the delays of the used trains per day travelling documents A Commuter has a self-knitted scarf. Now he was sold at auction for an incredible sum.
Update from the 15.01.2019: in 2019, the next "Delay-scarf"
First it was just a scarf, then he was to Hit the Internet. And now he has achieved a great price: The "delay of scarf", the Commuter Claudia Weber (55) knitted, in order to document the Tardiness of the train, was auctioned off on Ebay for 7550 Euro. "I'm just speechless. I am very happy,“ says Weber.
The highest bid was made on Monday evening. By whom, is not known. "Whether this is a private person or an organization," Weber said to the tz I know. The proceeds to donate to the clerk of the station's mission to Track 11 to the main train station. "Because the care there is so great to be Stranded and seeking help." "We would be pleased to receive the donation", - said the mission Chief, Barbara Thoma. In 2018, there have been 112 000 visits in the common room of the Mission, an average of 77 deliberations of the day. "This is an increase of twelve percent compared to the previous year and reflects the social Situation in Munich."
The 1.50-metre-long scarf to Weber, which departs daily with a regional train from Moosburg to Moosach to work had made in the past year. Every day she knitted two rows and in different colors: in less than five minutes late-grey, with five to 30 minutes of pink and a ride that was more than half an hour late, red wool. Your daughter posted a photo of the scarves on Twitter – and triggered so that within a few hours of enthusiastic reactions.
Even the British the Guardian dedicated to the "German train-delay scarf" an article. Whether the railway Weber's request, fails to invest "a bit more money, in order for the Service to work" – that remains to be seen. One way or the other: 2019 Weber wants to knit a delay scarf.
Update from the 14.01.2019: "delay scarf" on Ebay-item"> The shawl auctioned off for an enormous sum
original message from 08. January 2019
Munich - Constantly late - you can be the proverbial wool wars with the track! Or you could use real wool and a unique document of the commuter Anger. Claudia Weber has the Latter done - out of the Delay circuit of Bahn in Munich has come! The unique piece of clothing was commuted in the past two days to be an Internet Hit...
Claudia Weber (55) for over 25 years, with a regional train between Moosburg and Moosach. 40 minutes to get there, 40 minutes back. So it should be actually, at least according to the roadmap. Weber says: "It occurred to me that, as the orbit would constantly come to late."
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Every evening, two rows of knit scarf
to verify the the clerk continued from the 2. January 2018 every night on your Sofa and knitted. Always five minutes long, two rows per day.
your System: Grey wool means that the train was on time - Weber tolerated up to five minutes late. Pink five to 30 minutes is: too late. And red means a delay on both journeys - or that the train arrived more than 30 minutes late.
+ one of A kind: This is the delay shawl Claudia Weber has made.©fknconstruction site during summer holidays, ensures Trouble
The scarf of the year starts very well: As we can see, quite a lot of grey. Then, a thicker, red bar comes but in the summer holidays. "I was daily in summer and four to five hours of on-the-go," recalls Weber. Basic a site on the track was, you had to use the rail replacement service. "I thought after that it would be better." But the redder the scarf was, the more Anger and Frustration on Claudia Weber.
Comes this wool-statistics actually? The railway confirmed on tz-request delays, but would the red stripe during the summer holidays, like to cut. "The knitting idea is charming," said a track spokesman, "but the Red I want in the time do not apply. During the construction site we had a different timetable.“
In the six weeks, the rails were replaced, in order to stabilize the transport network. "As for the Rest of the scarf: Since we are in the process, and great, we do not find that too," he says. "We women would buy wool like more grey."
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Who will warm to the delay scarf in the future? This is not fixed yet. Because Claudia Weber wants to auction off the piece of clothing on the Internet at ebay under "Delay". The proceeds is intended for a good purpose. "I'm donating the money to the station mission," says Weber.
So all the lost hours of the past year, and the six skeins of wool had a sense would have. "It's a good thing that helps people, and in connection with the railway," says Weber. The railway mission provides people in need of support, guidance and mediation.
Because so many have asked, what happens now with the scarf: My mother, who is very happy about the many reactions, has decided to auction off the scarf in favor of the @station mission: https://t.co/j1vGEryKP4
— Sara Weber (@sara__weber) 7. January 2019
Kathrin Braun
Date Of Update: 16 January 2019, 00:02
