Yesterday at Heathrow I needed to get to Tokyo in a hurry. I hadn't set my alarm clock correctly so I missed the flight I'd been planning to get. My ticket was for British Airways and only valid on the one flight, but I figured I'd be able to get it changed over to Virgin on the plane without any hassle. The security people weren't very happy with the idea, but I just bolted through to the gate so that I wouldn't miss the new flight. I thought it was really unfair that I got arrested and taken off to the police station and never made it to Japan. I had every intention of paying the fare when I got the chance, but I needed to be on that service. And I didn't even beep the metal detector.
OK, so this didn't happen. But nobody would try to do this in real life on a plane (nor, in all likelihood, on a coach). So why do they expect it'll be fine on a train?
OK, so this didn't happen. But nobody would try to do this in real life on a plane (nor, in all likelihood, on a coach). So why do they expect it'll be fine on a train?