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And you are?

by Fentyke @ 20/03/2007 – 08:55:50

I'm pleased to say the bad weather they forecast has so far, failed to materialise. That's a good thing. Another good thing is the continuation of last weeks punctuality of the trains on which I've travelled.

I was a bit confused this morning though. When Michael came walking down the aisle checking everyones tickets, 2 blokes with clip boards seemed to be following him. To my surprise Michael then started reading out a number from each season ticket holder and the blokes following him wrote them down on their clip boards. What's that all about then? Has Michael been letting his standards slip and the GNER thought police are on his case? Has Lord GNER forgotton how tickets are checked and sent 2 cronies to check it out? Whatever going on, I'm intrigued.
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- smitten (Visitor)
- 20/03/2007 @ 11:32:39
No men with clipboards but there were two of the train crew doing a full ticket inspection on this mornings train. The full ticket inspection itself is not that common but for two of them to do it was a bit odd. I didn’t really think about it until I read of your experience. They also had a really good look at my (advance purchase) ticket, much more intent than the glance that it gets.

There were a couple of brief blizzards in Northumberland this morning but they only served to increase the drama of the coastal cliffs between Berwick and Dunbar. Having said that I agree, and not only has the bad weather thankfully failed to materialise, we’ve got an unprecedented second day of glorious sunshine in Glasgow. Coupled with the increasing daylight I’ve actually enjoyed the journey the past couple of mornings.
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- - Ronnie Tarquin (Visitor)
  - 22/03/2007 @ 16:10:58
  Who cares about the fucking ticket inspectors. GNER ticket inspectors are the rudest bunch of wankers I have ever come across. The sign says dont assault our staff. I say why not? You be rude to me and your in trouble you fetid little turds. Get yourself a decent job you useless parasites
  - - Fentyke
    - 22/03/2007 @ 19:41:50
    Ooh! Get you.
    
    Sorry mate but if there's one thing I've learnt since starting this blog, it's that you can't tar them all with the same brush. I admit there are some that could do with a lengthy stay in personality school, but I've met far more good guards than bad. I'd even go so far as to say I'd go for a pint with one or two. Travel as much as my fellow bloggers and I and you see it all.
    
    I'm not going to edit your post becasue I think it's good that the guards your aiming your rant (if they're that bad in reality) at might actually read it. I doubt it would have much affect but who knows?
    
    Oh. Just in case you come back and accuse me of being up GNER's arse. I am mate. It cost me
    over £5000 to get there and it stinks.
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  - - Electrics need juice (Visitor)
    - 22/03/2007 @ 20:06:50
    Thats not nice. All I can say fetid little turd, it takes one to know one.
    
    We have a difficult job, it is sometimes necessary to be less than polite to certain people, it is revenue protection afterall. We do this partly to help prevent the fares going up by stupid amounts every year, in this we seem to be failing (sorry).
    
    It seems to me that you would be better off driving.
    
    Threatening behaviour on a train carries a custodial sentence, you would do well not to repeat your comments to our faces, you may not get home very easily.
    - - Razor Ronnie (Visitor)
      - 23/03/2007 @ 09:37:51
      Threatening behaviour on a train carries a custodial sentence. I dont give a fuck mate. One night be careful your not followed home by someone you have pissed off. You never know when it might happen. Even on the safety of a train with your fellow customers and guards around you could be cut in an instance. All i am saying is if I were a guard I would be very civil to everyone as there are a lot of very scary people around With regards the fares going up, your company even with the money its making cant afford to pay its way. The numbe rof ticket inspectors at every junction far outweigh the odd few pounds you will collect.
      - KevinFinnerty (Visitor)
        
        23/03/2007 @ 10:57:54
        
        Now you see... I wish i'd read both of your posts before i had made comment... IT REALLY IS PEOPLE LIKE YOU WE DON'T NEED. You obviously have a gripe with GNER as a company and the argument you have with them. As 'guards' we never see what our colleagues do day in, day out. So we can't comment as to their behaviour on the train. One thing i will say, as Fentyke says, don't tar everyone with the same brush...
        
