Jamie McBride

Head of Marketing. NI expat in Edinburgh. Tech 🤓, Rugby 🏉, Books 📚, Travel 🧳, Hospitality 🏨 & Gin 🍹 (in no particular order). Views expressed are mine.

[Jamie McBride @jamiemcbride87]

@ScotRail @peterobcelt As a marketing professional all in favour of brand identity and being a bit sassy - you guys skirt the line of rebellious and just plane rude with abandon.

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@Morrisons Hi. I DM’d as requested but no response.

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I love being able to pop into @Morrisons, such a fantastic selection, conveniently available. Sarcasm aside, this is your Edinburgh Portobello Road store, and this is pretty bloody ridiculous and not uncommon. Can’t believe the decline in the store over the last couple of years.

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@Ahjolinna @ultimaUmbreon1 @Genki_JPN Interesting. It’s a challenging time for any market, inc games, atm so I get the plan to pivot. I’m all for quality, it’s just a shame when your particular niche favs don’t make the grade 😂. I do enjoy the 2D-HD games though, planning on picking up SO2-R & loved Octopath.

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@Ahjolinna @ultimaUmbreon1 @Genki_JPN That’s a shame if so. Where’s this info coming from on sales numbers cause that is interesting too. The fan boy in me is hoping they haven’t gone mad and cancelled FF7 part 3. SofP 2 was high on my wish list though too so that’s gutting.

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@AvantiWestCoast Yo @AvantiWestCoast so clarification here would be good.

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@AvantiWestCoast “we’ve a shortage of train crew so we’re sending this train from Euston to Glasgow instead of Edinburgh… because yeah, still Scotland right?.”

Makes complete sense…

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Btw @AvantiWestCoast I’m assuming I can use my ticket to get a train from glasgow central or queen st to Edinburgh since you’re not actually getting me where you should. Again.

[Jamie McBride @jamiemcbride87]

A 4 hour rail journey with @AvantiWestCoast yesterday took 12 hours - including a full black cab from Preston - Edinburgh, imagine my delight that I’m now on @ScotRail 2 carriage train on the Fife circular, on a Saturday evening.

I must’ve angered the train gods this week.

[Jamie McBride @jamiemcbride87]

@bakkles @JamesNokise Solidarity from the back of a black cab filled with a band of merry (well maybe not that merry) strangers rocketing toward Edinburgh. What a day.

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A thank you to the kind staff at Preston who sorted us into taxis. Hellish journey this has been but I feel for the long night ahead probably for the staff there.

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Thanks @AvantiWestCoast - booted off Euston to Edinburgh train at Preston, folk told how to get to Carlisle - great, not sure how you’re getting all these people on 1 train, but actually wish someone would tell me how to get to Edinburgh.

[Jamie McBride @jamiemcbride87]

@AvantiWestCoast @sharonsmedley15 Standing at the rail replacement stances and there’s no buses and no staff and nobody knows anything.

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@AvantiWestCoast Great cause you just offloaded the overpacked Glasgow train. Can’t hear a thing on the tannoy and no clue what is happening. Again. Any help with where or what is happening with coaches??

[Jamie McBride @jamiemcbride87]

@AvantiWestCoast Should you not be looking to put coaches on to Edinburgh, or something?!

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@AvantiWestCoast No! If had any clue where to find them I would have. So solution is to wait another two hours. Have no faith that that one will run, what then? How are you getting people home - you’ve already over stuffed the Glasgow train.

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@AvantiWestCoast You’ve cancelled that one now. Any other suggestions to get folk home?

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@AvantiWestCoast I hope it runs as looks like the 19:05 to Edinburgh has been cancelled and failing that you’re leaving me with dwindling options for actually getting home before strike strands me here.

[Jamie McBride @jamiemcbride87]

@AvantiWestCoast Yes - at Preston

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You’ve also cancelled the Glasgow train while I’ve been typing.
Really would like to get home to Edinburgh and not be stuck on Preston all weekend.