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Yes Ok... I give in. next time it happens, I will smile and congratulate them on the top notch thorough job they are doing.

I appear to have touched a nerve. My mistake. I have re-thought my position and now agree with you. It's a very very valid function. Covering for a the ticket barrier staff's tea break. Normally in groups of 4 or 5 at a time.

Because they are working at a station that has a manned barrier on it. On a line that employs ticket inspectors to check tickets en route. There are 3 different groups of employees checking my ticket. I have no objection to two of these groups as they are serving a valid function and treat the...

On each occasion I have already passed the barrier and produced a ticket prior to being on the platform. The train I travel on will also have a ticket inspector on it. Why do I need to have my ticket checked again on the platform?

Railway Enforcement Officers. I find their demeanour and approach to ticket inspection extremely insulting. I have been stopped on a platform and asked to produce my ticket on three separate occasions. Each time I have been made to feel like a criminal, for standing on a platform waiting for...