        Also, the primary role of the guard on board any train, not just GNER's, is the safety of the train (guarding the driver in case of accident, incident or emergency). The revenue protection aspect of our job is ancilliary... secondary if you like. Railway companies way of killing two birds with one stone.
        
        You will find most, if not nearly all of our guards are amenable and approachable people.
        
        If there is a problem, may i suggest that you approach us first? It is always easier that way rather than in the confines of a coach where there is a pressure on you (because of your situation and sets of eyes watching - the embarassment factor) and on us (Do you really think we like getting on your back about tickets - we want an easy trip too)
        
        KF
        
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  - - KevinFinnerty (Visitor)
    - 23/03/2007 @ 10:46:34
    You having a laugh?? It is people like you that GNER really doesn't need to be travelling. I'd like to see the trouble you are suggesting as well. As for decent jobs, i can't think of a better one.....
    
    KF
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- Platform6
- 20/03/2007 @ 11:56:24
The guard on the 06.15 also had some strange looking person following behind with a clip board, I thought he looked like some sad train spotter who had won a competition to "be a guard for a day"
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- longdistance runaround (Visitor)
- 20/03/2007 @ 13:05:09
We travelled KX to Stamford on Saturday - they were there on both trips, there and back. They were only interested if you were travelling to/from Pbro - They're doing a survey of tickets between there and KX - they just noted that we had cheap day returns and that was it. Our guard told us about it through the PA. It's a survey by both GNER and FCC
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- Fentyke
- 20/03/2007 @ 20:10:55
The doddery old guys were there again with their clipboards on the way home. Took my number they did. Do you think the GNER Gestapo have sussed my identity?

Have to admit, 2 old blokes in civies (who it has to be said look like a days hard labor would be enough to finish em off), following train crew like a trainee taking notes does look quite funny.

It's also quite reminicent of a POW war film where the Tommies have broken out of clink and are on the train trying to make it to Spain or Switzerland or somewhere and the Gestapo are following the guard, checking identity papers as he checks the tickets. Give the old guys a platform mac a piece, get your peaked caps on boys and complete the picture. Go on. I dare you.
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- landone (Visitor)
- 20/03/2007 @ 20:29:27
Fear not! FCC are doing a survey to work out how many passengers travel on FCC v GNER. This is to work out how much revenue each operator earns from tickets which are valid on both companies.
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- theticketcollector_co_uk
- 20/03/2007 @ 23:16:58
Yeah weve been told to do a ticket survey this week and count all the PBO-KGX Any Permitted and FCC ONLY/DIRECT tickets. Only KGX-PBO/PBO-KGX get counted, the others we dont count just check as normal.

It seems GNER are moaning that they arnt getting their fair share of the Any Permitted's, or at least thats the explaination on our noticeboard.
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- Landone (Visitor)
- 21/03/2007 @ 09:57:27
Think they are telling you porkies Ticket- It is FCC moaning, in fact it is FCC paying for the survey!
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- - theticketcollector_co_uk
  - 21/03/2007 @ 23:42:03
  aha it all makes sense now. They wont admit it themselves lol
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- Electrics need juice (Visitor)
- 21/03/2007 @ 16:24:32
Indeed FCC and GNER are doing a survey to monitor usage of tickets for travel from/to London and Stevenage and Peterborough. The idea is I understand to guage if both companies are getting a fair share of the ticket revenue. However I am also lead to believe that it is FCC complaining about GNER getting too much.
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- Platform6
- 21/03/2007 @ 17:18:57
What a shame the tickets are never checked between Kings cross and Stevenage. I imagine the amount of Stevenage passengers on the 18.30 every night would make interesting reading for their survey, but I guess that will never happen.Kind of defeats the object!!!
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- Fentyke
- 21/03/2007 @ 20:39:14
I was given an envelope containing a survey this morning on all aspects of the service. Theres even a prize draw as an incentive to fill it in. Oooo. Did I say all aspects? Sorry there was one exception - THE PRICE OF EVERYTING. Tickets and on board catering being the worst examples of rip off GNER.

