Originally Posted by cashman (Post 1062109)

That don't explain why i regularly get wrong destination or boarding point on me ticket Margaret?:confused:

Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 1062167)

It is happening - I know an ex bus driver

Originally Posted by cashman (Post 1062168)

So yeh asked him then?;) i am near certain its happening, no-one makes that many mistakes.;)

Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 1062169)

I have known about bus company fiddles for a while.
It does offend my sense of justice but to have taken any action to expose it would have likely caused him to lose his job.

In any case, it counts as 'small fry fiddling' when you consider all the corruption that happens higher up.

In some ways, small time bus operators couldn't continue to operate without such 'fiddles'. Do you report it and risk losing services altogether?

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 1062171)

There isn't a service worth a light if its dishonest, its about doing the right thing:(

Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 1062173)

Tell that to the B(w)ankers, and all those 'honest' companies who don't pay any tax whatsoever.

Originally Posted by cashman (Post 1062175)

So is this wrong O.K. cos these others are getting away?:eek: Maybe so in yer book, not in mine.:(

Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 1062173)

Tell that to the B(w)ankers, and all those 'honest' companies who don't pay any tax whatsoever.

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 1062177)

still don't make it right

Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 1062176)

Of course it is wrong, but to target small fry fiddling and leave the big companies to get on with it is a bigger injustice in my view.

We have a corrupt society based on greed. That is something I have come to terms with. Since the abolition of capitalism would cause more problems for us plebs, I think it best to leave well alone and hope that publicity about fiddling will cause us to avoid using the companies who fiddle.

Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 1062182)

None of us would suffer if the big companies paid their proper 'whack', but if a small time bus company ceases to operate many would.

I do not relish the prospect of Transdev (owned by the French I think) having a monopoly on public transport, charging what they like for the benefit of shareholders.