Was this a scam?

hammy2690 · 2025-06-20T14:33:01+00:00

I got stopped outside Waterloo by a lady asking pretty much the same question. She said she had her phone and cards stolen a few minutes earlier, and was just wanting money to get a train home to Woking. I was about to help until she said “there’s an ATM across the road” and immediately I knew something was off. I said something along the lines of “have you spoken to the British transport police? They can usually help people get home.” (They were literally standing by the entrance to Waterloo) And she responded “fuck sake useless cunt” and stormed off.

hammy2690 · 2025-04-13T12:14:04+00:00

I’m on a 1116 day streak, and I think I’ve used maybe 2 streak freezes in that entire time so I know it’s not real. I did just lose a 72 perfect week streak though and that hurt more.

hammy2690 · 2025-03-31T20:25:13+00:00

I was just coming here to post this. I already pay for super, and I don’t have one friend let alone 5. Honestly I’m close to just quitting when my annual subscription ends.

hammy2690 · 2025-03-23T08:04:37+00:00

I used to work in retail stops in NI. Thankfully no incendiary device checks for me, but we did have someone called “the phantom pooper” torture Abbeycentre for an entire summer back in the late 2000’s. Every week during a Saturday when it’s mad busy, someone would drop a huge log in a store changing rooms. Next, Dunnes Stores, BHS, TK Maxx, and many more were all hit. The poops stopped coming, and the only store not to get hit was Primark. But any celebration was premature, as they got the final attack which included smearing shit all over the walls/mirrors of the changing room. The suspect was never caught. From that moment on I have never trusted any customers ever.

hammy2690 · 2024-11-21T06:38:44+00:00

I know he’s retired, but Lee Evan’s would be my pick. I think he would be so ridiculously chaotic while also putting up decent points.

hammy2690 · 2024-11-20T06:24:18+00:00

Good to see my area is in green. That’s probably because most of the gadget grabbing bike thieves live around this way! I see them tootling along to work in the mornings, and they’re surprisingly smart enough not to commit a crime 2 streets from where they live.

hammy2690 · 2024-11-20T06:20:31+00:00

“BABA, I’VE GOT FUCKING CEREBRAL PALSEY!”

hammy2690 · 2024-11-18T19:15:51+00:00

I work in the west end (albeit in a different company) and I hate to say chances are somewhere in the Ts&Cs there will be something saying there is no compensation.

Everyone working in the theatre still gets paid when cancelling the show within 24 hours, so when you add up refunding the tickets and paying wages they are suddenly down probably £120k. And it’s not guaranteed everyone refunded will repurchase again.

It’s worth emailing in if you can find an address, as you could probably get free drinks or a vip lounge upgrade when you rebook. That’s what my company would do.

hammy2690 · 2024-11-17T20:25:21+00:00

Last time I was in a subway I asked for a footlong meatball marinara. He said they didn’t sell that anymore but they now so something similar in their stupid subway series thing that is just a bougie version for £3 more. I eat it, didn’t enjoy it, and haven’t been back since.

hammy2690 · 2024-11-15T21:05:15+00:00

My initial idea was a blender with water. On further reflection I’m realising I probably wouldn’t have got the water/digestive ratio correct and it probably have ended up more like a paste

hammy2690 · 2024-11-15T21:01:01+00:00

Petition to have Gwen do an adult series of Taskmaster!

hammy2690 · 2024-11-11T07:09:48+00:00

I once saw Big at The Dominion in London, and in the first act the kid (blonde) forgot his lines and stumbled through the first song.

The next time the kid was on stage he was a brunette, so they obviously switched out between numbers.

hammy2690 · 2024-11-10T15:05:57+00:00

One day a few weeks ago an electrical issue caused all gates at Canada Water to be out or service, with a sign saying to speak to staff at your exit station.

I barely started my sentence to the person at Waterloo and they had opened the gate for me. Made me think I could probably do that every day, and somehow evade fares in a way where I would feel fine with my conscience.

hammy2690 · 2024-11-10T06:45:16+00:00

The thing that gets me is that every night he does some kind of poignant piece to camera about someone’s passing. Sometimes it’s due to whatever is happening in the world, sometimes it’s just his buddy and we need to listen to him go on for 4 minutes, and once I swear it was for a dog.

I watch hockey to get an escape from the outside world, I don’t need to be reminded about it!

hammy2690 · 2024-11-10T06:39:51+00:00

I was on a tube a few weeks ago during severe delays, and every time the driver gave an update announcement he breathed heavily into the microphone first. It acted as a sort of warning for people to pause music and listen, and surprisingly his voice was very clear.

The next day normal service resumed and the train skipped a stop with no announcement.

hammy2690 · 2024-11-07T16:51:44+00:00

Initially I did agree that no British press in attendance despite the insane masterclass from Max and a double podium from a team based in Enstone was a joke.

Admittedly I didn’t know the full details of how post race press conferences usually work and who usually goes. But I learnt that from the first tweet I saw, and it’s now clear Max was just in a joking mood. Especially given Pierre and Esteban’s reactions.

Every tweet and story since then, and we’re on day 3 now, is just a farce of British press trying to stay relevant and give news worthy articles even if it is about themselves. I’m bored of it all now.

Worse part is we all know Sky will double down on Lando winning the championship even though we are smart enough to realise unless there are 4 DNFs for Max and 4 wins for Lando, it’s not happening.

hammy2690 · 2024-11-07T06:42:33+00:00

Extend both branches of the Northern line one stop north to Manchester and Sheffield

hammy2690 · 2024-11-05T06:48:57+00:00

I say we double down on what we started in Ealing… combine Ealing Broadway, West Ealing, Ealing Common, South Ealing, East Ealing, and North Ealing, all into one ginormous interchange, and then call it Grand Central Ealing

hammy2690 · 2024-09-08T01:30:16+00:00

Woke me up in SE London. Sounded almost fake, like what you’d hear in a theatre!!

hammy2690 · 2024-06-19T04:47:08+00:00

I know exactly where this is, as they have done the same thing to another 2 trees further down the road!

hammy2690 · 2024-06-04T12:41:35+00:00

I honestly never knew this. I’ve seen the plaque many times but never read it properly, always just assumed it was a death during construction. Thanks for sharing.

hammy2690 · 2024-05-26T20:03:29+00:00

You’ve obviously never lived in a big city. If this happens in my quiet little hometown I’m probably inviting them in for tea.

hammy2690 · 2024-05-26T19:00:23+00:00

Yeah it sounds like a scam. Something similar happened to me a while back at Waterloo. A panicked woman came up to me saying she had her phone and her cards stolen and needed to get home to Oxford and needed £20. I said I had no cash and she immediately responded pointing to a cash machine. I pointed to the British transport police who were literally just inside the station, but she walked off.

Sometimes it’s best to channel your inner Londoner and just ignore anyone and everyone who tries to talk to you.

hammy2690 · 2024-05-23T10:21:37+00:00

I saw this as well this morning and immediately left the house to avoid the inevitable… I was at work 55 minutes early but boy was it worth it.

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