Notes from underground
Love on the underground is a tricky business. The anti-social hours are not good for marriages or for dating—but is it a hotbed of homosexuality?
Notes from underground
The underground is ethnically diverse, and we like to believe that we all get along. But after I was accused of racism, the bigots came out of the woodwork
Notes from underground
For once the underground was the central character in a London drama, and for once we hadn't done anything wrong. A few of us were even heroes
Notes from underground
When I applied to work for the underground, I hadn't realised there would be a drugs test. It was looking like a mightily expensive eighth of hash
Notes from underground
Each year I dutifully attend my week-long training course, wondering how banal it's going to be this time. If we're lucky, we get to go home right after lunch
Notes from underground
The London Underground sickness policy is a thing of beauty if you know how to work it—the genuinely ill suffer while the cunning get extra holiday
Notes from underground
We underground staff are a sour, cynical group to manage — it's a combination of job security with no satisfaction or prospects. But it's better than the "real world"
Notes from underground
It is a stupid and often unsuccessful way to kill yourself, but there is still about one "one-under" every week on the London underground
Notes from underground
There aren't many alcoholics left among London Underground staff. That's good for public safety, but makes it an even more boring place to work
Notes from underground
Terrorism on the tube? Don't ask me
Notes from Underground
Only my rudeness keeps me going
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