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    Excessing single to return tickets, how do you know they're genuine?

    Yep, fair point buddy, but what if it was at the end of the single journey and someone noticed a ticket from Glasgow, they might have got on at Troon and were going up to Glasgow later, how do you judge that ? --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Sorry Flamingo, just posted my last...
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    Excessing single to return tickets, how do you know they're genuine?

    Came across this recently and it made me think about how this could be abused by some folks in the know. Story is, two passengers showed me two single tickets from Partick to Ayr, this was on the return journey from Ayr. They then asked for two singles to Partick but if I would exchange their...
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    'Big man' vs Sam Main incident (final decision: no charges for either)

    Oswyntail, I too have had conflict management training in previous employment, such as S.C.I.P. ( strategies for crisis intervention and prevention), the latest being Studio 3 training, a method adopted by the police and prison services. However, since taking on my new employment as a Ticket...
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    Have the goal posts moved a lot?

    Hmm, grammar and spelling ?.
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    Why do so many people take ANY excuse to have a go at railway staff and Bob?

    Oh, it became unimportant did it ?, not to those of us who risked our lives on a daily basis to work in the bowels of the earth, and where do you get your information on our natural reserves running out ?. There were, and still are vast amounts of proven coal faces in Scotland alone, more than...
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    Offshore Return (OSR)

    Sorry, I don't know that. It was a conversation I overheard from two colleagues, origin and destination not known to me, however, I now know how they are issued, cheers.
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    Offshore Return (OSR)

    Cheers for the quick reply, I think the guy was on train when he asked for it, said he had been issued it before ( on train somewhere down in Ayrshire). Your reply says only available at certain stations, was he wrong ?.
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    Offshore Return (OSR)

    Hi, Anyone able to shed some light on what this type of ticket is, and where you source it on the avantix. Heard a couple of workmates discussing this the other night, one had been asked for one and didn't know how to access it on the machine. I haven't came across it yet, but for future...
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    T.Es, what is a probable take home pay ?

    Cheers Boss, I was only trying to suss out the average for that particular job, including commission etc.
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    Are you frightened of dying?

    OK then Dave, here's my philosophy on life : Enjoy and take out of it what you can, after all, you're a long time dead.
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    T.Es, what is a probable take home pay ?

    Cheers Carter, I am looking to do overtime if available, after all it's a four day week. Is the overtime rate ok ?
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    T.Es, what is a probable take home pay ?

    Hi, any of you got any idea of the kind of take home pay a T.E could expect ?. I realise this is subjective to what line you are on, but say on average with maybe a couple of overtimes thrown in what would you be looking at. Cheers.
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    Newbie on board

    Might be a good idea not to slag off your prospective employers on other threads buddy :).
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    Newbie on board

    Hi Rollwithit, where did you apply for ?
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    Newbie on board

    I went for medical on 17th June, then waited until 2nd July for my contract offer, and yes, I am based at Ayr. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Thanks buddy, if you read my original post you will see that there can be a lot of ups and downs and wondering if you have made it to...
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    Newbie on board

    Cheers.
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    Newbie on board

    Hi All, as the title says, this is my first post on here but I have used the site to gain valuable info and tips during my recent application for a ticket examiner with FirstScotrail. End result is that I now have my offer of contract and start date for my new post, one which I am most...

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