Record-breaking attempt - would you claim the record?
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Well Chris it went a bit like this...
me: The machines ate my ticket
LU: Well its in there it says take ticket
me: I know, i just bloody told you that!!!
LU: Well just hang on a couple of seconds and we'll get it out for you
me: i dont have a couple of seconds to spare
LU: Well you should have left earlier shouldnt you?
Me: I left at 5.30 this morning, COULD I HAVE LEFT ANY EARLIER?
LU: *silence*
me: The machines ate my ticket
LU: Well its in there it says take ticket
me: I know, i just bloody told you that!!!
LU: Well just hang on a couple of seconds and we'll get it out for you
me: i dont have a couple of seconds to spare
LU: Well you should have left earlier shouldnt you?
Me: I left at 5.30 this morning, COULD I HAVE LEFT ANY EARLIER?
LU: *silence*
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Using the tube costs money!!
Not quite 100% grant - had to get that from Mummy and Daddy. There was a Deed of Covenant for a while so parents only had to pay about 75% of it and get the rest from the taxman, but the Tories got rid of that - just like they got rid of Ken Livingstone (aka God)'s Fares Fair on the grounds that people in Bromley don't use the tube.PFW wrote:Some of us are old enough to remember free education, 100% grants, signing on during the summer hols, and warm sunny days that seemed to last forever.... ahhh, yes...
Now there's the small matter of coming in from Reading - an ordinary off-peak costs about £10.90 with a Network Card and I can't leave Reading until after 9:30. I also have to work these days, only 24 days off per year!
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I'd just like to point out that:
1) Every time i've ever done 275 (excluding tube relief - dickhead station staff in upminster somehow managed to sell me a 1-D ticket, at the correct price - and make it off-peak too?!?) i've got by on one ticket all day - a little care is all it takes - i keep it at the back of my log, never fallen out/not worked yet!
2) I paid for Sam's travelcard, and I sure as hell couldn't afford another one!
1) Every time i've ever done 275 (excluding tube relief - dickhead station staff in upminster somehow managed to sell me a 1-D ticket, at the correct price - and make it off-peak too?!?) i've got by on one ticket all day - a little care is all it takes - i keep it at the back of my log, never fallen out/not worked yet!
2) I paid for Sam's travelcard, and I sure as hell couldn't afford another one!
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The fact that we are having this exchange shows that tickets are not as infallable as you would hope - whether you get sold the wrong one, it gets stuck in a barrier or simply fails to work any more.dr_chris wrote:I'd just like to point out that:
1) Every time i've ever done 275 (excluding tube relief - dickhead station staff in upminster somehow managed to sell me a 1-D ticket, at the correct price - and make it off-peak too?!?) i've got by on one ticket all day - a little care is all it takes - i keep it at the back of my log, never fallen out/not worked yet!
OK, I overstated my case when I said a ticket would fail after 18 hours, and I must confess that I have never had a ticket fail. But I have had team members who have had tickets fail for various reasons. A ticket failing is a minor error that can have serious consequences on a record attempt and it would be something that I would not be prepared to risk. And I am in a fortunate enough position to be able to purchase a spare, so I do.
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