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While putting posters up at the unmanned stations this week, I tried to avoid making eye contact with the young man with a bottle of wine in his pocket who was staggering about under the station sign.\u00a0 Tried and failed.<\/p>\n

\u201cMiss Miss,\u201d he cried, and I cringed expecting something rude.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you think anyone will know I\u2019ve been drinking?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n

That day the people in the control room were clearly in high spirits.\u00a0 After one announcement telling us that we were currently running a good service with all trains running on time, the faint strains of the Hallelujah Chorus could be heard in the background.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While putting posters up at the unmanned stations this week, I tried to avoid making eye contact with the young man with a bottle of wine in his pocket who was staggering about under the station sign.\u00a0 Tried and failed. \u201cMiss Miss,\u201d he cried, and I cringed expecting something rude. \u201cDo you think anyone will …<\/p>\n

Hallelujah! 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