Improving the Shining Hour*
Apparently a commuter used the time which might otherwise have been wasted by trains not showing, or otherwise delayed, productively last year. A Frau Weber knitted a scarf with different coloured stripes to reflect the length of each delay.
Apparently Social Media posts about the scarf (and, presumably, the lack of progress of her commute) drew a lot of attention this month. Dread to think how long a delay the red 'stripe' represented!
This was on the Deutsche Bahn, a German railway. Where, apparently, only three-quarters of long distance trains arrived on time last year. Dear me, I thought the German railways ran to timetable, rather than to calendar like some UK 'services'. Maybe the clockwork wound down and they couldn't find the key?
Either way, Deutsche Bahn bought the scarf in an auction and the money was donated to a charity for the homeless. DB also announced last week plans to employ another 22,000 staff. So maybe by the time they have actually employed and trained them, and the new staff are finally used to their posts and responsibilities, it'll be well on to Autumn. Maybe the Knitting Commuter should start another scarf, for comparison purposes?
Hmmm, wonder what scarves for various commuter lines in the UK might look like. Or, for that matter, given the amount of overcrowding on lines into London, whether there would be sufficient room to knit. Even with a short circular needle!
'K, 's'time to chase dust.
Y'all have a good day now!
* from Isaac Watts' poem "How Doth the Little Busy Bee/Improve the Shining Hour"
Which was parodied, as were so many 'Improving' Victorian Poems for Children, by Lewis Carrol in Alice in Wonderland as "How Doth the Little Crocodile"
Apparently Social Media posts about the scarf (and, presumably, the lack of progress of her commute) drew a lot of attention this month. Dread to think how long a delay the red 'stripe' represented!
This was on the Deutsche Bahn, a German railway. Where, apparently, only three-quarters of long distance trains arrived on time last year. Dear me, I thought the German railways ran to timetable, rather than to calendar like some UK 'services'. Maybe the clockwork wound down and they couldn't find the key?
Either way, Deutsche Bahn bought the scarf in an auction and the money was donated to a charity for the homeless. DB also announced last week plans to employ another 22,000 staff. So maybe by the time they have actually employed and trained them, and the new staff are finally used to their posts and responsibilities, it'll be well on to Autumn. Maybe the Knitting Commuter should start another scarf, for comparison purposes?
Hmmm, wonder what scarves for various commuter lines in the UK might look like. Or, for that matter, given the amount of overcrowding on lines into London, whether there would be sufficient room to knit. Even with a short circular needle!
'K, 's'time to chase dust.
Y'all have a good day now!
* from Isaac Watts' poem "How Doth the Little Busy Bee/Improve the Shining Hour"
Click to viewWhich was parodied, as were so many 'Improving' Victorian Poems for Children, by Lewis Carrol in Alice in Wonderland as "How Doth the Little Crocodile"