion.

    • @miepmaster25
      @miepmaster25 5 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      i believe they're just looking for an excuse to act like a neanderthale

    • @applejambers7674
      @applejambers7674 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Trust me it’s worse up north in Scotland the Celtic rangers rivalry/matches has caused multiple deaths also one a the Celtic managers was sent PARCEL BOMBS in the mail

  • @sergeyw8864
    @sergeyw8864 5 ปีที่แล้ว +448

    That driver is such a credit to his company. Young lad would of had his heart explode of current overload shock if it wasnt for his fast action under such physical and mental shock

    • @AureliusR
      @AureliusR 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Heart explode? It would have vapourized his hands and instantly killed him

    • @katiejenkinson9521
      @katiejenkinson9521 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Aurelius R it technically could. depends if it was a DC or AC current and how much charge there is.

    • @AureliusR
      @AureliusR 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@katiejenkinson9521/videos It would not matter at all if it was AC or DC. At that voltage, and with the insane amount of current available, I guarantee it would have vapourized at least his fingers, if not his hands off. That is an ENORMOUS amount of energy we are talking about.

    • @ridinggambit5017
      @ridinggambit5017 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@AureliusR It's only 630V which is not far off domestic supply and would only cause a few hundred milliamps to pass through his body. Nowhere near enough to cause vaporisation, just a heart attack.

    • @finnzweitname5905
      @finnzweitname5905 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ridinggambit5017 he would still die

  • @courtneytv6460
    @courtneytv6460 5 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    Shout out to a job that actually looks out for their workers mental state

    • @misplacedkiwi9498
      @misplacedkiwi9498 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Exactly. If the same thing happens on the buses, not only do you get unpaid time off but you’re expected to fill out all the forms on your own and continue the duty.

    • @joshuahill5271
      @joshuahill5271 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@misplacedkiwi9498 Some *local* operators in NZ are more forgiving. Corporate or Foreign owned are a words!

  • @SuperMissblueeyes
    @SuperMissblueeyes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    I love that the woman's supervisor called out the woman who swore at her. That's support right there. It may seem like a little thing to some people, but there's nothing more encouraging than a supervisor speaking up for the staff he supervises.
    That poor driver though! Just coming back after one suicide attempt to be immediately faced with another. I can only try to imagine how shaken up he must have been.

  • @kevinsong712
    @kevinsong712 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Dude genuinely looks like a nice person who cares about everyone, hopefully he feels alot better after the incident.

  • @RyanHolliday211
    @RyanHolliday211 5 ปีที่แล้ว +423

    While I can appreciate their operational needs to get the train out of the station, I can't believe they had that driver bring the train back to the depot with his hands shaking that badly. Even with a supervisor in the cab it just doesn't seem right.

    • @vincitveritas3872
      @vincitveritas3872 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      That's not allowed on national rail. Another driver is used. A driver can be taken off (at his/her request) If he receives a throw back. Signal changed back to danger as they approach. Because obviously they don't know why it's gone back to red.

    • @RyanHolliday211
      @RyanHolliday211 5 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      @@vincitveritas3872 Given that this was filmed over 15 years ago, I really hope by now they've changed the policies to prevent this situation.

    • @vincitveritas3872
      @vincitveritas3872 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Ryan me too. The poor driver was shaking. Should of had someone else drive it would be sensible. Even then I thought it was procedure it certainly was on nation rail.
      Once a train was cancelled at Preston as it was a Glasgow train but had been substituted to use a HST. The driver hadn't done enough times on that route in a HST in the preceeding 6 weeks so although he was trained on whole West Coast line he couldn't do it as it was different traction than usual.
      We all thought it daft as he always did that route or London returns. So he knew the route but they wouldn't allow him to take the stand in HST over the DVT and loco. That's a while ago.
      My friend drives Virgin trains mainly Pendilino's but has to do so many Vorgers a month as they drive diffently.

    • @radiosification
      @radiosification 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Well it didn't look like they had another driver there to take it. So it was either get him to drive the train back to the depot or leave it in the station and block the whole line up. I know which option sounds more sensible to me!

    • @Tuberuser187
      @Tuberuser187 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Poor guy seemed to be in a right state, they didn't mention after, I wonder if he was okay long term. Jackie seemed a lovely woman too, always seemed to have a genuine smile on her face, hopefully dealing with the arseholes didn't crush her.

