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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
He said: 'This big guy has basically thrown him head first on to the platform. Sam's landed on his face, and has a big graze
Hardly trying to blag a free ride was he and besides when I was last a regular train user the difference between single and return tickets was abour 10p.
Sam's uncle, who asked not to be named, claimed Sam did have a ticket, but it was the wrong one.
He said Sam went to the railway station at Polmont at 8am to buy a return ticket, but was told two singles would be cheaper as he planned to return off peak.
He said: 'He was sitting on the train when he noticed both tickets were for Polmont to Edinburgh Park, but he decided to concentrate on his exam and explain the mix-up to the inspector on the train home
I'd like to have seen the build up prior to the youth getting foul mouthed and fatso getting involved.
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Fine. If he has a genuine complaint he needs to go through the proper channels. These don't involve verbally abusing the staff and running off bitching to the papers.
Don't get me wrong. I've seen how petty some ticket inspectors can be. I've also had rows with them when I've presented them a valid ticket and they've refused it, but I've never abused one.
On a side note, both times I've had arguements with Ticket Inspectors, I was right. I have my travelcard on an Oyster card. I also keep a few pounds pre-pay balance on that Oyster card (in case I end up in the middle of London with no money). The way you use Oysters requires that if you are using the pre-pay balance, you touch the card on the reader at the start station and at the end station. This is called "touching in" and "touching out". According to TFL, it's optional if you are using a travelcard. Both times, they've complained because their reader was saying that I hadn't "touched in" my card, and they ignored the next screen which said I had a valid travel card.