New Posts For Thread: Another 'jobsworth' pillock on the buseshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30527809/another-jobsworth-pillock-on-the-busesA 35 year old woman and her 4 year old daughter were refused entry on a bus on Canvey Island as she tendered the 60p fare 'incorrectly'.It's illegal (apparently) to pay more than 20p using 1p and 2p coins. So the jobsworth moron driving the bus wouand an egg, although a lot of such stories are probably apochryphalhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30527809/another-jobsworth-pillock-on-the-buses?post_id=545206919#545206919and an egg, although a lot of such stories are probably apochryphalSat, 20 Jun 2015 12:56:27 -0500Someone once wrote a cheque on a cow.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30527809/another-jobsworth-pillock-on-the-buses?post_id=545195179#545195179Someone once wrote a cheque on a cow.Fri, 19 Jun 2015 16:15:15 -0500My dream of travelling the world by bus after a massive payout on a 2p pusher machine dies a death :(I read that a cheque doesn't need to technically be on paper and someone once payed a bill to someone he didn't like with a cheque on a toilet seat :https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30527809/another-jobsworth-pillock-on-the-buses?post_id=545195115#545195115My dream of travelling the world by bus after a massive payout on a 2p pusher machine dies a death :(I read that a cheque doesn't need to technically be on paper and someone once payed a bill to someone he didn't like with a cheque on a toilet seat :Fri, 19 Jun 2015 16:11:50 -0500The last bus of the night from Walthamstow to Victoria Docks was the cheapest. Once it passed Stratford there no more inspectors. The conductor would get his money counted and boxed up, and put his till roll away. Free ride, plus smoking on the lowerhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30527809/another-jobsworth-pillock-on-the-buses?post_id=545194397#545194397The last bus of the night from Walthamstow to Victoria Docks was the cheapest. Once it passed Stratford there no more inspectors. The conductor would get his money counted and boxed up, and put his till roll away. Free ride, plus smoking on the lowerFri, 19 Jun 2015 15:32:34 -0500It's illegal (apparently) to pay more than 20p using 1p and 2p coins. At the risk of sounding pedantic... it's not illegal BUT it isn't legal tender. ie you can offer payment but a vendor is not obliged to accept the payment.Anyway, of course he shttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30527809/another-jobsworth-pillock-on-the-buses?post_id=545193835#545193835It's illegal (apparently) to pay more than 20p using 1p and 2p coins. At the risk of sounding pedantic... it's not illegal BUT it isn't legal tender. ie you can offer payment but a vendor is not obliged to accept the payment.Anyway, of course he sFri, 19 Jun 2015 15:06:26 -0500I didn't work for a big company back then, I worked for an independent, and did so from then right up to 2008 when he retired due to a robbery, and closed the last of 4 shops. If I did my dough he used to get it back bit by bit. He knew I wasn't goinhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30527809/another-jobsworth-pillock-on-the-buses?post_id=545182383#545182383I didn't work for a big company back then, I worked for an independent, and did so from then right up to 2008 when he retired due to a robbery, and closed the last of 4 shops. If I did my dough he used to get it back bit by bit. He knew I wasn't goinThu, 18 Jun 2015 18:31:59 -0500lucky know a few who tried that 1 too oftenhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30527809/another-jobsworth-pillock-on-the-buses?post_id=545181753#545181753lucky know a few who tried that 1 too oftenThu, 18 Jun 2015 17:44:39 -0500It went back in the shop float the next morning, the dog won.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30527809/another-jobsworth-pillock-on-the-buses?post_id=545181731#545181731It went back in the shop float the next morning, the dog won.Thu, 18 Jun 2015 17:42:48 -0500£10 decent dough then my dad on £30 a week74 he had good factory jobhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30527809/another-jobsworth-pillock-on-the-buses?post_id=545181699#545181699£10 decent dough then my dad on £30 a week74 he had good factory jobThu, 18 Jun 2015 17:41:03 -0500Back in the early 70s me and a mate got on a bus from Stratford Broadway to Clapton dog track. In an attempt to dodge the fare, I gave the conductor a £10 note for both faresm which was about 40p. The coont gave me £9-60p in silverhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30527809/another-jobsworth-pillock-on-the-buses?post_id=545181629#545181629Back in the early 70s me and a mate got on a bus from Stratford Broadway to Clapton dog track. In an attempt to dodge the fare, I gave the conductor a £10 note for both faresm which was about 40p. The coont gave me £9-60p in silverThu, 18 Jun 2015 17:36:27 -0500