  • @ninthsquarecommunity
    @ninthsquarecommunity 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    IDK how old this piece was done but my heart goes out to Alan...I can't imagine the horror of seeing someone jump down onto the track and look at you as they did it! My hat is off to him - that is a man with amazing judgment and courage!!! He did in deed deserve that award!

    • @rabd9881
      @rabd9881 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It was filmed in 2004

  • @markpritchard
    @markpritchard 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I used to drive a bus and the one thing I learnt when I was driving is your totally on your own. I've had drunks on the bus, fights brake out and somebody who threw himself in front of the bus at the last second who I hit but luckily didn't kill him. For some reason on busses you get no help what so ever. I even reported an incident to the police when I was pulling into a bus stop on a hot summers day a water balloon thrown by a group of kids came through my open drivers side window hitting me in the side of the head. The response from the police, "what do you want us to do about it". I drive lorries now, I lock myself in the cab and keep the nutters on the outside of the cab.

  • @Macho_Fantastico
    @Macho_Fantastico 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Poor driver, can't imagine having to deal with that. Especially more than once. Hope he got help and so did the kid.

  • @Domidan123
    @Domidan123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +228

    As a train driver from Germany, I like the videos about the tube. Same problem, same situations, same passengers...sadly the same suicide problems. With the suicides, not all of them are on purpose...in some cases the people don't mind the danger, walking on tracks etc..
    My close calls, were just stupid people with not thinking about the danger, even by only close calls..you start to think about it.

    • @ernadkruskic4666
      @ernadkruskic4666 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Domidan123 do you have any Social medias?

    • @konstantinstarke4434
      @konstantinstarke4434 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Du bist aus Deutschland? Bei welcher Gesellschaft arbeitest du?

    • @Domidan123
      @Domidan123 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@konstantinstarke4434 Britisches Unternehmen

    • @konstantinstarke4434
      @konstantinstarke4434 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Domidan123 also cargo oder Personen?

    • @Domidan123
      @Domidan123 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@konstantinstarke4434 Personen

  • @SiVlog1989
    @SiVlog1989 5 ปีที่แล้ว +265

    It's not just Spurs and Arsenal fans, but I cannot understand the personal way in which some fans react to the performance of their rivals. Football, is and always will be a sport, it shouldn't be something that people get insulted about, purely because rivals did better than their own team. It should be enjoyed, not for example have the disgusting situation with Liverpool and Manchester United where chants are sung about tragedies where their rival fans have been killed (Hillsborough chants aimed at Liverpool fans and Munich chants aimed at Manchester United), disgusting!

    • @coniferclose
      @coniferclose 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      SiVlog That’s nothing pal.The 80s were murder on the London Underground every Saturday, with firms looking for each other.See no cameras or old bill back then.

    • @krashd
      @krashd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@coniferclose It's a testament to just how feral hooliganism was in the 80's that even today English fans get called hooligans despite being practically angelic compared to the likes of Italy and Germany which have ultra supporter groups and throw flares everywhere. It's true that bad reputations stick.

    • @CR47Ycam
      @CR47Ycam 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There's so much good about the game of football itself but there's just too much shit with un sportsman like behaviour on and off the pitch it just gets ruined completely

    • @imthedogsbollocksnotyou.7826
      @imthedogsbollocksnotyou.7826 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Sakurako Hikari Sorry mate but what you wrote is absolute rubbish. Hooligans come in all shapes and sizes, race, creed,color, religion, I.Q, money or class. You are just supporting the standard myth about Football Hooligans, personally i've met people who own their own companies, to mid-managers, civil service workers all the way to flipping Burgers for a living and just about everything in between .

    • @petehouse8380
      @petehouse8380 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      neil thurlow true, it’s just petty tribalism, crosses all demographics, they’re just people with aggression problems.

  • @tooyoungtobeold8756
    @tooyoungtobeold8756 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    When I was training to be a London Fireman in 1975, there was a major incident at Moorgate station - the train didn't stop and ploughed full speed into the end of the tunnel. 43 people died 75 injured. The firement had to fight their way through bodies, bits of bodies to reach injured people and temperatures reached 120 F. We only heard about from our instructors who were there. The front two and a half carriages were crushed into half their normal length. I wonder how many firemen, ambulance and police personnel were affected.

