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| Excuses, excuses 20/09/2011 at 14:49 #21127 | |
Quizman
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Seen this press release from ATOC on excuses for not buying a ticket. The one that I thought would have been there but isn't is I can't afford it  Fare dodgers are depriving the rail network and other passengers of an estimated £200m a year, according to figures published by the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) which represents Britain’s train operators. Fare dodgers who choose to travel without buying a ticket are estimated to be making more than 110,000 train journeys each and every day on the rail network. The figures come as train companies publish a list of some of the more memorable excuses used by passengers caught travelling without a ticket. Examples of excuses given by fare dodgers for not buying a ticket include:- “I’m related to the queen so I don’t need a ticket.” “I'm in the Zimbabwean SAS, on covert ops.” “Don't you know who I am?” “What's a ticket?” “Do I need a ticket? I thought the railway was free.” “If the ticket man doesn't see me then I don't need one.” “I’m a freeman of the land, I don’t recognise the law and the law does not apply to me.” An adult travelling with a child ticket said “I thought I was a child until I was 21.” A passenger claimed he did not buy a ticket because “I didn't think you would accept my fare." “I thought by hiding in the luggage rack you wouldn’t see me.” Log in to reply |
| Re: Excuses, excuses 20/09/2011 at 15:05 #21128 | |
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Sam Tugwell
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Quizman said:“What's a ticket?”Genius! "Signalman Exeter" Log in to reply |
| Re: Excuses, excuses 20/09/2011 at 15:08 #21129 | |
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Fatman
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" said:I'm guessing this one isn't the most common excuse! :silly: Last edited: 20/09/2011 at 15:09 by Fatman Log in to reply |
| Re: Excuses, excuses 20/09/2011 at 15:08 #21130 | |
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Prof Jolly
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" said:Quizman said:I've not used a ticket on a train for the last 20 months“What's a ticket?”Genius! 
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| Re: Excuses, excuses 20/09/2011 at 15:49 #21132 | |
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Danny252
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" said:“I thought by hiding in the luggage rack you wouldn’t see me.”I remember an occasion where a "slightly tipsy" re-enactor had to be coaxed off his nap on one of these by a TTI and his friends on the return train from the SVR's 1940s evening concert - I obviously missed out on the party! Log in to reply |