Bletchleyite
Veteran Member
To be fair, the SWR contingency guards indeed aren't getting everything right. The one I had on Saturday scribbled biro all over my Travelcard, though did apologise when I pointed out he had no business to be doing that as I was only using its zone 1-6 validity on his train (together with a BZ ticket which he did correctly scribble on). Fortunately the LNR guards and Euston barrier staff were, as usual, conspicuous by their complete absence later on, so this didn't cause any actual issue.
When apologising he made a comment about being "tired" which would suggest he wasn't well adjusted to shift working and there was a greater than usual risk of him making a safety critical error rather than just a minor revenue protection one.
When apologising he made a comment about being "tired" which would suggest he wasn't well adjusted to shift working and there was a greater than usual risk of him making a safety critical error rather than just a minor revenue protection one.