    • @taraelizabethdensley9475
      @taraelizabethdensley9475 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I've seen the documentary, harrowing

    • @dez3540
      @dez3540 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I too saw the documentary - definitely one of the most distressing things I've watched

  • @pan.everyman992
    @pan.everyman992 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The woman who had her first day on the job seems like a really lovely person. Genuinely delightful.

  • @mathysg8802
    @mathysg8802 5 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    I can't believe that the kid was crying when he found out that he didn't fry up to me that was just sad.

    • @misterced4629
      @misterced4629 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Us cops are already bad enough

  • @rocket_man8446
    @rocket_man8446 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    when she made her tea and smiled i got happy she just looked so happy with what shes doing and im happy for her :)

  • @LaFlaneuse0
    @LaFlaneuse0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    What a lovely lady she is. Hope she's gotten on well through the years on the job.

  • @rolandswan9177
    @rolandswan9177 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    I hope Allan managed to deal with that traumatic event.

  • @DM-wk3gz
    @DM-wk3gz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +254

    "Looking for pens"
    OIIIIIi got a loiscence fer dat pen?

    • @misterced4629
      @misterced4629 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The most British comment ever

    • @DavidNightjet
      @DavidNightjet 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Likely slang for a penknife.

    • @misterced4629
      @misterced4629 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DavidNightjet faaa

  • @piettrified
    @piettrified 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Hella respect for tube staff

  • @CoolAsFreya
    @CoolAsFreya 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    "That was my wife.... my dinner's in the dog dish"

    • @Ekstrax
      @Ekstrax 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "My dinner's just gone in the dog" is what he actually said

  • @flamegaming1846
    @flamegaming1846 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I’m always respectful to staff on the system,they work so hard everyday

  • @an_asian_guy
    @an_asian_guy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This is why I love the workers who do there jobs quickly and politely

    • @Dan-zc7ut
      @Dan-zc7ut 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hello Canada ball how are you my son?

    • @an_asian_guy
      @an_asian_guy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Good but 2020 is hard

  • @EVILBUNNY28
    @EVILBUNNY28 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I'd love to work as a customer services officer like Jackie. Every day is different and it looks so much fun. I love London, especially travelling on the tube. So long as I'm not in a rush or a hurry to get somewhere I don't really mind delays.

  • @charlieprice1501
    @charlieprice1501 5 ปีที่แล้ว +170

    18:34 "do you want some help"

    • @kevinoduor9841
      @kevinoduor9841 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      y is he going with his hands up lol.. :))) lollol

    • @Chrnan6710
      @Chrnan6710 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      (asserts dominance)

    • @junatah5903
      @junatah5903 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Chrnan6710 its customary to offer help to people with autism.

    • @koekelakouwnt7949
      @koekelakouwnt7949 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lmfao

  • @michaelhobbs3426
    @michaelhobbs3426 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This one was quite a shock when he had to deal with an incident for a Suicide passenger I felt sorry for him and Jackie tries to deal with a physical situation and dealing with a train stuck on the Piccadilly line. These are the challenges you face you either have the skills to deal with these problems or you don’t.

  • @arnasltu4804
    @arnasltu4804 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Once again, the TH-cam recommendations have brought us together... :)

  • @benzlikeawillow
    @benzlikeawillow 5 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    wow, makes you realize how patient and non reactionary the British police are in comparison to the US. You'd get body slammed to the ground if the cops in New York saw you kicking a train.

    • @matthewshedden3567
      @matthewshedden3567 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      We just get told to fuck off most of the time lol

    • @crimmycrimmy4728
      @crimmycrimmy4728 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      in america they just shoot you

    • @Litepaw
      @Litepaw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@crimmycrimmy4728 I agree that cops are way too trigger happy and dumb in the US but they don't just randomly shoot people.
      Tazing people is different though, they use tazers way too much

    • @rasmus8510
      @rasmus8510 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Litepaw Yeah they do but I bet the young lads think its cool to be tazed aanyways 😂

  • @ramatgan1
    @ramatgan1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    People are so impatient in that country. Even a wait of a few seconds and they lose their mind. I worked as a waiter

    • @SpeccyMan
      @SpeccyMan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I can think of something far worse than impatience. Rude generalisations about a country! Something for you to think about.

