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When the temporal order of events just works against you
Taff Agent of kaos Posted Oct 8, 2009
yes it was me
railway nazis is forbiden it seems, as is bugger?????
When the temporal order of events just works against you
Icy North Posted Oct 9, 2009
I got away with Stasi earlier. You just need to select your totalitarian regime more carefully. 
When the temporal order of events just works against you
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Oct 9, 2009
Midland Mainline or Northern Rail? 
When the temporal order of events just works against you
kuzushi Posted Nov 6, 2009
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I'd barely halfway ascended the flight of stairs out of the tunnel when I was swooped upon by the station manager who told me not to be so glib to his staff.>>
Bit of an unprofessional station master there, I'd say, behaving like that.
When the temporal order of events just works against you
Pink Paisley Posted Dec 3, 2009
If I am reading this right, this is not yet resolved.
Clive has not been informed that no further action is to be taken (and presumably should be if this is not to be persued) and would possibly be best advised not to chase this up on the basis that it's best not to poke a stick into a wasp nest.
The problem as I see it, could be that proof of purchase is not the same as having proof of the right to travel or a ticket.
I suspect that whilst still on railway property it is neccessary to be able to produce a ticket. And who is to say that on Saturday, when I go down to London with my partner, I am not going to buy one ticket with my credit card, thus providing me with my reciept, and handing the ticket to her. Ticket inspector comes along and I've "lost" my ticket but can produce proof that I bought one. Hence the stipulation that you must be able to produce the ticket.
BTW. Can you still get platform tickets? A couple of months ago I put my mother on a train at Stevenage and as I left the station wondered how I would stand if I was challenged and the person that told me I was ok to take her bag down to the platform had forgotten or gone to tea, lunch or home.
Do I encounter too many dodgy people in my work?
I hope that this has not gone any further Clive. As a Hootooer, I trust you. And think that the stationmaster (?) might be best to be less officious.
PP
When the temporal order of events just works against you
kipperonthefloor - Make sense? What fun is there in Making sense? Posted Dec 5, 2009
Clive you were in the right there is a big hoo ha on at the moment about the treatment of the public by railway staff including enthusiasts, photographers and poeple caught unfairly like yourself who have been dealt with, quite frankly, in an unsatisfactory way and you were right to stand your ground.
BTW PP the person in question was probably the modern equivolent of a porter.
When the temporal order of events just works against you
kipperonthefloor - Make sense? What fun is there in Making sense? Posted Dec 5, 2009
Bother both porter and station master acted wrongly.
I miss pre '63
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