Fran19
10-10-2006, 22:34
Sorry about this, but I need somewhere to rant and rave!!
This morning, my son who has just got back from two fantastic weeks in our villa, was pickpocketed on the tube into London. They took his yearly travel ticket and his Oyster card, which he had just purchased the day before! He was already sad at being back in this country and then some lowlife does that! Wouldn't you just love to be put in a room with the scum, although they will never be caught. The train staff are great too! When he got off and realised and explained what had happened to the train staff, they said they could not let him through the barrier and he would have to phone the transport Police. He explained he had no signal on his phone because he was in a tube station and could he possibly use one of their phones. No was the answer. What can I do then he asked. His reply was that he would have to get on the train and go back to the station he started from and report it there!! What wonderfully helpful people there are in this country. Always ready to help someone who has had a crime committed against them but not, of course, if you are British!!
Sorry for sounding off but I am so upset for him. He has to buy his ticket again and wait to be reimbursed in a few weeks time!! I suppose there will be an admin charge for that though![msnsad]
This morning, my son who has just got back from two fantastic weeks in our villa, was pickpocketed on the tube into London. They took his yearly travel ticket and his Oyster card, which he had just purchased the day before! He was already sad at being back in this country and then some lowlife does that! Wouldn't you just love to be put in a room with the scum, although they will never be caught. The train staff are great too! When he got off and realised and explained what had happened to the train staff, they said they could not let him through the barrier and he would have to phone the transport Police. He explained he had no signal on his phone because he was in a tube station and could he possibly use one of their phones. No was the answer. What can I do then he asked. His reply was that he would have to get on the train and go back to the station he started from and report it there!! What wonderfully helpful people there are in this country. Always ready to help someone who has had a crime committed against them but not, of course, if you are British!!
Sorry for sounding off but I am so upset for him. He has to buy his ticket again and wait to be reimbursed in a few weeks time!! I suppose there will be an admin charge for that though![msnsad]