traveller wrote:
tim..... Wrote:

I didn't say that everyone qued up patiently. I said that
whether the next person pushes in front of you is
entirely up to you.

If you have a PAYG card, it is in your interest to make
sure that they don't. Not doing so is not an excuse for
missing the 'fail' beep.

What you completely fail to acknowledge is that the driver also has
a responsibility to alert the passenger to the fact that their card
has not registered. Some do and some don't. I suspect that the
driver didn't do it in this case because, like me, he didn't hear
the machine beep twice in the scrum of passengers attempting to
board the bus.

What you completely fail to acknowledge, apparently, is that it's your
responsibility to ensure that you pay for your journey. If you use a
PAYG Oyster without knowing what the balance is, and neglect to notice
both the red light and the reject bleep, then it's *your fault*. Stop
trying to blame the driver and the revenue inspector for your own
negligence.
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Richard J.
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