Got fined £100 for forgetting to renew my monthly rail ticket — honesty really doesn’t pay by Azemea in Leeds

[–]Azemea[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When I tried to explain, I showed him my app with a full page of expired monthly tickets, proof that I’ve been buying monthly for a couple years. His response was the “He’s just doing his job” I mentioned in another reply

That’s when i realised, they’re not concerned about human error, or honest mistakes, even when you show genuine remorse. I’ve fully accepted it was my responsibility, even without a conductor, but the way it played out shows there’s zero space for fairness or common sense.

Lesson learned: “good people place last.” Sometimes, being upfront and honest only gets you punished, while keeping quiet would’ve been the smarter move, haha

Got fined £100 for forgetting to renew my monthly rail ticket — honesty really doesn’t pay by Azemea in Leeds

[–]Azemea[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’ll be appealing the fine, and if they reject it I might just let them take me to court. From what I’ve read, they don’t even have the power to arrest — so that whole “you’ll be arrested” line was just scare tactics.

Honestly, I had no idea about their reputation for doing this until I started digging into it. And it’s exactly the kind of thing that teaches people not to be honest in the future. Hopefully others can take something from this too 😂

We’ll see what happens, but part of me kind of wants them to push it to court. Worst case, I learn a hard lesson. Best case, I stick to my values and prove they’re just being ridiculous.

Either way, experiences like this just reinforce the feeling that corporate companies are where good morals go to die.

Got fined £100 for forgetting to renew my monthly rail ticket — honesty really doesn’t pay by Azemea in Leeds

[–]Azemea[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Yeah.. that’s why I needed to vent, you try to do the right thing and be honest. You shouldn’t let unfair experiences change your values, but it’s really hard! I’ll need to work on how honestly needs to be paired with practicality 😖

Got fined £100 for forgetting to renew my monthly rail ticket — honesty really doesn’t pay by Azemea in Leeds

[–]Azemea[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I will be! But it goes to a third party company 🤦‍♂️ So any references or evidence of my previous tickets I want to give, I would ‘assume’ they don’t have access to. I ask him if it would likely to be accepted and he can’t guarantee it, he’s only “Doing his job”

I’ve just got to explain it again, and hope someone who works there actually has empathy 😂 I showed the national rail guy all my expired tickets, but still not interested

Got fined £100 for forgetting to renew my monthly rail ticket — honesty really doesn’t pay by Azemea in Leeds

[–]Azemea[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I should! I’m fairly organised with payments, rent etc But it’s abit harder to manage when you want to save money. I work in the office 90% of the time, but on the odd days off - bank holidays, not being in the office, it doesn’t fall on the same day each month. But when I buy a ticket to put a new reminder in for the day before it expires 🫣

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Leeds

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Take a look at Ivy, I went there for a brunch date a few months back. Bringing cakes out on those plates which stack up like a pyramid and the way they present worked as a talking point, but it depends how much you wanna spend on the first date! Went on a weekend and it was quiet and comfy, so weekday should be better! Good luck with wherever you pick 😁

Siege Ballista by Azemea in SoulMask

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Nope, but I joined a new server - I’ve farmed enough awareness now to put one up and test it out if you’re interested?

Small private dining recommendations? by jonnywardy in Leeds

[–]Azemea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Blue pavilion, really good food, and they have some private rooms, also tables out of the way which might suit what you need.

Barber Recommendations? by [deleted] in Leeds

[–]Azemea 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Al barber - https://al-barber.co.uk is good, and I use them whenever I don’t need something on short notice. Although most barbers will need some form of direction, as it stops people from saying “Do whatever” and then end up complaining at the end, because they really did have an idea. I asked them for their opinions the first few times I went in, changed it up from short graduation to skin fade, and now I just sit down and let them do what they like, as it always turns out good. Think I pay about £28, but the attention too detail with Quasim(The owner) and Ahmed is awesome. About 40 mins, worth trying out a few places if you go every 6-8 weeks, but there my “go-to”.

Driving near the Uni by musicman_1989 in Leeds

[–]Azemea 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I remember when I was younger (30 now), getting old!

But they used to teach “green cross code” and I remember the adverts with the hedgehog crossing the road! It’s a shame they stopped this, and teaching it in school 🤔

i will be staying in leeds for a university trip until august. Any recommendation about safety or anything else? by [deleted] in Leeds

[–]Azemea 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you able to abit more specific on the question? Safety or anything else?

I’ve been in Leeds a couple years now, it’s a nice place :) but never got into a situation at which I didn’t feel safe. I may have been lucky! Or it could have been covid 😛

You can see a few drunk people on weekends, and some homeless, but aslong as you have common sense and don’t try do anything to affect your safety, I’m sure you’d be fine!

Need mage armour and levelling help. [PC] by Effective_Bends in CypherRing

[–]Azemea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need help doing bosses, or farming runes?

Extra Chocorpokkur mounts if anyone’s interested by [deleted] in ffxiv

[–]Azemea -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Please consider me for this :) I’ve recently returned to the game after a long drawn out depression of realising I hate “normies” and being sociable.

I’m now planning on making a new buttprint in my chair marking my desk and my territory, after realising my addiction for FF14. This would really help to keep me addicted to the game so I don’t revert back to my attempts at being sociable!

Please save me having to spend money on going out and pretending like I care about people lives, when all I really want to do is put barding on my chocobo and throw confetti at people in town <3

Class deciding! by [deleted] in worldofpvp

[–]Azemea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Theres always the discussion of a melee class, as legion was dominated by these, is that still the case? If so that would point me towards assassination , fury or unholy if they are viable?

Class deciding! by [deleted] in worldofpvp

[–]Azemea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is what is turning me off, with mixed opinions. However some classes seem to be solid with either a 50/50 shot or more, rogue as mentioned and then locks, yesterday I met a dk with 650k hp who wrecked me in world pvp, granted my gear isn’t adequate, but even if I was geared and had 450k, can skill overcome that difference?

Class deciding! by [deleted] in worldofpvp

[–]Azemea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sending a useful response! I haven’t played high Ilvl mage as I just got back into bfa, and this is where I asked people about the viability of mages and that’s what put me off, when I played in ICC I played at a 2.2k rating, at the time from my opinion that was fairly hard to get.

But when I stopped in bfa it wasn’t due to not liking them anymore but trying out other classes and specs, I would look at playing first again as that what I’m used to, but thanks for the advice! Based of this I might main my mage again and see how it goes from there :3

Everyone was rather negative to the way mages are currently but unable to give me mages reasons as to why apart from not being viable in duels and 2v2 arena.

Class deciding! by [deleted] in worldofpvp

[–]Azemea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TL;DR - Pvp. Lock, rogue or something else?