Personally I'm chuffed to bits that they're only interested in how us passengers feel and what we think about everything but the the thing we care about most. Shows willing don't it? Saves all the hassell of trawling through all the insults and defaced questionaires to boot.
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- badwolf (Visitor)
- 22/03/2007 @ 11:17:43
yes the old guys are doing a ticket check of all tickets that terminate in Peterborough FCC are whinging that they not getting enough money, so staff are having to walk down the train with random shouts of

"SEASON TICKET"
"STANDARD OPEN RETURN"
"SAVER NOT VALID"

Dont half get some funny looks off passengers
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- - KevinFinnerty (Visitor)
  - 22/03/2007 @ 12:59:32
  Its not the funny looks that you wanna be worrying a great deal about..... it is the possible slap you might get from the "saver not valid" comments... especially if people are not doing anything about them.
  
  KF
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- Diesel Power rules when the wires come down (Visitor)
- 23/03/2007 @ 00:16:10
Oh dear, Mr Tarquin seems to have some issues? I guess one of us told him his Saver ticket wasn't valid, and that he'd have to upgrade?
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- Dr Aloicious (Visitor)
- http://www.computercontractor.net
- 23/03/2007 @ 09:06:31
Diesel Power rules when the wires come down [Visitor]

2007-03-23 @ 00:16

Oh dear, Mr Tarquin seems to have some issues? I guess one of us told him his Saver ticket wasn't valid, and that he'd have to upgrade?

The only thing funny about you mate is your face. Stop trying to do humour and stick to squeezing your oversized arse into the train every day Blobby.
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- Numpty (Visitor)
- 23/03/2007 @ 09:22:57
Fentyke, are you a paedophile or just a sad cumstain on society?

You should be shot.
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- MOH (Visitor)
- 23/03/2007 @ 10:19:12
The moral of the story is trains are for the underclasses. Avoid them at all costs!

Toodle pip!
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- TallUn (Visitor)
- 23/03/2007 @ 10:40:05
Errrr, you what?
Your name seems right. Just incase you hadn't realised this is a blog about rail travel, haven't seen anything on here regarding children, you fool.
If you don't agree with something Fentyke has written then by all means argue against it, but insults are just pathetic. At least explain your comment.
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- - Razor Ronnie (Visitor)
  - 23/03/2007 @ 10:44:51
  Yes you pathetic bastards, you cant even afford a decent motor. I would nver use thoses stinking arsehole GNER trains with all those pathertic losers travelling on them.
  
  I love watching you people running for your trains and whining about how much you ahve to pay and how much you get ripped off.
  
  The GNEr train staff obviously cant get a decent job anywhere else
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- TallUn (Visitor)
- 23/03/2007 @ 10:46:47
And MOH, trains are for the underclesses are they. Are they really. MMM... interesting how on many celebs and MP's use our trains, not to mention have you seen the price of tickets lately, I know for a fact I couldn't afford to spend as much as what some people spend, how can they be the underclass. Come on people please think before you post because you only make yourself look stupid.
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- TallUn (Visitor)
- 23/03/2007 @ 10:52:36
Oh we do have the dregs of society on the internet today don't we. Task task, Razor Ronie have you seen the BMW's, Jags, Merc's, and New 56 plate cars in the car parks recently, can't afford a decent motor? Ha. Get a life mate.
Visit somewhere else if your not interested in what happens on the trains.
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- - Razor Ronnie (Visitor)
  - 23/03/2007 @ 11:41:37
  Well I have never read so much bollocks by so few people. GNER passngers and staff really are the dregs.
  
  I am a multi millionaire and I won three million ounds worth of property in London.
  
