And *of course* most of this wine drinking and vandalism occurs in the hours when the station is manned during the day, and not at night, when the gates have to be left open anyway.the_raff wrote:One of them stayed behind to discuss the situation, telling me (ahem) that it was nothing to do with tickets or anything like that, but just to stop vandalism and people drinking wine on the platform etc. Gosh - I must have missed this dreadful display of vulgarity in my years here in Sydenham, but it must have been going on.
I'd imagine it's mostly caused by commuters which is clearly why the gate need to be closed at the busiest time of day. Yes, thinking about it only yesterday I saw someone necking a bottle of Blue Nun whilst waiting for the 8.33!
Well that sounds promising but I'll believe it when it's uttered by someone who hasn't just said the gates have been closed to deter 'wine drinking'. hmm....She said the new gates will be in by January because Lewisham council have given the planning permission.
sorry, was afraid I'd spill it on the train