I had a classic one on Saturday in Dewsbury.
Some woman came up to me and asked if the barriers at Huddersfield was open (how am I suppose to know that?), in which I replied no idea, but I'm guessing that they'll be staffed. This was then swiftly followed by have you got any spare change, I replied no, why not ask a bus driver kindly to see if they'll let you on or better still go to the police station and swear blind that your lost, it works for me. She then replied they won't help as she was suffering with something. The said woman soon made an exit. She also asked two others for change too, both of which said no.
Judging by the state of her, she'd be better off laying off the needles and cheap booze, as that is where the cash is going on.