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Former_MSE_Jessica

When we checked it was 28 minutes since Southern last said sorry on Twitter.....

How many times have you been waiting for a delayed or cancelled train? And how many times have you heard the apologetic announcement of your inevitably late arrival to work. Well, many people now are taking straight to Twitter to vent their frustrations directly to the companies responsible, triggering a wave of Rail-firm apology throughout 2016. So much so, app developers have decided to start counting the 'sorry's'.

sorryfortheinconvenience.co.uk app collects the grovelling apologetic tweets posted by rail operators whenever there’s a delay or service disruption. There’s been a total of 394,536 apologies this year from both TFL and the UK’s railway system!

Check out https://www.sorryfortheinconvenience.co.uk/ to find out how many people are complaining about the UK’s transport system right now...

LadyDee

And this will achieve what?

mattymc13

LadyDee wrote: »

And this will achieve what?

Gee, I dunno, maybe it will help improve our railways. It sure beats doing nothing and being pointlessly cynical towards people who want to help.

Mobeer

LadyDee wrote: »

And this will achieve what?

Developing this will look good on someone's CV

jibbyboo

Wouldn't happen in Japan 🚄 #justsayin

When trains are delayed for as little as five minutes, the conductor makes an announcement apologizing for the delay and the railway company may provide a "delay certificate" (遅延証明書), as no one would expect a train to be this late. Japanese passengers rely heavily on rail transit and take it for granted that trains operate on time. When trains are delayed for an hour or more, it may even appear in the newspaper. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Japan