John Williamson wrote
Rod Speed wrote
Brian Gaff wrote

I think despite the critics, people are telling me that the
organisation of the Olympics has been very good so far

Like hell they are on the number of empty seats alone.

Seats which were "sold" by the organisers (as required by their contract)
to the OIC and various sports federations.

Another bare faced lie.

Unwanted seats in those blocks are now being sold to the public.

And that should have happened before the olympics had even started, stupid.

Complete and utter shambles in fact.

Far from it.

Complete and utter shambles in fact.

with the result that people are happy at the venues etc.

Pity about the ones that couldn’t get the tickets for those empty seats.

They can now, see above.

Should have happened before the olympics had even started, see above.

Of course there has been the odd breakdown on the underground,

Shouldn’t have happened if the system had been designed right.

(1) The underground was never "designed" as a unit,

Irrelevant to whether it would have happened
if the particular bits had been designed right.

it is a collection of systems that just happen to be operated under the
same organisation.

Irrelevant to whether it would have happened
if the particular bits had been designed right.

(2) It is better than 99.9% reliable,

Pity other rail systems had no failures at all during their olympics.

which is pretty good, given the average age of its parts,

The fools running that system should have considered that
and fixed what problems there were before the olympics.

and the fact that they are running more services, with heavier loads, at
less headway than usual.

The fools running that system should have considered that
and fixed what problems there were before the olympics.

(3) There are enough buses on standby to cover any public transport
breakdowns within very tight schedules. Which is why a lot of bus and
coach drivers are being paid loadsamoney to sit round all day waiting for
a phone call...

Still a complete and utter abortion.