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Most Hated Railway Puts 15-Year-Old In Charge Of Their Twitter Account, And Things Escalate Quickly
Beleaguered UK railway company Southern Rail isn't exactly used to good press these days. Industrial disputes, reduced services, and late-running trains have seen public anger at the rail firm grow exponentially over the last year, but all of that seems to have been temporarily forgotten thanks to an unlikely savior in the form of a 15-year-old student called Eddie.
Southern Rail have recently put the teenager, who's currently on work experience at the firm, in charge of the company's Twitter account, and it seems like people can't get enough of his cheery charm. He's even spawned a hashtag - #askeddie - thanks to his willingness to answer all sorts of weird and wonderful questions that the public have been throwing at him. Putting Eddie in charge has been one of the most popular decisions the rail company has made in quite awhile. Let's just hope they offer him a job!
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Leoninus Fate 7 years ago
sorry I kinda like this one{since I kinda know why no one commented on it}, I only know who those people are in passing cause no one shuts up about that show, Not everyone watches it, for some of us, it's as dreadful and dreadful as the news
Master Markus 7 years ago
I don't think it's dreadful, but when people talk about the series like it's high-stakes politics I'm like "Lol, don't care".
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Elizabeth Scarborough 7 years ago
Game of Thrones talk at the office is akin to Sports talk, I don't watch or participate in either.
Nicky OldfieldDesciple 7 years ago
John Snow is a British news presenter.
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Ged Maybury 7 years ago
So clever. (Notice he doesn't actually suggest which type of chair would be *less* steady? Guy's a natural diplomat!)
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coffee zombie 7 years ago
Eddie goes to twitter when he's at work at the railway station. My guess is he likes twitter more.
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Andrew Cas 7 years ago
It's a great white And no chance! If the shark wanted to catch him it would without hesitation!
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Justin McDonald 7 years ago
Australia again hi Eddie. The original Ringo Starr version or the remake?
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Ged Maybury 7 years ago
I love the way he bounces these back - asking "You?" on the end. A nice way to extend a convo, or signal that his answer is personal, not absolute.
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Emy Reynoso 7 years ago
200 grams per person!? I live in Italy and thats a lot of pasta ofr only 1 person
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Brett Gieger 7 years ago
A woodchuck would chuck all the the wood that a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood
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Allana Rose 7 years ago
You gotta love this fearless kid. he just says whatever comes to mind and he is a funny kid!
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Adogcalledkitty 7 years ago
Ok, but has asking weird questions changed anything about the late-running trains?
Alusair Alustriel 7 years ago
Ok, cool, the kid has a sense of humour and patience, for now ;) I get it improves the PR rating, but it doesn't improve the rails service. So unless that goes along with Twitter, it's just gonna be an episode.
Wanda Queen 7 years ago
Well, to be fair, he was supposed to be answering questions related to the rail service, people just aren't doing that.....because that's ow Twitter works. ;)
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Olivia W 7 years ago
Funny. But not as funny as waiting 2 hours stranded at a station because all the trains were cancelled :/
Boštjan Žlak 7 years ago
That's why he is there... So you can read his tweets for those two hours while stranded... Customer service at it's best ;)
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Nicola Morley 7 years ago
Eddie will probably make #askeddie his job when he leaves school. He's already got a following. It d be bad for Southern Rail when his tenure expires.
MysticalMan 7 years ago
I've wondered how long it would take companies to recognize who can do what's popular now. Of course it's going to be someone who is of the now. Nice going Eddie at #askeddie
Darryl Kerrigan 7 years ago
That old Meatloaf song joke is annoying. He says what 'that' is during the song: Sooner or later you'll be screwing around I won't do that No, I won't do that Anything for love But I won't do that
Zi Ruiz 7 years ago
#9 It's sad that he missed the Monty Python and the Holy Grail reference. Well, he's a kid.
Arwel Parry 7 years ago
That film was released 41 years ago, and he's only 15. I saw it on first release. God, I'm getting old :(
Load More Replies... Vincent Jay 7 years ago
He seems to be a very bright young man, certainly brighter than I was at that age.
Adogcalledkitty 7 years ago
Ok, but has asking weird questions changed anything about the late-running trains?
Alusair Alustriel 7 years ago
Ok, cool, the kid has a sense of humour and patience, for now ;) I get it improves the PR rating, but it doesn't improve the rails service. So unless that goes along with Twitter, it's just gonna be an episode.
Wanda Queen 7 years ago
Well, to be fair, he was supposed to be answering questions related to the rail service, people just aren't doing that.....because that's ow Twitter works. ;)
Load More Replies... Olivia W 7 years ago
Funny. But not as funny as waiting 2 hours stranded at a station because all the trains were cancelled :/
Boštjan Žlak 7 years ago
That's why he is there... So you can read his tweets for those two hours while stranded... Customer service at it's best ;)
Load More Replies... Nicola Morley 7 years ago
Eddie will probably make #askeddie his job when he leaves school. He's already got a following. It d be bad for Southern Rail when his tenure expires.
MysticalMan 7 years ago
I've wondered how long it would take companies to recognize who can do what's popular now. Of course it's going to be someone who is of the now. Nice going Eddie at #askeddie
Darryl Kerrigan 7 years ago
That old Meatloaf song joke is annoying. He says what 'that' is during the song: Sooner or later you'll be screwing around I won't do that No, I won't do that Anything for love But I won't do that
Zi Ruiz 7 years ago
#9 It's sad that he missed the Monty Python and the Holy Grail reference. Well, he's a kid.
Arwel Parry 7 years ago
That film was released 41 years ago, and he's only 15. I saw it on first release. God, I'm getting old :(
Load More Replies... Vincent Jay 7 years ago
He seems to be a very bright young man, certainly brighter than I was at that age.
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