"Barry Salter" wrote in message
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On 12 Aug 2006 06:48:03 GMT, "Andrew Black (delete obvious bit)"
wrote:

As is so often the case with stations "South of the River" [1], you have
been mis-sold a ticket.
[1] Not that I'm suggesting those North of the River are perfect, but
the vast majority of issuing errors I've come across have been from
Southeastern, Southern and South West Trains trains stations.

The classic one I have to argue everytime at Farnham station (especially if
I get the ticket seller widely known to be less intelligent than the rest)
is that if I ask for a travelcard and an extension from Boundary Zone 6 to x
(say Brighton, for the sake of argument), instead of getting what I ask for,
I am sold the travelcard and a ticket for Surbiton (the boundary station) to
x.

On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 12:06:57 +0100, "Michael Hopkins"
wrote:


This is the same ticket seller who attempted to refuse to sell me a YP
railcard when I had all the paperwork needed, but she was used to a
different combination of the paperwork.

I once wandered into a station and said I 'd like to buy a railcard.
The chap asked if I'd filled in the form. "No". He then launched into
a lecture about how I should have filled the form in *before* going to
the station. So where do I get this form, I asked. From the station,
he said.

long pause while he thought through what he was saying
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Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK