Brissle Girl
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I've certainly seen my 20 year old son go to leave his ticket on the train when alighting at our unstaffed station, on the assumption that the journey is over and there will be nobody there to check it. But of course, GWR does occasionally post revenue inspectors there, so it's a risk that I've made him aware of. So I have a lot of sympathy for the predicament the OP is in - difficult to know how much more the railway could do to make people aware of their responsibility.
The same son also sometimes leaves post unopened for weeks, even when it's from his bank (and not a statement, so I would be ultra-curious to know why they are writing to me). Other child appears similarly indifferent to post sent to her, even leaving birthday cards unopened for days. So, whilst I'm not suggesting that it's the case here, the mindset of a generation which is used to getting communication electronically appears to be that nothing important is ever delivered to the front door, (at least not that fits through the letterbox, the Amazon parcel of course is a different matter).
Either that or we didn't bring our children up properly, before anyone suggests it!
I've certainly seen my 20 year old son go to leave his ticket on the train when alighting at our unstaffed station, on the assumption that the journey is over and there will be nobody there to check it. But of course, GWR does occasionally post revenue inspectors there, so it's a risk that I've made him aware of. So I have a lot of sympathy for the predicament the OP is in - difficult to know how much more the railway could do to make people aware of their responsibility.
The same son also sometimes leaves post unopened for weeks, even when it's from his bank (and not a statement, so I would be ultra-curious to know why they are writing to me). Other child appears similarly indifferent to post sent to her, even leaving birthday cards unopened for days. So, whilst I'm not suggesting that it's the case here, the mindset of a generation which is used to getting communication electronically appears to be that nothing important is ever delivered to the front door, (at least not that fits through the letterbox, the Amazon parcel of course is a different matter).
Either that or we didn't bring our children up properly, before anyone suggests it!
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