Scotsman joins battle against scummy little tulipty chavs

[al_cam]

The Ned was on Radio Scotland this morning claiming that butter wouldn't melt. (it's the second half of the show for those who have too much time on their hands...)

His excuse was that when he bought the ticket it was before 10 so he was advised to buy one full price single ticket for the outward trip and then another single off peak one for the return trip, but when he got on the train he realised he had been sold two identical single tickets for the outward journey. He claimed he explained this to the ticket inspector but that he wouldn't listen.

He then went on to claim his bag with his diabetes medicine was left on the train, but I'm sure I can see it being thrown out with him. He also talked about how he had exams and had been up late which was why he was unusually argumentative.

2 words - aye right.

He was also quite aggressive on the radio.

I assume he learned how to deny everything and create a sob story from numerous appearances in court.

Sadly DimPrawn is right. Shame it was caught on camera.

Also, the "big man" is allegedly an investment banker - nice to see him improving the image of bankers.

Al.

[DimPrawn]

The end result will be:

Big Man will get his collar felt and face prosecution for assualt
Scrote will get awarded damages of X thousand pounds through a criminal or civil court for "distress"
Ticket inspector will be laid off due to "cut backs"

[Spacecadet]

Train fare dodger revealed | Deadline News

More on it here.

That was possibly the worst written article I've ever read

[mudskipper]

Train fare dodger revealed | Deadline News

More on it here.

[mudskipper]

The guy only started filming after 5 minutes. So not impossible that he'd already explained and the conductor was being an arse.

[Mich the Tester]

He's gone to the trouble of buying a single ticket, not quite typical chav style is it? What if he lost the other half... threw away the wrong bit (very easy to do)? If I had paid for a ticket I'd refuse to get off too... it's a fine line between the public siding with you or against you in such a situation.

Or - do chavs find used tickets lying around and pick them up as a scam? Is that a common trick?

He could have calmly explained what had happened and apologised. Instead he started swearing at the conductor.

[d000hg]

He's gone to the trouble of buying a single ticket, not quite typical chav style is it? What if he lost the other half... threw away the wrong bit (very easy to do)? If I had paid for a ticket I'd refuse to get off too... it's a fine line between the public siding with you or against you in such a situation.

Or - do chavs find used tickets lying around and pick them up as a scam? Is that a common trick?

[cojak]

I would hope that the applauding passengers will stand up to defend him if need be.

[Mich the Tester]

BBC News - Probe after passenger throws fare-dodger off train

too fookin right

A ScotRail spokeswoman, said: "While we welcome the public's support of our zero-tolerance stance on anti-social behaviour, our staff are trained in conflict management and we do not expect members of the public to take matters into their own hands.

indeed

[AtW]

BBC News - Probe after passenger throws fare-dodger off train

too fookin right

He watched too many Indiana Jones movies

[Spacecadet]

Some Hooman Rights lawyers rubbing their hands together over that I suspect.

BBC News - Probe after passenger throws fare-dodger off train

too fookin right

[DimPrawn]

Some Hooman Rights lawyers rubbing their hands together over that I suspect.

[Mich the Tester]

Well done big man.