Richard Branson hates people being late and these 23 replies are everything you’d hope for
Here’s Richard Branson telling people how much he really, really hates people turning up late.
There’s very little that annoys me in life, but people turning up late really does. Punctuality shows organisation and respect for others https://t.co/n2jD8Qh43b pic.twitter.com/tc32RFnW3N
— Richard Branson (@richardbranson) September 10, 2018
Now you’d have thought the Virgin boss would have been able to guess the sort of responses it would generate.
He's surely trolling, the weird altitude bothering oddball https://t.co/yV9foqfyxZ
— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) September 12, 2018
And if he was just doing it to troll everyone then, well, it worked like a charm. Check out these 17 responses which are very satisfying indeed.
1.
Wow. You should run a national rail service.
— Baaseven (@baaseven) September 10, 2018
2.
Richard, have you ever been on one of your bastard trains? https://t.co/aeBX2OuPpJ
— Dawn Foster (@DawnHFoster) September 12, 2018
3.
I’m sorry, Richard. I set off on time but my Virgin train was late.
— heartbeeps (@hrtbps) September 12, 2018
4.
About 60% of Virgin Trains are late. 16% arrive more than 10 minutes late. 3% are half an hour late. 2-3% are cancelled https://t.co/8qazJe7l5J
— Adam Parsons (@AdamParsons1) September 12, 2018
5.
Respect for others might include not suing the NHS when it tries to protect itself from you greed and maniacal ego, you fucking sociopath. https://t.co/SQRcKbtpPi
— Jeremy Hardy (@JeremyJHardy) September 12, 2018
6.
About 30% of the times I’ve been late it’s been because of one of your trains mate. https://t.co/RouHHRBHX1
— Rebecca Reid (@RebeccaCNReid) September 12, 2018
7.
After East Coast was privatised to Virgin, punctuality fell from 82% to 73%. https://t.co/TFZdtlw7eM
— Laurence Turner (@larry_turner) September 12, 2018
8.
"Punctuality shows organisation and respect for others"
18.5% of Virgin East Coast trains and 15.8% of Virgin West Coast trains arrived late in 2017-18.
Get your own house in order. https://t.co/2sIYWuJnTe
— Another Angry Voice (@Angry_Voice) September 12, 2018
9.
It's fucking lucky your not traveling through your superfast broadband then. https://t.co/TRwMZIEWQ0
— Brian Spastiani (@BrianSpanner1) September 12, 2018
10.
There’s very little that annoys me in life, but billionaires suing the NHS really does. https://t.co/PRn7AUWZ43
— Sarah Dempster (@Dempster2000) September 12, 2018
11.
Personal traits that annoy me are scavenging the NHS and tax-dodging
— troovus (@troovus) September 11, 2018
12.
Richard there, running away from a tax bill https://t.co/DnZCzD38nM
— Dan O'Connell (@dan_o_1989) September 12, 2018
13.
There’s nothing more annoying than billionaires who sue the NHS.
Oh, and trains not arriving on time…
— 📌 (@MrLukeJohnston) September 11, 2018