As I have written about before, there seems to be a hard core of late night passengers who believe that paying for a ticket after it gets dark is against everything they believe in. If I had a £1 for every passenger who has said 'but it's free after 10 o'clock' I would be a rich man. What amazes me is that most of these people appear to believe it to be true. I have no idea where this fallacy comes from, but this week it reared it's ugly head again but with a unique twist that I have never come across before.
A young lady passenger, when asked for her ticket, gave me a 'booked train only' ticket that had been bought with a young persons railcard. Now if you are unfamiliar with any of these terms it means the ticket was cheap, very cheap. However, the proviso with these tickets is you must have the railcard and the ticket reservation with you. Of course you are probably ahead of me now and have guessed that my passenger had neither. This meant her ticket was invalid, however, her defence was 'anyway it's free after 10pm'. Kerching, chalk up another £1 please. I pointed out it wasn't free and advised her she needed to purchase a ticket. She told me she had no money with her. Sadly for her she had her purse open and clearly visible, a credit card together with several £20 and £10 notes. I told her I did not want to appear rude but I had seen the money. She looked at me as if I had gone mad and, are you ready for it? she told me...........
'That money isn't for buying a ticket it's for me to get around next week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'
'Well' I said 'I hope it will get you round Watford'
'Why is that?' she said
'Why? because thats where you are getting off '
She collected all her bags together while doubting my parentage and left the train. I guess her money did get her round Watford after all.
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