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The fact that it happened on a Sunday suggests to me that this is the result of a service outage gone awry. Realize that the trains failing on a Sunday is reall
by AndyMcConachie 5y ago
The fact that it happened on a Sunday suggests to me that this is the result of a service outage gone awry. Realize that the trains failing on a Sunday is really not a big deal. However, if the trains don't run for Monday morning rush hour that is a big deal. I bet they made a change Saturday night and something broke Sunday morning.
It's now Monday morning here and the trains are back to normal in time for rush hour. So it's not really a big deal.
- regularfry 5y agoI have to say that I do find this framing which says "well, it didn't affect business, so no big deal" to be somewhat distasteful. It's completely dehumanising. Why run the trains at all at the weekend, if a weekend outage is no big deal?
- tsimionescu 5y agoThat's not the framing. For the majority of travelers, missing a weekend trip is an annoyance. In contrast, missing their work is a major headache, for them personally. It also cascades pretty badly if it happens on a lathe scale - meetings get pushed and overlap others, suplliers are not able to deliver, stalling production, financial operations get delayed, potentially affecting deadlines - it's a huge mess in everyone's life that won't just go away when trains come back. It's also as true for non-profits, state organizations and schools as it is for businesses.