Would YOU pay £159 for a strangers train ticket?

Lambyr

If I could afford it, yes, I would.

I've been in a similar situation. Not a lost ticket, but basically stuck two-hundred miles from home at a rural station because trains were cancelled due to severe weather. Had no money to get home another way, or get a hotel for the night.

Of course, although I realised it was a bit blustery, I hadn't heard anything about the train cancellations. Being young and naive, it hadn't occurred to me to check before leaving my hotel. Even the taxi driver didn't mention it. As it was a rural station, no ticket office either. Just a platform with an automated button announcing the expected time of the next train - which of course, wasn't giving live updates. Was stood there like a numpty for a while before I clicked something wasn't right. :rotfl:

I was lucky enough that I had enough mobile signal to call a friend and they risked the journey to come collect me. Wasn't even an open cafe nearby to take shelter, and the weather did get worse all day.

Having experienced that and the panic that goes with it, yes, I'd help them if I could. I've done similar for friends. Someone once got stranded in Blackpool and I drove up to collect them in the early hours.

Really, though, I'm the sort who if they won the Euromillions tomorrow night, would go bonkers on GoFundMe to try and make random people feel better.

PasturesNew

I'd not pay that for my OWN ticket!!

It's all relative... maybe he earns £159/hour .... which has a bearing on the value of what he was doing.

paddyrg

Could probably do the same journey on national express for a bit less again

pogofish

Sleazy wrote: »

Seeing that British Rail ceased to exist 10 years ago in 1997, it seems probable that she will need to wait a long time for a reply.

Errrr, 1997 was twenty years ago.

annandale

He's a nurse so he won't be on 159 quid an hour.

As I said before, if you book three months in advance you'll get to many places in the UK for peanuts. I've been to London from Glasgow for 12 quid each way. Manchester and Newcastle same.

Buy a ticket on the day of travel and it's very different which is why she paid so much.

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pogofish wrote: »

Errrr, 1997 was twenty years ago.

The older I get, the dafter I get ........
Thanks - have corrected the original post ...

Tipsntreats

suki1964 wrote: »

Erm perhaps because it's a general discussion and is nothing to do with marriages , relationships and families ???

Plus it will get a wider audience


The arms isn't a private members club

Yes actually I agree with you. But as there IS a discussion thread, why not there?:)

hazyjo

A local couple had someone ring their doorbell last night at 4.30am asking for money to get to Stratford. Would those saying a flat yes give money to him too?

As I said, totally dependent on if you were there and if you thought they were in genuine need.

Redacted

I have bought a stranger a ticket, although it was was around £20 not £159. It was late at night, dark and he was around 16/17 at a guess. I forget the circumstances exactly, as it was around 10 years ago but the gist was that he was stranded, needed to get home and had no money. I bought the ticket and handed it to him rather than handing over cash and he seemed genuine. I just remember thinking about my brother at the time and thinking I would want someone to help him if he were in that situation.

steampowered

I think that's a really nice thing to do. One would hope the girl would have found another solution, but its nice she had a helping hand.

I am in a position to flutter away £159 and I would like to think I'd do the same thing.

In reality though, in a busy train station most of us are rushing around without paying much attention to the world around us. I'm not sure I'd even notice the student if I was listening to music on my phone.