Occasional commenter Tom emailed me his account of a nightmare journey back to work on the DLR today after yesterday’s “extra bank holiday”.

“I can’t move in any more there is no ROOM. Get the next train!”

“I cant wait , 3 trains I let go already”

“Wait till the next one then”

“No!”

“stop shoving!”

“I have to get on and get to work….”

“Ok then just get on and shut up!”

“Thats not very nice , thats very rude”

“Well i thought it was rude when you pushed and shoved at my wife..”

Later on at Limehouse I shouted out for people to just walk the lazy b’stards, then realised it was quite a way to Bank from there! I felt silly but luckily I had looked stern enough to carry it off. People generally don’t answer back – this wasn’t in Lewisham, after all!

A woman kept saying “Chadwell” on the phone explaining to her boss, and she was corrected by irritated passengers and told to say Shadwell!

All in all i wanted to turn animal and fight my way off and on to the tracks, I’d have done it too but i feared loads would have fallen off with me!

Horrifc journey. The train kept stopping. It was 1hr 10 mins of debauchery!

Thanks Tom. Quite a vivid description of what sounds like a nightmare journey! Did you use the DLR this morning? How was it for you? Were you on the same train as Tom when he called you all lazy for not walking from Limehouse? Wwre you the lady on the phone who was calling it Chadwell?