  I have two million in cash.
  
  GNER passengrs are smelly oiks who are up themselves.
  
  GNER staff treat everyone like shit.
  
  GNER staff have a great job? I dont think so. An equivalent job for them?
  
  Well try Cess pit cleaning.
  - - KevinFinnerty
    - 23/03/2007 @ 12:11:21
    Aren't you the lucky one?
    
    Back in the real world....
    
    KF
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  - - Fentyke
    - 23/03/2007 @ 12:15:27
    No your not. Your a pathetic 40 year old fucking atipodean sad cunt who likes nothing better than to come onto other peoples site and try and wind them up.
    
    Fuck off back down under and make more brothers with your mother.
    - - Razor Ronnie (Visitor)
      - 23/03/2007 @ 12:39:00
      OK chaps games up. We saw the website and did think the cretins on here needed a wind up. Frankly its pretty poor and I would hate to be a traveller with either the passengers or for that matter GNER
      
      You can find us at
      
      www.computercontractor.net/forums
      
      Toodle pip
      - Fentyke
        
        23/03/2007 @ 12:52:17
        
        Too fucking right the games up. You think we're the cretins? I've had a good read through your little forum and from what I've seen even people you've invited to join have chosen not too becasue of pathetic twats like you posting a load of childish old shite.
        
        You need to get a life pal and quick. your 40 years old yet act like a 15 year old.
        
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  - - TallUn (Visitor)
    - 23/03/2007 @ 12:24:57
    You funny funny,
    If you had that much cash in the real world and not just in your vivid imagination, I don't think you'd give a shit enough to reply on a blog about rail travel.
    So you won "3 Million pounds worth of London Property" did you. LoL. Didn't earn what you have then. ROFLMFAO
    Loser. LoL. I've had enough playing with you now.
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- MOH (Visitor)
- 23/03/2007 @ 11:14:02
Anyone willing to be herded around like cattle deserve all they get. As for celebs using trains, FFS What does it take to be a celeb these days?
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- TallUn (Visitor)
- 23/03/2007 @ 11:29:55
I agree, what does it take to be a celeb these days, appear on a Big Brother type show, appear on a crappy evening soap show, or kick a bit of pigs bladder around a field getting paid a silly amount of money for not doing a great deal of anything except being obnoxious and so far up their own back side. And as for MP's well don't get me started there. LoL
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- Fat Cnut Ron (Visitor)
- 23/03/2007 @ 13:58:41
Razor Ronnie is a fat cross dressing poof who hangs out at the two chairman pub in london. Also pretends to be a member of the SBS (dsylexic version of the SAS). More likely to piss his pants than attack a ticket collector.
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- Electrics need juice (Visitor)
- 23/03/2007 @ 20:49:26
What the fuck is going on?
I was thinking that perhaps I was being a bit harsh in my comments last night. If I had known that I was replying to a child with no life I would have ignored it like a grown up.

As for winning £3millions worth of property, what? I havn't heard anything so pathetic since the last excuse I heard from a fare dodger.

I will of course heed advice and be careful while walking to my car so as I don't get jumped upon by said 12 year old with a razor!

As any of the staff who post on here will tell you we do get a lot of very well known people who are very wealthy, I won't name names, but we carry some world famous names and some very influential people.

I think that it is time for some of our more recent posters to grow up.
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- - KevinFinnerty
  - 27/03/2007 @ 12:00:22
  Agreed.
  
  KF
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- Diesel Power rules when the wires come down (Visitor)
- 23/03/2007 @ 22:17:47
Hey Electrics. I don't think we have to worry too much about old Razor Ronnie? A search of London pubs reveals that his local, the Two Chairmans, is located in Dean Street, Soho, just round the corner from Old Compton Street, London's Gay heartland,

I think Ronnie, and his 'close' pal Petrol Head are more likely to be carrying a Ladyshave in their pockets, rather than a razor?
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