S.M.Singru
Privatisation of British Railway system
has not been liked in Britain and naturally all kinds of jokes are floated. One
such story making the rounds is about a fast train from London to Birmingham
run by a private company. The train was not supposed to stop at a particular
roadside station, but it stopped on the platform of that station because the
section ahead was not clear and so the train was given a red signal. An old
lady on the platform who had been waiting to travel in the same direction tried
to get into the train by pressing the “Open Door” button on a coach of this
train. The Guard’s compartment was adjacent and the Guard popped out his head
out of his door to tell the lady, “Sorry, ma’am, but you can’t get into this
train here”. The lady was not to be put out so easily and quipped back," Well,
in that case, why have you stopped the train here?” The Guard’s reply was
rather frivolous. He said, “Ma’am, we have stopped the train just to tell you
that you can’t get in here!”