    • @ytaccount-rs6jt
      @ytaccount-rs6jt 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s called a small metro line that overflows in matters of seconds no wonder

    • @gromit3315
      @gromit3315 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      People think when Underground, God can’t see them any more and then their true caractre is shown.

    • @ninofromkitchennightmares1497
      @ninofromkitchennightmares1497 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      S Hussein Because some people were impatient on the subway platform the Entire Nation is impatient?
      I would like to see proof that every single person in The country is impatient

  • @omari9593
    @omari9593 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Aww Jackie is sweet. I wish more were like her,

  • @Amber-yz5hg
    @Amber-yz5hg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Poor guy. I just want to give him a hug

  • @DiligentX
    @DiligentX 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    19:40 ngl I’ve purposely done this when I was younger it was funny to me back then to stand as close as possible to the edge and stare into the eyes of the driver. Won’t be doing that again

    • @alfonsrasmus4710
      @alfonsrasmus4710 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      When I was younger I was always terrified and just stood as far back as I could lol

    • @user-rl1eq8ml1h
      @user-rl1eq8ml1h 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alfonsrasmus4710 I know Im terrified of trains

    • @rasmus8510
      @rasmus8510 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alfonsrasmus4710 yo rasmus

    • @alfonsrasmus4710
      @alfonsrasmus4710 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rasmus8510 ayyo, surname actually

  • @theyarehere8919
    @theyarehere8919 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you Jackie for sharing those moments. Good job.

  • @sophiecat2161
    @sophiecat2161 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    When someone is rude I smile that much bigger. As a disabled person I see how unfriendly cities are and its getting worse. Manners don't cost a thing and I always thank bus drivers etc. Must have been dropped on my head too many times as a kid! I cabt wait to move to the countryside!

    • @Spoonable
      @Spoonable 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sophie Cat I feel the same way. I just wanna be isolated from the bad crowd and live in the beautiful fields of Wales.

  • @bethroesch2156
    @bethroesch2156 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Poor Alan 💔 that's has got to mess with your head for awhile. God bless the folks every where that do this for a living

    • @Mnrr6131
      @Mnrr6131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah. Hopefully the tube and MTA get barrier doors like in Japan(at platforms, there are doors that will open when the train is in the right spot or in an emergency).

  • @joannamallory2823
    @joannamallory2823 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Jackie is just the sweetest little thing. I hope she found a way to make the job manageable, to enjoy it and bring a bit of her sunny disposition to it. It’s unthinkable to me that anyone would call her a cow! Such disrespect.

    • @dez3540
      @dez3540 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I feel like I spotted her around a year ago driving on the District... Just smiled at each other, she seems really nice from this video 🙂

  • @corntaI
    @corntaI 5 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    13:26 Those girls just dove through the luggage gate...

    • @thatzombieplace
      @thatzombieplace 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Nigga why you snitching

    • @aquagtx4038
      @aquagtx4038 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@thatzombieplace Fare Evaders can cost TFL lots of money. If one person did it every day for one year, it would not be a lot (£547.5) But if let's say 100 people did that, it would cost TFL: £54,750.
      It might not be that much since they're TFL, but that still costs them money. And more than 100 people would evade fares for a year (or for however) So no-one told staff someone evaded a fare, than TFL could lose out on money, money buys better trains and maintain them, also paying their staff.

    • @Anonymous-pm7jf
      @Anonymous-pm7jf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@thatzombieplace you sound like ghetto trash..

    • @cianmac3934
      @cianmac3934 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thatzombieplace fuck u trash

    • @spiritmatrix2004
      @spiritmatrix2004 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      because vagina

  • @Mr-dm5et
    @Mr-dm5et 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    18:36 I love how the guy just stands there as if he wants a hug and the lady just says “Do you want some help?”

    • @stephthestar90
      @stephthestar90 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She probably had to act professional. I doubt tube workers are allowed to hug passengers in those types of situations, but then again I don't know what their official stance is on that. Maybe there's an unwritten rule that you don't.

    • @fly89
      @fly89 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      as bus driver. . i may not help to push a wheel chair user up the ramp, before the person say yes to my offer to help them. i may not touch anyone before i am sure they let me. It is for safety for both parties.

