trainophile
Established Member
I’ll start by saying I know I don’t officially have a leg to stand on, Advance tickets are cheap for a reason.
However, my plans genuinely changed for today, after I’d already bought a ticket - a meeting of the flat owners at my block was called last week for this afternoon, which I really should attend.
Therefore I got to New Street in time for the 11:34 to Liverpool, with a ticket for the 12:34. Waited ages for the guard to appear, chatting with a lovely customer assistance lady who when I explained said she would ask for me, which she did.
Eventually the guard appeared, and she flat refused to let me board, saying that if Revenue get on I will get a £100 fine. I asked if guards didn’t have the authority to allow my request, and she said no. She didn’t seem in the mood to argue with so I had to let it go.
So here I am on the 12:34, and will hopefully just make the meeting with a rush. Fair enough, I could have paid four times as much for a flexible ticket, and would have booked an earlier one if I’d known about the meeting, but I do wonder whether a RPI could have caused her trouble if she had permitted me to board. I was always of the impression that a guard had some authority and discretion in such a situation.
However, my plans genuinely changed for today, after I’d already bought a ticket - a meeting of the flat owners at my block was called last week for this afternoon, which I really should attend.
Therefore I got to New Street in time for the 11:34 to Liverpool, with a ticket for the 12:34. Waited ages for the guard to appear, chatting with a lovely customer assistance lady who when I explained said she would ask for me, which she did.
Eventually the guard appeared, and she flat refused to let me board, saying that if Revenue get on I will get a £100 fine. I asked if guards didn’t have the authority to allow my request, and she said no. She didn’t seem in the mood to argue with so I had to let it go.
So here I am on the 12:34, and will hopefully just make the meeting with a rush. Fair enough, I could have paid four times as much for a flexible ticket, and would have booked an earlier one if I’d known about the meeting, but I do wonder whether a RPI could have caused her trouble if she had permitted me to board. I was always of the impression that a guard had some authority and discretion in such a situation.