Quote Originally Posted by Dembe View Post
I did read your post, and FWIW I think anyone that is clearly over the age shouldn't need an in date card to travel.

BUT rules are there for a reason. Maybe this fella was a little more lax in the past and had gotten a warning for it, so no plays by the rules, we have no idea.

The work I do requires competence cards, you scan them and all the relevant jobs you are trained to undertake are on there with dates of expiry. A nice fella up in Shrewsbury lost his tickets because he let a fella he knows on track to do some work, his competence has lapsed but he was on a course in the next few days. An incident occurred that shift on another job within the same worksite, all men were brought off and a part of the process is to check cards, this fella has his card scanned and it shows he is out of date, questions raised how he even got on track etc and the fella that let him on ends up losing his job. Rules are there for a reason

You can call me all the names you like, all you had to do was have the dates written down and do it on time.

I know I have 3 points expiring on May 27th, because I have a note of it.
I know when my final car payment is due, because I have a note of it.

Pays to be organised.

The jobsworth, as you refer to him, probably has a family to feed and needs his job, and guessing by your reaction he made the right choice in not letting you on. Imagine sending an email, threatening his job security over something g so trivial, you ought to be ashamed.
Let's get a few facts rights before you make an even bigger fool of yourself. When a card is replaced THEY notify you, with the fail safe being that your old card will work until they supply a replacement. Got it ? No gold standard organisational skills required.

Most drivers are fully aware that when cards are due to be replaced, these anomalies can arise. I've been on about 12 buses this week and without fail the drivers nodded in understanding when I explained that I'm waiting for my new card to arrive in the post.

The driver's attitude was hostile from the off, which was even more galling because I'm a very polite person. Being a jobsworth yourself I'm not surprised you would have have refused to let me on the bus. As for me being ashamed that I've threatened his job security, are you taking the p*ss ? The guy showed me no compassion and humiliated me in front of other passengers. Just get a life.