Im not being facetious . Lets say you board a train at an unmanned station X . And sit next to someone who got on a stop earlier at a manned station but gets off at the same station as you. Now because the conductor for whatever reason does not come through you have had no opportunity to buy a ticket .I assume you are being facetious when saying why not pick some tickets up off the floor ... if you submit a load of expenses for tickets that have no relevance to where you're travelling from/to on your defined expenses then of course accounts will pick up or you won't get paid when they are cross-checked. Have you ever had to claim on expenses?
Then again, let's flip that round and using the example of my SWT receipt from the ticket machine, how can I prove that I have made journey x and bought the ticket that I have required in line with expenses policy if the receipt is so vague?
Why not just do as other countries do and just endorse the ticket when you exit the transit system (if, say it is a single)?
Problem solved - the ticket collectors of the world can rejoice, and those that need to keep tickets to claim expenses can do so.
Back to the person sitting next to you . Because they no longer have any use for it they leave their ticket on the table . There is nothing to stop you picking this up , claiming expenses and getting paid out if all your accounts department needs is a ticket that is relevant to the journey you are making .
Im not saying you could get away with picking up a load of random tickets and submit them . But there are always loads of discarded tickets on the floor on trains , stations etc . sure someone could find one that is relevant to their expenses .
I have had to claim expenses before yes . although the accounts department in the company I worked for was satisfied with a receipt from a booking office or a printed invoice from buying tickets online . simply listing the stations traveled between and the price . That after all is actually more proof of purchase than the possession of a ticket itself .
As for the policy being what it is . I as you say will usually simply endorse tickets as used , have never had reason to withdraw somebodies ticket . However If I suspect the ticket is fake or the person is up to no good I need to be able to withdraw that ticket with no arguments . Having a policy that allows people to retain tickets would make this incredibly hard .
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