pethadine82
On Moderation
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I was on a SWT from Waterloo and I noticed a smartly dressed kid get on at clapham junction.
As the train approached stains the guard started to check tickets.
She asked this kid (about 17yo) for his ticket and he started to pocket dance.
She asked him where he got on at, he said Feltham.
I was just observing what was going to happen.
she asked where he was going, his reply was "the next stop"
she offered to sell him a ticket under a fiver, but he refused saying that he was not going to pay for something that he already had paid for.
At that point from his body language fearing he may lunge or attack the guard I moved closer to the guard to protect her just in case.
Egham came and he was told to leave the train, which he reluctantly did.
I then told the guard that he boarded at Clapham and she said she gets it all the time. She was a lovely lady, and I told her that I would have helped her if it became confrontational. She was very appreciative.
Would others have done the same or minded their own business.
Having reflected on this if a passenger did not have a ticket, could the train guard keep them on the train and turf them out at a remote station.
I was thinking something like Longford, in the middle of the Wentworth Estate
where some of the world's billionaires reside. Good luck getting home from there!
As the train approached stains the guard started to check tickets.
She asked this kid (about 17yo) for his ticket and he started to pocket dance.
She asked him where he got on at, he said Feltham.
I was just observing what was going to happen.
she asked where he was going, his reply was "the next stop"
she offered to sell him a ticket under a fiver, but he refused saying that he was not going to pay for something that he already had paid for.
At that point from his body language fearing he may lunge or attack the guard I moved closer to the guard to protect her just in case.
Egham came and he was told to leave the train, which he reluctantly did.
I then told the guard that he boarded at Clapham and she said she gets it all the time. She was a lovely lady, and I told her that I would have helped her if it became confrontational. She was very appreciative.
Would others have done the same or minded their own business.
Having reflected on this if a passenger did not have a ticket, could the train guard keep them on the train and turf them out at a remote station.
I was thinking something like Longford, in the middle of the Wentworth Estate
where some of the world's billionaires reside. Good luck getting home from there!