Thank you

[mrwillow]

Hi All,

 

I just wanted to write a quick thank you. I popped in for advice back at the end of June after I allowed myself to get into the stupid circumstance of having bought a short fare. I explained that I had no intent to argue with staff members doing their job and intended to (upon receipt of my letter) write a letter of apology, explain everything that happened completely honestly and ask for the opportunity of a second chance.

 

I received very helpful responses from the members here but unfortunately we had trouble editing my thread to remove some personal details (thanks for your many, many efforts to get it to work though H_B!) and in the end staff removed it.

 

I did eventually receive my letter of notice for prosecution! As I had thought of nothing else since the day I'd made such a stupid mistake I had my letter ready to send off straight away. I sent it by special delivery and about two weeks ago heard back that I could pay a penalty to discharge any liability to conviction. So I got this paid straight away. Obviously this was a big relief, I wanted to wait until it was concluded before coming here to let you all know.

 

I'm very grateful that the company considered my letter and decided to offer me a second chance, it is not one I have taken lightly and I'll be thankful to them for many years to come. I will never allow myself to make such a mistake again and I hope no one in my life will either having heard about nothing but railway regulations and byelaws for the last couple of months.

 

I hope that this can serve as hope to others in the future, don't tell lies, don't try to excuse your own mistake because even if it is a mistake it is YOURS not that of the company. If you are honest with them I would hope you'll have an outcome that makes you as happy as my own has made me. Remember it isn't some heartless machine you're writing to, its a person and no doubt a person who has made a mistake or done something stupid themselves previously. They will probably consider what you say and if you are sorry for it then I hope you'll be provided the opportunity I have.

 

I wanted to return to provide the outcome but more importantly to say thank you. The members of this forum were a huge help to myself when I initially posted and I appreciated the words of comfort and luck more than I can probably explain now. I have read numerous threads posted by others in the meantime as well as older posts and to each wayward soul you offer kind words and help to people I know from experience are in a dark and worrying place.

 

You all deserve to be commended for it. It probably gets repetitive, you'll have definitely 'heard it all before' and several of you hear it every day at work too. And yet here you are, helping.

 

So here's to members of this forum. You made a tough couple of months easier and provided comfort and stress relief where little was to be found. And I hope I can say this not just on behalf of myself but from us all, from those who return to tell you the outcomes and those who never return but no doubt many of whom received a good outcome thanks to your help and advice:

 

Thank you all. It can't be said enough.

[BankFodder]

Thanks very much - very much appreciated.

Actually, we don't hear thiskind of thing very often. People very often seem to sort out their problems and move on quickly.

 

Thanks for the encouragement. It is nice to hear

[honeybee13]

Hello again, nice to hear from you. And thank you for the update. As BF says, all too often we don't hear the outcome and a thank you is always nice. The guys on this forum definitely deserve it.

 

I'm very pleased it's worked out for you and I'm sure you'll take great care in the future. Please consider visiting us when you can and helping or encouraging new caggers who end up where you were.

 

My best, HB

[citizenB]

Pleased to hear that you are now able to put this behind you and move forward

[Stigy]

Thanks for returning, it's always nice when members return and explain the outcome etc!

 

All the best!

[Old-CodJA]

Yes, I'd like to add a thank you too.

 

As others have said, quite often we don't get to hear the outcome and it is really nice to hear that everything worked out OK for you