The endless loop

I sort of knew yesterday afternoon when I read on the Thameslink website that they hoped to resume services at 6.00am this morning that it was a somewhat forlorn hope; sort of whistling in the dark. I could almost see the crossed fingers. Sure enough the service is just as bad, just as slow and just as unpleasant as it was yesterday. Then the regulation double closure of the gate to KX tube station. I think that they have stopped making live announcements about delays accessing the tube station and started playing a pre-recorded message on an endless loop. So much safer if we all just assume the worst, then there's always the chance that we might be pleasantly surprised.