Crumbs
Rich T finds some tasty titbits you might have missed in the week's news
Tuesday 13 February 2007, 4:54 PM
BlackBerry generosity
A commuters' journey is rarely exciting, but a small piece of technical thoughtlessness from the guard on the train this morning made a tedious journey rather more cheerful.
"Would any commuter who got on at the last station with a piece of equipment contact the guard," boomed a far too enthusiastic South West Trains' employee over the tannoy, waking half the train from their slumber.
Somewhat baffled by this generalisation, most travellers wondered if the guard was speaking to them.
"I've got a BlackBerry," the guard exclaimed. "If anyone can tell me the network or what it looks like, I'll gladly give it to you!," he promised.
Small, like a mobile email device, I would surmise, but not wanting to steal others' equipment I stayed put.
Quarter-of-an-hour later, the guard breezed through the train checking tickets. Intrigued by whether an act of thievery had taken place - or whether said device had been rightfully claimed by its owner - I asked the guard where the device was.
He still had it, he said, as he brushed past me on the way to check some more tickets.
"It's bizarre no-one's claimed it," I suggestively called after him. "There's a 1 in 3 chance you could guess the network."
Instantly a young woman, powerfully dressed and with a strong hint of City confidence, strode up to the Guard, wresting the device from him with just a few choice words.
I'm still none the wiser if the BlackBerry found its correct owner, but if you ever need a spare mobile device, South West trains seems to be the easiest place to pick one up.
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