Anger as fare dodger 'buys silence'

[Jimbuna]

One law for the rich and another for the poor

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]

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]

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]

Nope, I can't buy myself silence
I just have to rely on being a sneaky bastard and never get caught

[Jimbuna]

Don't we all

[Wolferz]

Damned gypsies.

[kraznyi_oktjabr]

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]

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]

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]

Over here we call these types "hobos"