The Tube

[MrRobin]

That is a problem which I can't see how to easily fix.

Yes yes yes, thankyou, I know I should just use it but when I'm in commuting mode I just want to zone out and take the path of least resistance. If I can forget to pick it up from the desk by the door, I can forget to touch in too.

The obvious thing would be to allow you to obtain a refund on all or part of the fine on production of your valid travelcard, perhaps with a maximum of 3 refunds a year.

This refund route does exist (max 2 per year) but it's a massive PITA and a manual/hand written form and then I found I had to chase them up etc etc etc.

My point is that there's a pretty clear difference between a hooligan/chav regularly skipping fares whenever he wants and a guy in a suit who takes the same commuter train every day being apologetic about forgetting their ticket one time in 200.

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Yes yes yes, thankyou, I know I should just use it but when I'm in commuting mode I just want to zone out and take the path of least resistance. If I can forget to pick it up from the desk by the door, I can forget to touch in too.



This refund route does exist (max 2 per year) but it's a massive PITA and a manual/hand written form and then I found I had to chase them up etc etc etc.

My point is that there's a pretty clear difference between a hooligan/chav regularly skipping fares whenever he wants and a guy in a suit who takes the same commuter train every day being apologetic about forgetting their ticket one time in 200.

But the problem is that the guy doing the ticket inspection doesn't know that all he sees is a posh chav skipping a fare.

While you may complain about the PITA hand written form did you know that is a modern invention. It never used to be the case (although the guard at Aldgate knew me so usually let me off).