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Your ticket DOES NOT take you further than you think

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BookwormDadUK · 06/09/2023 07:56

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

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Dahlia82 · 07/09/2023 20:50

My current marketing bollocks beef: Boots No7 ‘Future Renew’ skincare.

How the feck can you renew something that has not yet taken place?

Tabitha1960 · 07/09/2023 21:01

BookwormDadUK · 06/09/2023 07:56

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

It's not a criminal but a civil offence, actually.

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BookwormDadUK · 07/09/2023 21:10

Tabitha1960 · 07/09/2023 21:01

It's not a criminal but a civil offence, actually.

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Fair point, that's taken the wind out my rant 😂

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ParentingSolo · 07/09/2023 21:50

See it, say it, sorted? People who take things literally (my child) will think it means you see something dodgy, you say it out loud at normal speaking volume (to just yourself if you're alone) ie: "That man looks dodgy" then it's all sorted.........

Sigmama · 07/09/2023 21:55

Anything that encourages more train travel, I'm on board with, pun intended

Zodfa · 07/09/2023 22:33

A very small minority of tickets to a named station are in fact semi-secretly valid to the next station. But probably not what they are thinking of!

CatAndHisKit · 07/09/2023 23:03

Changingplace · 06/09/2023 07:59

Wonder how the ticket inspector will react when told that, how silly

😂

NoSaladThanks · 07/09/2023 23:36

Tabitha1960 · 07/09/2023 21:01

It's not a criminal but a civil offence, actually.

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My son fell asleep on a train following a 14 hour nightshift and missed his stop. The inspector got on around three stops later and woke him up to inspect his ticket.
He was taken to court and fined. It shows up on his DBS check.
So yes, it's a criminal, not a civil offence.

Teenagehorrorbag · 08/09/2023 00:01

marshmallowfinder · 06/09/2023 08:21

It's sortED, as I said. Which is the whole problem as it's forcing it to rhyme when it doesn't, which is irritating to many.

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Totally get you!

I hate the new Morrisons advert which sings 'more reasons to shop at Morrisons' - and changes the stresses on Morrisons to scan with the rest of it, so it's MoRISSons instead of MORRisons.....!

Drives me insane.........😠

jcyclops · 08/09/2023 00:25

"Your ticket takes you further than you think - but you still end up in bloody Scotland"

LuciaPillson · 08/09/2023 00:26

Today I learned that the Atlantic Ocean has arms.

If it also has wings, tentacles and paws then I'm going to be seriously worried. 🐙

TorroFerney · 08/09/2023 08:45

Ah I thought it was “sort it”. That makes more sense!

MasterBeth · 08/09/2023 10:11

Teenagehorrorbag · 08/09/2023 00:01

Totally get you!

I hate the new Morrisons advert which sings 'more reasons to shop at Morrisons' - and changes the stresses on Morrisons to scan with the rest of it, so it's MoRISSons instead of MORRisons.....!

Drives me insane.........😠

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New?

That campaign is at least 30 years old! It's partly been brought back because it's cheesy and therefore memorable.

banivani · 08/09/2023 10:17

All this reminds me of Dorothy Sayers, who worked as a copywriter at an ad agency in the 1920s and wrote one of her mystery novels in that setting. A lot of good slogans in that book, highly recommended. Worth remembering that her ad copy for Guinness is still going (at least the picture of the bird).

But I'm also reminded of when Guinness asked the writer Brendan Behan to write a slogan, which he said he'd do if they sent him free beer. After waiting for ages for their slogan he drunkenly gave it to them: "Guinness gets you drunk".

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BookwormDadUK · 08/09/2023 11:59

NoSaladThanks · 07/09/2023 23:36

My son fell asleep on a train following a 14 hour nightshift and missed his stop. The inspector got on around three stops later and woke him up to inspect his ticket.
He was taken to court and fined. It shows up on his DBS check.
So yes, it's a criminal, not a civil offence.

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What a shame! That seems really harsh for accidentally falling asleep.

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BookwormDadUK · 08/09/2023 12:02

Yourcatisnotsorry · 07/09/2023 20:04

I think it’s quite good, makes me think of opening your eyes to things you don’t notice when driving, having time to read, expanding your horizons by exploring etc.

are you ND by any chance? Apparently these sort of non literal slogans are a real bugbear of autistic people.

I'm not, I'm merely cynical and grumpy. I have no problem with skittles releasing rainbows.

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BookwormDadUK · 08/09/2023 12:04

SylvieB74 · 07/09/2023 18:44

Perhaps if it crashes, you could be off to heaven 😆

I gather you were watching the evening news? ;)

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BookwormDadUK · 08/09/2023 12:05

TabbyM · 06/09/2023 10:51

I do quite like the billboard advert that points out that V&A Dundee is only 3 minutes walk from the station though

Fair point, I have enjoyed that too. I didn't even know there was a Dunfermline Abbey. The campaign is good, the strapline sucks. "Takes you closer to discovery" or something would make me less irrationally angry. Though I appreciate this is my problem, not theirs.

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BookwormDadUK · 08/09/2023 12:06

SisterMichaelsHabit · 06/09/2023 09:38

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've been compared to far worse.

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BookwormDadUK · 08/09/2023 12:07

LudicrouslyCapaciousBag · 06/09/2023 09:03

I'm not going to vote YABU because it's obviously not genius and I am sick of posters in AIBU using hyperbolic criteria for the U vote to force it their way.

However YABRL: ridiculously literal.

This will astonish you, but I'm not trying to rig the vote of the ScotRail advert on Mumsnet. I used hyperbole for comic effect, don't go storming the Capitol.

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Missedmytoe · 08/09/2023 12:35

RadioFoot · 06/09/2023 07:59

Haha OP. I agree. Your brain works similarly to mine.

(Still not as annoying as London's See it Say it Sort it though).

Agree! Why they thought that way of "speaking" reflected anyone ever, is beyond me. And it would be far better if it were "See it, say it, sorted".
It's the 'say it' bit that jars - advise staff, etc. is the intent but the bland catch-all of say it doesn't communicate that at all.

soundsys · 08/09/2023 12:39

RadioFoot · 06/09/2023 07:59

Haha OP. I agree. Your brain works similarly to mine.

(Still not as annoying as London's See it Say it Sort it though).

Ha I'm still annoyed by Faster Easier Oyster!

ZadocPDederick · 08/09/2023 12:46

soundsys · 08/09/2023 12:39

Ha I'm still annoyed by Faster Easier Oyster!

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Nooooo. I haven't seen that and now I'm not going to get it out of my head. What makes it worse is that it's near-impossible not to read it as Faster Easter Oyster.

TinyTear · 08/09/2023 12:49

RadioFoot · 06/09/2023 07:59

Haha OP. I agree. Your brain works similarly to mine.

(Still not as annoying as London's See it Say it Sort it though).

It's 'Sorted' which is even worse as they will be useless and take ages
if it was sort it, would be putting the responsibility on you to sort it

SoupDragon · 08/09/2023 12:56

Missedmytoe · 08/09/2023 12:35

Agree! Why they thought that way of "speaking" reflected anyone ever, is beyond me. And it would be far better if it were "See it, say it, sorted".
It's the 'say it' bit that jars - advise staff, etc. is the intent but the bland catch-all of say it doesn't communicate that at all.

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it would be far better if it were "See it, say it, sorted".

good job that's what it actually is then!