Your ticket DOES NOT take you further than you think

[BookwormDadUK]

Frivolous thread, but ScotRail have adopted a strapline for the Scottish train service, "Your ticket takes you further than you think".

It makes my teeth itch, it's so stupid.

Surely the one thing we can agree on is that your ticket takes you literally and precisely to the station stated on the ticket. In fact, going further is a criminal offence.

YABU - it's genius
YANBU - it was written by a bonehead, all posters should be immediately corrected with a Sharpie

This innit

Oh we have the joy of this in Birmingham too. Drives me mad!

'Keep away from children'

Oh okay then. 😄

Yes! Further into your overdraft! 😀

😂'bonehead'

It's See it. Say it. Sorted. But prefaced with 'if you see something that doesn't look right'.

It's totally pointless. Because obviously if you see something dodgy you would hope you can ring 999 or whatevs and they would sort it.

OR if you are meant to message the BTP, then there are too many words around the most important bit of info (ie who to 'say it' to).

If they have to put out a message to tell you to report something dodgy (soooo much noise pollution vis a vis announcements on public transport now anyway) Why can't they just give the number '61016 (and I had to look that up because I didn't remember who would sort it) British Transport Police'.

YANBU

Every time an ad tells me my money will go further than I think, or I can afford something I didn't think I could afford, or something is better value than I think, I always feel like shouting "DON'T TELL ME WHAT I THINK! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I THINK!"

I think it’s a pretty successful ad as it’s got people talking about the company. It’s also pretty obvious there can be more than one meaning behind the statement 🤷🏻‍♀️

Do you also hate “only smarties have the answer” as a tag line as obviously a chocolate sweet can’t tell you anything? 😂

(Still not asannoyingas London's See it Say it Sort it though)

I always thought that's what they were saying, until I listened again and they're saying 'See it, say it, sorted.'

It doesn't annoy me at all.

Me too; drives me crackers.

🤣🤣🤣
When I was looking at names for DD2 in 2021, when we lived in NW Ireland, most of the kids on our street and at DS's nursery were called Jack, Noah, Connor, Grace or Ruby, so those "Irish baby names" lists always make me piss myself.

@FuzzyPuffling my stepdad did this a few weeks ago 😂 luckily he works for the railway and gets free travel anyway.

Yes!! I subjected my family to the exact same rant. It's so annoying. It literally doesn't take me further than I think, it takes me exactly where I'm going. And anyway, if its ScotRail I'm almost certainly going slower than I think, on account of all the delays.

The metaphorical meaning is stupid too. How do you know what I think? Why do they think I'm buying a ticket without any idea about what my trip will be like?

Surely the one thing we can agree on is that your ticket takes you literally and precisely to the station stated on the ticket. In fact, going further is a criminal offence.
I love this. I read it in the voice of David Mitchell. 🤣

I'm sure for a while one of the TOCs was using "see it, say it and we'll sort it" in their announcements which irritated me much less. I don't recall where though, I've been on a lot of trains recently! Possibly LNER.

YANBU.

YABU

Omg

I read it as "doesn't take you..." And I thought it was a look, stop buying a one stop ticket, getting off three stops later and then try to blag it. Which is fine and I thought you were unreasonable.

But I see they're saying the opposite.

Is it an advert for a season ticket? Have they changed the terms and conditions for a local multistop or all day ticket?

I think See it, Report it, Sorted works better.

YANBU. Worst strapline ever!

Yes ^ 'report' is much better!

61016 See it. Report it. We'll sort it.

(But also, can teeth itch?)

I hate 'see it, say it, sorted' too, partly because the 'sorted' doesn't fit as both the vowel and the last consonant are different when I say it- more of an unstressed schwa and a 'd'. Also, because the 'it' refers to different types of construction, and that doesn't fit either. When you say 'it', that refers to the words that you're saying, but when you see 'it', that refers to the thing that is wrong.

See it, report it. Fine. Both could refer to 'the situation'.

see something, say something. That could also work.

or just 'if you see something wrong, call the transport police or 999'. Simple and direct.

It's horrible. If they wanted to conjure imagery of adventures, life-enhancing experiences, etc, they should have made it 'Your journey takes you further than you think' - same message but no lies about limitless tickets.

Thank God AIBU didn't exist to allow you all to offer your critique on the 'Go to Work on an Egg' campaign.

YABU (although I reject the premise of your daft criterion).

Whereas I oddly enough am hearing it in the voice of Sister Michael sounding extra weary and ragey. 😁