Anger as fare dodger 'buys silence'

Jimbuna · 04-14-14, 09:19 AM

One law for the rich and another for the poor

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A rail union has claimed a hedge fund manager was able to "buy silence" after he repaid £42,550 in unpaid fares to Southeastern - but remained anonymous and avoided court action.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27019782

Betonov · 04-14-14, 09:40 AM

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How far could you go on £42,000?

Twenty-one trips from London to Venice on the Orient Express, at £1,990 per person including meals
Fifty-two return flights from London Heathrow to Auckland, New Zealand
Eighty first-class train journeys from Penzance to Inverness
Six-hundred-and-eight return trips to Paris on Eurostar

I remember my student years in Ljubljana.
I think I managed to dodge one fare in five

Jimbuna · 04-14-14, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Betonov

I remember my student years in Ljubljana.
I think I managed to dodge one fare in five

So it was you after all

Betonov · 04-14-14, 10:03 AM

Nope, I can't buy myself silence

I just have to rely on being a sneaky bastard and never get caught

Jimbuna · 04-14-14, 10:21 AM

Don't we all

Wolferz · 04-14-14, 10:52 AM

Damned gypsies.

kraznyi_oktjabr · 04-14-14, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Betonov

I remember my student years in Ljubljana.
I think I managed to dodge one fare in five

If one of five was "free" then may I ask how those four others went?

Betonov · 04-14-14, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by kraznyi_oktjabr

If one of five was "free" then may I ask how those four others went?

I payed for the fare.
The station where I got on had no cashier, so tickets were bought on the train

swamprat69er · 04-14-14, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Betonov

I payed for the fare.
The station where I got on had no cashier, so tickets were bought on the train

and there wasn't anybody in the head/toilet when the conductor/ticket seller wandered through. Except you.

Wolferz · 04-14-14, 06:20 PM

Over here we call these types "hobos"

STEED · 04-15-14, 06:34 AM

Couple more years and they will get away with murder.

Cybermat47 · 04-15-14, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by STEED

Couple more years and they will get away with murder.

Hey, that was our secret! Do you want your anti-Tory deathray 300000 or not? Just shut up about Abbot, and let the android fool the sheeple!

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