An Almost Situation That May Happen to Someone

[Mutant Lemming]

In the breezy weather I handed my ticket for inspection at the barrier only for a gust of wind to take it and blow it down the platform. Luckily I managed to retrieve it but what if I hadn't ? Would it be my fault for losing it and if I had actually handed it to the ticket examiner and it had blown from his hand would it then be his ? Am sure this must have happened to someone somewhere at sometime. Thankfully it wasn't me on this occasion but was wondering what the position would be if it had.

 

[sonic2009]

Interesting Topic

I think every effort would be made to get it back, then I don't know what would happen.

I wonder if their is a clause for this?

 

[dvboy]

If you were exiting and the inspector saw it fly off to somewhere irretrievable, I would hope s/he would give you the benefit of the doubt and let you through anyway.

 

[AlterEgo]

If it went somewhere irretrievable, the customer ought to be given the benefit of the doubt and have the ticket replaced. Handwritten if necessary.

It's not a rule but any other solution would be unacceptable IMO.

 

[Temple Meads]

if it went somewhere irretrievable, the customer ought to be given the benefit of the doubt and have the ticket replaced. Handwritten if necessary.

It's not a rule but any other solution would be unacceptable imo.

+1....

 

[sheff1]

I have no idea how it would be handled here, but I had this very experience in Portugal a couple of years back.

Boarding at Lisbon Oriente with my wife,travelling to Porto, I stupidly took the tickets from my wallet to check the seat numbers as I was boarding rather then when I was inside. One ticket blew underneath the train. Fortunately a platform staff member was near that door and saw what happened. He had limited English but explained I should board and he would make arrangements. He also wrote something (obviously in Portugeuse) on the back of the ticket I still had hold of.

I assume he then retrieved the ticket after the train had departed and had made a call up the line because, after leaving Coimbra, the train conductor appeared and gave me a lengthy note, confirming the ticket details, which he told me to show if tickets were checked on the connecting train to Porto Sao Bento (they weren't).