  • @Turbulencemode
    @Turbulencemode ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’ve recently witnessed my 2nd one under and I’m only 14yrs old I live in Switzerland and I was sat In a regional train that was going to leave 5 minutes later, I was looking out the window and as the intercity train came in this old man but his bag down on the platform and slowly sort of limped to the edge, he hesitated for an instant and I turned my head away I look back and then there’s only a train and no old man. I was shaky panicky and what really struck me was seeing ambulance and police men running along the plateforme. I’m doing much better now though after seeing a therapist

    • @busysleepin
      @busysleepin 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      glad to hear you're feeling better, nobody should ever have to go through this ❤

  • @thegentlemanjay
    @thegentlemanjay 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Anyone that has to work in an occupation which involves interacting with the general public face to face, I feel sorry for them, it’s not an easy thing meeting people who has no empathy for others, and never think they’re in the wrong!

  • @sorryidontspeakbroke6712
    @sorryidontspeakbroke6712 5 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    U can't come in here with 2 🐮
    Mate
    I died
    😂🤣😂

    • @Synnystershy
      @Synnystershy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Sir Royston "Read the sign"
      *Points to sign "one cow per passenger"*

    • @KAHHHH8548
      @KAHHHH8548 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why the fuck is that so funny?

    • @gryffindork9563
      @gryffindork9563 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sounds like a anxiety dream! 🤣🤔

    • @Mnrr6131
      @Mnrr6131 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s funny

  • @MegaSnow121
    @MegaSnow121 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I feel so bad for that driver. I have been in his situation at our public transit system while operating trains. So have two other family members. I feel for this man. It’s a horrible feeling. What surprised me is that he is still operating the train. Here a supervisor would take the train back to where it needs to go. Supervisors are required to keep their operating skills current with a set number of hours (4-5) in service, per month. If a driver/operator has an incident like this, he or she might not be fit for service, with or without passengers.

  • @Petra44YT
    @Petra44YT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Oh, I just love the sounds of the tube. So relaxing. At the moment, I can't travel to London, but this video brings back memories :-)

  • @erikalulea3608
    @erikalulea3608 5 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    It is only sport! Not life and death. Those football huligans are ridiculus!. I love icehockey but I do not get nuts if they loose. Because in the end it is only a game and there is a next year. Shake my head!.

    • @TimeMeddler
      @TimeMeddler 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Tottenham haven't won anything for donkeys though. Serial bottlers, lol.

    • @SLYM-R
      @SLYM-R 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      thats because you support ice hokey 🤣🤣 the most boring sport

    • @SLYM-R
      @SLYM-R 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Meme Gene yep⚽️🛑🛑

    • @petehouse8380
      @petehouse8380 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And that’s why I hate football. Petty tribalistic bollocks over a game.

    • @paulbradynsno8513
      @paulbradynsno8513 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Learn to spell

  • @ffgfhgf5232
    @ffgfhgf5232 5 ปีที่แล้ว +513

    Jesus this is old if arsenal won the prem

    • @Tanmayl11
      @Tanmayl11 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @Navdeep Singh that's a good joke😅

    • @Tanmayl11
      @Tanmayl11 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Navdeep Singh city and liverpool probably gonna dominate for a few more years. Although im not a hardcore football fan, its still painful seeing Man U in such terrible form.

    • @LauritZenc
      @LauritZenc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      They should upload one when from when Spurs last one the league, but did they have suitable recording equipment in 1961? Haha

    • @RickyPro888
      @RickyPro888 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Laurit Zenc spurs will do better than Arsenal, almost for certain...

    • @RickyPro888
      @RickyPro888 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Navdeep Singh draw? City will smash you with no defence,

  • @iknowcomedy
    @iknowcomedy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Dang I live in East London born in 2008 but I didn't know summer 2002 was such a INSANE time for the Tube

  • @lindastorey6685
    @lindastorey6685 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    While I feel for the people who are suffering with depression etc, its traumatic for the train drivers.I know this as my late brother was a train driver ,all be it overground ,but it happened to him and more than once .To witness his upset and change in his demeanour was awful.Some drivers never get over it.

