Train conductor took my money and didn't sell me a ticket

NBLondon

Manxman_in_exile said:

Looks like a job for Mulder and Scully...

Only after road rage....

moneysaver

Ergates said:

moneysaver said:

Not a lot of posters thinking this way but I think it was a fiddle by the conductor.

Upon what evidence have you decided that the conductor was a thief?   That's a very serious allegation to raise against someone.

moneysaver said:

It is unlikely the OP will find this out as he is already getting ignored, but the train company will know the truth.

How would the train company know the truth of this matter?  If they did somehow discover the truth, why on earth would they keep it from the OP?   You think they'd cover something like this up to protect an employee they know to be a thief?  Why would they do that?

moneysaver said:

Been going on for years with cash transactions, the old chestnut "machine broken".

Try actually thinking things through.   If the ticket machines not working is a scam being pulled by train conductors, that is so widely practiced as to be an "old chestnut" that the rail companies are aware of, do you not think they'd have done something about it by now?   Given that the money being stolen is supposed to be going to *them* (the rail companies).   Do you seriously believe that a company would cover up endemic theft from *itself* by it's employees?   Why would they do that?

If you're going to come up with conspiracy theories, at least try to make them vaguely plausible.  

It should be no problem then for the OP to get his £10 back, as the conductor should be £10 up in his float.

I will wait and see the outcome.

Moneysaver

moneysaver

user1977 said:

Silver_Shark said:

moneysaver said:

The OP as stated it's not about the £10 it's the principal.

Not a lot of posters thinking this way but I think it was a fiddle by the conductor. It is unlikely the OP will find this out as he is already getting ignored, but the train company will know the truth.

It will be an internal investigation which he will not find out about.

Been going on for years with cash transactions, the old chestnut "machine broken".

The OP is right to pursue this all the way but might never get the right information. He will probably get his £10 back though.

Moneysaver

I don't agree it's a fiddle, more than his job's worth.

Indeed, and would be particularly daft to do it on a service where the passengers are having to produce tickets at the terminus. 

Some stations have no barriers or staff at the end of a journey, especially late at night.

moneysaver

Silver_Shark said:

moneysaver said:

The OP as stated it's not about the £10 it's the principal.

Not a lot of posters thinking this way but I think it was a fiddle by the conductor. It is unlikely the OP will find this out as he is already getting ignored, but the train company will know the truth.

It will be an internal investigation which he will not find out about.

Been going on for years with cash transactions, the old chestnut "machine broken".

The OP is right to pursue this all the way but might never get the right information. He will probably get his £10 back though.

Moneysaver

I don't agree it's a fiddle, more than his job's worth.

A lot of people have lost jobs through stealing, as they think they will never be caught.

I used to own a pub & some staff had worked out how to fiddle in front of me until they were caught. Where there is cash changing hands there will always be people who will take a chance.

Moneysaver

Manxman_in_exile

moneysaver said:

Ergates said:

moneysaver said:

Not a lot of posters thinking this way but I think it was a fiddle by the conductor.

Upon what evidence have you decided that the conductor was a thief?   That's a very serious allegation to raise against someone.

moneysaver said:

It is unlikely the OP will find this out as he is already getting ignored, but the train company will know the truth.

How would the train company know the truth of this matter?  If they did somehow discover the truth, why on earth would they keep it from the OP?   You think they'd cover something like this up to protect an employee they know to be a thief?  Why would they do that?

moneysaver said:

Been going on for years with cash transactions, the old chestnut "machine broken".

Try actually thinking things through.   If the ticket machines not working is a scam being pulled by train conductors, that is so widely practiced as to be an "old chestnut" that the rail companies are aware of, do you not think they'd have done something about it by now?   Given that the money being stolen is supposed to be going to *them* (the rail companies).   Do you seriously believe that a company would cover up endemic theft from *itself* by it's employees?   Why would they do that?

If you're going to come up with conspiracy theories, at least try to make them vaguely plausible.  

It should be no problem then for the OP to get his £10 back, as the conductor should be £10 up in his float.

I will wait and see the outcome.

Moneysaver

I think you'll have a long wait...