Hope this is in the right place - and sorry if it's a simple answer
Anyway
I was sitting in the cafe at Ramsgate this morning having a coffee while waiting for a train. As was a conductor (is that the right phrase for a non HS1 on board person?)
After a while a couple of people came in to ask if they could get tickets in the cafe (apparently the office was closed and machine not working at that time). The (?) conductor overheard and advised them to get on the train and seek out the (?) conductor - explain the situation - and ask to buy a ticket. She underlined that they should be active in finding the on board person not just sit and wait for them to come round the train
Off they went and so did she. As I walked out to get my train she was selling tickets from her machine to someone on the concourse. By then the office was open but long queue - no-one was at the machine so assume OOO
As it happened she was the (?) conductor on my train
It just made me think - logically person with ticket machine and person wanting to buy a ticket - it should happen
But is there any "accounting" reason why not in terms of tallying machine to journey. The guy who bought the ticket from her was not on my train
It's pure curiosity. Certainly not getting at her - she was pleasant, cheery and helpful on the train
Anyway
I was sitting in the cafe at Ramsgate this morning having a coffee while waiting for a train. As was a conductor (is that the right phrase for a non HS1 on board person?)
After a while a couple of people came in to ask if they could get tickets in the cafe (apparently the office was closed and machine not working at that time). The (?) conductor overheard and advised them to get on the train and seek out the (?) conductor - explain the situation - and ask to buy a ticket. She underlined that they should be active in finding the on board person not just sit and wait for them to come round the train
Off they went and so did she. As I walked out to get my train she was selling tickets from her machine to someone on the concourse. By then the office was open but long queue - no-one was at the machine so assume OOO
As it happened she was the (?) conductor on my train
It just made me think - logically person with ticket machine and person wanting to buy a ticket - it should happen
But is there any "accounting" reason why not in terms of tallying machine to journey. The guy who bought the ticket from her was not on my train
It's pure curiosity. Certainly not getting at her - she was pleasant, cheery and helpful on the train