    • @Gencturk92
      @Gencturk92 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      its how life is my friend get over it and dont quit your job just because some idiot jumped in front of your train or bus

    • @taraelizabethdensley9475
      @taraelizabethdensley9475 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My dad used to work on the tube, and had to cope with "one under" as they used to say, he ended up taking early retirement

  • @djlawlz4041
    @djlawlz4041 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I wouldn’t have had him drive the train back to the depot even with the supervisor in the car.

    • @Captainpubwatch
      @Captainpubwatch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No neither would I, it wouldn't happen these days

  • @indyhamilton6076
    @indyhamilton6076 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I feel so helpless for this bloke. He seems like such a great guy!

  • @bobjacobson858
    @bobjacobson858 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The event in which the driver had to stop for a suicidal teenager reminded me a time when my father told me he was flying a plane (in the US Army Air Corps back in the 1940s), when his plane lost all its oil but he managed to land it safely--and the first thing afterward was that he was ordered to go immediately to another plane and fly it. My father said that the idea was to get the pilot flying again before he had time to comprehend how dangerous a situation was that he had just survived. However, there is probably no way for any of these drivers to get back into driving a train immediately, even if some are willing to do so. If they are shaken up severely enough, some never drive again, as the one man said. I'm sure there is time spent investigating the event and other delays that force the driver to relieve and concentrate on what has just happened, making it impossible to "carry on" without interruption.

    • @windsorpatb
      @windsorpatb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, some highly strung people need a break for a while, but I try not to be so naive to think that people AREN'T looking for an early retirement at full pay. It happens everywhere. That ptsd thing is abused by the majority of claimants. It's a ticket out. :-)

  • @jessb4648
    @jessb4648 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Alan seems so kind :( ❤️

  • @KatherineSone
    @KatherineSone 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Jackie is so wholesome

  • @letsnotargue
    @letsnotargue 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Fancy making a driver take a train further down the track after a very close call he should have been relieved of his duties and shown more compassion and respect

    • @hbk6042
      @hbk6042 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It happens at least once a day here and protocol is to move the train off the track and the drivers are given a lot of help.

  • @96leRoi
    @96leRoi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Jackie looked so energetic and young when she started. And after a month she got wrinkles and bags under her eyes. And she seemed so sweet. I hope she settled into her job or found another job with friendlier people.

  • @superhoop9919
    @superhoop9919 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Sounds like Jackie had a few too many wines the night before work 😂😂😂👏👏👏

  • @Sean-D78
    @Sean-D78 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    12:13 that fact is definitely true now.

  • @DAZZER435
    @DAZZER435 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    There is always someone that makes this face like this blonde woman at 3:11.

  • @jono_rt
    @jono_rt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    13:27 2 ladies went through the luggage area and did not have a ticket

    • @toni4729
      @toni4729 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And for all you know they could have been employees or police women.

    • @steveramgopal18
      @steveramgopal18 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Maybe they had tickets but ducked under the barrier due to crowding and fearing they would miss their train?

    • @activejt
      @activejt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      bet your fun at parties

    • @rasmus8510
      @rasmus8510 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@activejt bet you've been to parties

  • @mohsinhuss6357
    @mohsinhuss6357 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Large number of Staff assult happen on friday and sat night👍 every week i have to deal with this kind of situation in my superstore.

    • @gomeskhan123
      @gomeskhan123 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      You should go back to Pakistan bro no drunk people there have nice good talibans life

    • @bloodyhell8201
      @bloodyhell8201 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gomeskhan123 fuck off back to mongolia, genghis

  • @unrulyphxntom4397
    @unrulyphxntom4397 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    17:00 red eye guy in reflection

  • @samchi7030
    @samchi7030 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    As a train driver for CS its worse because it takes so long to stop it's so grusum

    • @SpeccyMan
      @SpeccyMan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      As gruesome as your appalling spelling?

  • @honey-nl2xr
    @honey-nl2xr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Everyone talking about the driver and yes it's sad but those employees were great at their job trying to help people get home

  • @xxxxl2009
    @xxxxl2009 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Why didnt the train supervisor take over driving the train when the driver was in shock.

    • @hannecatton2179
      @hannecatton2179 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Been off driving for too long and therefore not qualified. Also there is so much track that he has not necessarily learned ´the road´ i.e.learned the track layout and signalling on that stretch of line.

