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Originally Posted by on the move
No. 4 is applicable there.
A lot of the "inconveniences" highlighted above is nit-picking, and doesn't justify shelling out first-class fares.
If I want a reserved seat, I don't need first-class.
If I want to read the Times, I don't need first-class.
If I want comfort with/out a friend, I don't need first-class.
If I want to go to the toilet, I don't need first-class.
If I want to hold a conversation, I don't need first class.
If I want to get a bite to eat, I don't need first-class.
I can do without a laptop/net access for a few hours, everyone needs downtime.
The same goes for flying first-class on aeroplanes. You'll still arrive at the same time at your destination as everyone else.
A train/plane is not a workplace, it's purely a method in getting from A to B. If those running businesses saved Euros by sitting in standard/economy class, maybe they wouldn't complain about how big their costs are in their business, and it might help to cut the amount of redundancies in the current climate. If it saves even one job, it's worth it.
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Hello
On The Move, your real name isn't Barry Kenny by any chance? Rarely have I read such nonsense but it sounds like your reading from the CIE/IE hymn sheet! Who are you to decide that a train is not a workplace? If business people can work while travelling by train (unlike driving) surely that is a major inducement to travel by train. Ther are large sections of society who haven't travelled by rail for decades because CIE/IE operate the policy that you are supporting. Continual messing with catering, non-existence of First Class on many routes all serve to turn away business passengers and others wishing to have a peaceful journey. I am really too bored my your points to continue this arguement....zzzzzz.......zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.... ..
PS If you're not Barry Kenny you shoud apply for his job.
