Cockfosters said:
Whilst I do agree with you in the main, I'd imagine a larger proportion of people under 18 (or whatever) are involved in ticket fraud.
I agree. Its more with 16yo like myself. I don't do it persistantly, but when it comes to having to pay £2 for a child or £6 for an adult travelcard, I pay £2 whenever I can. Also, on Monday, I needed to get on a couple of buses. I had a £20 note and 90p in change. So I tried to pay 40p and got away with it. London Buses NEVER change up more than £5 in my experience.
*Rant time*
I try not to do it, but I think its unfair that I should pay £1.20 for one bus, when I earn just £2 an hour
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I think child fares should apply to 16-18yo now as U16 go free. That would stop a lot of fare evading, ticket fraud etc, in London anyway (which has a massive problem with it!).
Marv said:
Yes, I totally agree. My local shop only permits 4 school age children at a time between 3 and 4pm and refuses to allow any unaccompanied under 18's into the shop after 6pm.
In addition, at the shop where I work, whenever anybody who looks under the age 20 comes into the shop, the manager tells us to "keep an eye on him/her".
I hate going into big stores now. I always notice someone, member of public or staff, just glancing out of the corner of their eye. This is very unfair, especially when we spend so much on their products :roll: :x
I have also noticed the fall in young people working. My local ASDA has been quite under-staffed of recent weeks, and I hate working at home, so I thought I'd go and ask if they had any places. When you go there, you can see they employ mostly older (45+) and disabled people, so I think "great, an equal opportunities employer", but no places. I have asked every couple of days for 5 weeks, handed my CV in and got nothing :x
But its the same everywhere. They could have 15 out of 30 tills closed, throughout the day, but they're not under-staffed? :? :roll:
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Someone, please do something about it, otherwise please move compulsary schooling to 18yo as its only going to get worse :x
*Rant over*