  • @RBenjo21
    @RBenjo21 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    We need more Jackies in this world!

  • @countteddy
    @countteddy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    driving in the dark in a tunnel ,every day must take its toll on their mental health....couldn't do it......

    • @TimeMeddler
      @TimeMeddler 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Most routes have some part outside tunnels as well.

    • @travia6688
      @travia6688 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      countteddy 45% of the London underground network is underground. So more is Overground.

    • @user2C47
      @user2C47 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The trains probably have lights.

    • @TheKaiTetley
      @TheKaiTetley 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Alex Jamieson. Lights? Wow! London IS the city of the future.

  • @MisatoBestWoman
    @MisatoBestWoman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    *Love this series!, Tis my idk 4th time watching it it’s just an absolute delight!*

  • @th9321
    @th9321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Bizarre watching this during the pandemic. Feels so strange that people used to stand shoulder to shoulder with complete strangers 2:30

    • @user-rl1eq8ml1h
      @user-rl1eq8ml1h 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ik I watch old videos and I'm like not abiding by social distancing and then I realise it was posted in 2012

    • @uwirbfj
      @uwirbfj 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Back to this now, go on the tube in rush hour now and it’s like this again

  • @imapaine-diaz4451
    @imapaine-diaz4451 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is London! Keep Calm and Carry On!

  • @milkman81
    @milkman81 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Bless the unions! Driver deals with a suicide attempt and the manager is worried about backing up production because he is “short handed”!
    I wonder why no one wants to work for you!

    • @VermyScrubs
      @VermyScrubs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ok first, yes its tragic but at the end of the day he was in a busy stretch of line, The Lower Circle Section of the Circle Line between Tower Hill and Gloucster Road via Victoria is really busy with another line the District on there, If he where to stop the entire line, during what looks like the PM Rush, then it would chaos, The best action was too empty the train and take it empty to Hammersmith Depot. If a worker did do suicide in a production plant, then yes it would good to stop for the day but not on one of the buisest and the oldest transit systems in the world. Also 28,000 people work for Transport for London btw

  • @markscott554
    @markscott554 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm sure it's down to cost, but I was surprised, when I returned to the UK for a visit a few years ago, that they don't have barriers of some kind. The metro in Shanghai (and China generally) has no character at all, unlike the Tube, but every station has glass partitions/doors all the way down the station, in every station. Too many crazies around these days to even consider standing near the edge of the platform in a busy Tube station.

  • @nxmo
    @nxmo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I Feel very Bad for Him :( it is so Sad to see someone Suffer from this

  • @nenblom
    @nenblom 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I’ve spent 23 years working in the retail field. I know a thing or two about rude people. One of my fellow TH-camrs was surprised that I haven’t jumped off a building yet! LOL!!

    • @applejambers7674
      @applejambers7674 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Niklas Enblom Suicide is not funny

    • @nenblom
      @nenblom 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      JTishere I know.

  • @modnar6865
    @modnar6865 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Watching this in 2020 makes it seem like its a whole different world.

  • @Kitch-hu7tm
    @Kitch-hu7tm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great insight to what goes on when you're not there.

  • @misterced4629
    @misterced4629 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Why I am 600% friendly with ppl including train drivers poor dude he was only trying to being ppl to their destination

  • @LucasTubeMapperGuy
    @LucasTubeMapperGuy 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I like how the S Stock is in the Thumbnail yet it is 2002 and It is not here until 2010

  • @LeafHuntress
    @LeafHuntress 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I wonder how that young suicidal boy did after. Because of this driver,(poor soul, so shaken up!) the kid survived. How is he doing now. Would he have learned to enjoy life? If he did, is he grateful towards the swift action taking driver? That would be some follow-up tv!

    • @stevenhike8575
      @stevenhike8575 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Who gives a toss about the kid

    • @tnhl77
      @tnhl77 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@stevenhike8575 the poor driver probably you toss pot

    • @stevenhike8575
      @stevenhike8575 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The driver is piss weak. Grow a set and get over it@@tnhl77

    • @himeyukimatsumoto994
      @himeyukimatsumoto994 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      steven hike mate I can understand you may feel like the world is working around your nuts but definitely the world doesn’t need to have animals like you. I mean even animals have better decency. We still need to know how the kid is doing because that’s what being caring is.
      By the way you can be hateful I can play the game better lol

    • @ukchristian28
      @ukchristian28 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@frankmurray1549 Don't feed the trolls, children.

