01-11-2016, 11:43 AM
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This Newspaper Article Made Me Cuss This Morning!
Have you seen any newspaper articles which make you angry lately, or still to come.This one really did wind me up this morning!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/ar...rned-head.html
How a £1.50 bus fare turned into a £750 fine:
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN says his friend's experience at the hands of a jobsworth bus inspector proves justice has been turned on its head.
The article starts like below, but please click on the link to see the rest...
When my friend Robert Rowland left his house to catch the Number 9 bus to work, he had no idea he was about to enter a Kafkaesque nightmare which would land him a criminal conviction and a fine of more than £750.
As he boarded the shiny new Routemaster in West London he realised he had forgotten to pick up his wallet, containing his credit cards and his office security pass.
Robert, who works in finance, usually pays the £1.50 fare with his contactless American Express card. He explained his predicament to the driver and offered to pay cash.
01-11-2016, 11:48 AM
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Re: This Newspaper Article Made Me Cuss This Morning!
Originally Posted by Julie1962
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I can't get the link to open I'll pop over to the mail and see if I can find it, might be my iPad not your link.
And thank you for trying.
Very!
I think the link is O.K. now though.
01-11-2016, 11:52 AM
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Re: This Newspaper Article Made Me Cuss This Morning!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/ar...rned-head.htmlTry this.
01-11-2016, 11:54 AM
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Re: This Newspaper Article Made Me Cuss This Morning!
Ok found it
craziness isn't it I agree when he says we are all guilty until we can prove our innocence these days too, it's awful that man got such a fine but it's a real worry if you are a minority these days you can be sure it would have ended even more badly if a black man was stopped like that.
01-11-2016, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Boozercruiser
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I already changed the link and gave it to her Mr Magoo.
01-11-2016, 11:57 AM
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Re: This Newspaper Article Made Me Cuss This Morning!
Originally Posted by Julie1962
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Ok found it craziness isn't it I agree when he says we are all guilty until we can prove our innocence these days too, it's awful that man got such a fine but it's a real worry if you are a minority these days you can be sure it would have ended even more badly if a black man was stopped like that.
Obviously the racist card would have come out by that poor black passenger.
And if he where a transgender, it might have even been worse!
01-11-2016, 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Boozercruiser
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100% agree Julie.Obviously the racist card would have come out by that poor black passenger.
And if he where a transgender, it might have even been worse!
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