(24 Feb 2014, 9:15 pm)aureolin wrote Disgrace. It's coming to something when the first thought is a FPN rather than a 999 call. Yet another example of a couple of bad apples in the transport industry bringing their employer into disrepute.
It's common of the majority of Metro Inspectors though, that's the thing. They're so eager to fine people, it's as if they're on commission for it or something. For me it's no longer just 'a couple of bad apples', it's the majority of them. Indeed a couple of my friends in school have compared Metro Inspectors to packs of wild dogs... wolves... hunting down prey. They bark when they walk onto the Metro, "Tickets and passes!" and rip them out of your hands if they look suspicious for one reason or another. I don't think I've ever seen them smile.
The Tyne & Wear Metro system is a joke. An embarrassment to the region.
Photographs below are courtesy of the "Checky Watch" Facebook page. In no way am I encouraging "Metro hopping"...
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One of the wild beasts that they call 'inspectors'...
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Captioned, Must of been the "best catch" this week ya horrible fuckers, and its near Christmas as-well...
No rest for the wicked eh?"
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Just a kid...
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Didn't know they could rugby tackle folk?
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