  • @rustynuts4426
    @rustynuts4426 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So happy I no longer live in London! That places' days are numbered

  • @apexbuilder0171
    @apexbuilder0171 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Just watched a 45 minute documentary about the haunting of London's underground stations

  • @over00lordunknown12
    @over00lordunknown12 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    16:10 That's why they need to have platform doors. Imagine if elevator shafts didn't have doors, just the cab itself, no one would think that's sensible, but with the underground/metro people think it's just fine for the train to have doors and the platform be open...

    • @krashd
      @krashd 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Modern stations have platform doors and renovated stations get them added.

  • @CityWhisperer
    @CityWhisperer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    2:24 the most british phrase to ever be heard

  • @eimantas314-rblx
    @eimantas314-rblx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Gosh I feel bad for the driver, dealing with suicide. So sad.

  • @BobBrown.
    @BobBrown. ปีที่แล้ว +3

    We need platform screen doors on all stations.

  • @JC-ce8uw
    @JC-ce8uw ปีที่แล้ว +2

    2002, miss those days.

  • @hupfer7047
    @hupfer7047 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I hate how suicidal people put random people into this situation. Someone jumped in front of a car on the motorway some cars prior my sister. She hasn’t seen the accident but a shoe was under her car while the rescue and police invested the scene. It was last week and she is still shakeny

    • @theomcreich821
      @theomcreich821 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I suppose its hard to care about other peoples lives if you dont even care about your own

  • @FriendofMineralTown
    @FriendofMineralTown 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I dont blame them. Even if not for the guy jumping in front of the train or whatever. I could easily have gotten PTSD from retail or any sort of public job. People are insane.

  • @Idk-dc2ft
    @Idk-dc2ft 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    My fave part is at 14:11 it's so funny the lady says something bad lol😅

  • @TheWillvoss
    @TheWillvoss 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As an american.... Just, impressed. Our system is so much meaner. The cops don't pretend like they're in WW3. The service people talk to folks..... this is just jaw dropping from Los Angeles. I feel like crying watching Andy. Fuck dude.

  • @MrOlezik87
    @MrOlezik87 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Never seen underground staff wearing those caps 🤷🏼‍♂️

    • @captainhindsight8604
      @captainhindsight8604 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      This was filmed in the early 2000s

    • @brasilianinglish
      @brasilianinglish 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      it was "wear-a-cap-to-work" day

    • @jamesdavison1786
      @jamesdavison1786 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ollie K it was made in 2004

    • @09weenic
      @09weenic 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ollie K I’ve never seen any underground staff !

    • @mistythecat3050
      @mistythecat3050 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jamesdavison1786 2002 it states in the description

  • @airzulu2733
    @airzulu2733 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    London transport tube staff work hard deserve a cup of tea . I couldn't do the job .

  • @RealityEscapeeMeeeeeee
    @RealityEscapeeMeeeeeee 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I was sexually assaulted on the Metro in Paris 3 years ago. The week before it happened a black guy was hurled off a train in London after a Chelsea match. The world went into uproar saying it was a race attack. The guy that assaulted me was black. I just kept thinking it'd be labelled a race attack if I pushed him out at the next station. He kept looking back at me as if I should have enjoyed it. I'm stronger now. I'd push him off now and deal with the consequences.

    • @stephanie6851
      @stephanie6851 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It probably was a race attack with the Chelsea supporters, Paris isn't in London so you're not making any sense

    • @Pilotalphapapa
      @Pilotalphapapa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      There is a difference between a race attack and defending yourself

  • @oliverchong2428
    @oliverchong2428 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love the Heat soundtrack, like there’s gonna be a bank robbery! Not quite as effective when used for a North London derby match😂

  • @peervangeldrop9160
    @peervangeldrop9160 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    When catching up with after a month. She looks like she can use a nap

  • @Quapadople
    @Quapadople 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing people(the staff) with a nice sense of humour.

  • @thatmeow
    @thatmeow 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    THERE'S A TRAIN MOVIN' MATE!

  • @itismepetr
    @itismepetr 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for uploading the video.