essembeeofsunderland 811 Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 (edited) Sky news reported today that police officers who attended the funeral today of one of their colleagues in Manchester received free rail travel.Why ? Edited October 4, 2012 by essembeeofsunderland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4668 Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 If you have to ask you're too stupid to understand the explanation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essembeeofsunderland 811 Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 Will i be given free rail travel if someone from the same company dies whilst at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4668 Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 No you won't, now shut the fuck up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 31991 Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 It's a valid question. Don't understand the response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essembeeofsunderland 811 Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 (edited) Why not ,and please don't swear . Edited October 4, 2012 by essembeeofsunderland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4668 Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Feel free to answer it then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 31991 Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 SMB doesn't say who provided the free tickets. If their police union paid it then it wasn't free. If it was the various rail companies then that's between them and their shareholders and customers. If the govt paid it in these days of cuts then I'd question it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essembeeofsunderland 811 Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 (edited) If you have nothing constructive to say,then stay silent,and if you have,please don't swear.If you don't have an explanation,maybe you are also stupid. The news said rail companies or a rail company provided free travel. Edited October 4, 2012 by essembeeofsunderland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 99 Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Remember they didn't simply die either. Kinda cold blooded murder. No harm in discussion though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essembeeofsunderland 811 Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 Aye,but it seems there is harm in discussing free travel for the police. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4668 Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 If you have nothing constructive to say,then stay silent,and if you have,please don't swear.If you don't have an explanation,maybe you are also stupid. The news said rail companies or a rail company provided free travel. alright 2 young women were murdered, callously, in the line of duty, that duty being to protect the people of this country. Their colleagues should have been, and were, allowed to pay their respects to them without having to worry about the cost of traveling to their funerals. apologies if I seem abrasive on the subject but I genuinely can't believe you needed that explaining to you which leads me to think you're asking with an agenda, which you havbe kindly provided by asking if someone died at your work would you get the same courtesy. This isn't an average "someone died at work" , this is two police officers murdered while doing their jobs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4276 Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 I can understand this on this occasion but the met get free travel all the time on or off duty which stinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 29711 Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Sky news reported today that police officers who attended the funeral today of one of their colleagues in Manchester received free rail travel.Why ? Police travel for free on all public transport in Greater Manchester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYD 0 Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Sky news reported today that police officers who attended the funeral today of one of their colleagues in Manchester received free rail travel.Why ? A work friend died a year ago and the company put on free travel for those who wanted to go to the funeral during work hours. We were paid as well, although most people sent the money to charity. I don't have any problems with the Police getting free travel. If you have a problem with that I feel sorry for you if that's all that bothers you in life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 41458 Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 What a sorry thread this is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenL 0 Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 SMB fucking hates the police. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10526 Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Just to clear something up, if an acting police officer accepts free travel they're technically "on-duty" if something happens on that journey. Personally, I've no problem with a few police officers getting free rail travel from the train company to mourn the loss of 2 officers who were killed in cold blood. To be honest if smborsunderland works for a company that got the shit that the police do and two of his colleagues were senselessly murdered, I hope he refuses any "alms" on principle. There are many many more things to get irate about. The millions the country loses in tax "avoidance" from the people who can really afford to pay their share, for a fucking start. £1,000 for a few coppers to pay their respects is a piss in the Atlantic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 19443 Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 I am more pissed off at the benefit scroungers than some coppers getting free travel FFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 31991 Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 (edited) I am more pissed off at the benefit scroungers than some coppers getting free travel FFS. BINGO! Aye there's more things to worry about for definite, for example, if you're unemployed a scrounger and you're worried about how the fuck you're going to pay the bills and all stuff life throws at you. I've not got a problem with this free travel thing in the whole however I would question anyone travelling miles to another part of the country to attend the funeral of someone they'd never heard of last week. (How many people rolled their eyes at the Diana handwringers or have a pop at scousers?). The fact that they were allowed free travel is a matter for the company that took the decision to give them this benefit and their shareholders. (If I was skint and my church going, law abiding pillar of the community Grandmother died would I get free travel to attend her funeral? Of course not). Edited October 5, 2012 by Howmanheyman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essembeeofsunderland 811 Posted October 5, 2012 Author Share Posted October 5, 2012 BINGO! Aye there's more things to worry about for definite, for example, if you're unemployed a scrounger and you're worried about how the fuck you're going to pay the bills and all stuff life throws at you. I've not got a problem with this free travel thing in the whole however I would question anyone travelling miles to another part of the country to attend the funeral of someone they'd never heard of last week. (How many people rolled their eyes at the Diana handwringers or have a pop at scousers?). The fact that they were allowed free travel is a matter for the company that took the decision to give them this benefit and their shareholders. (If I was skint and my church going, law abiding pillar of the community Grandmother died would I get free travel to attend her funeral? Of course not). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10526 Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 I don't get your argument, a private company made a goodwill gesture to the Police Force as an entity and you're begrudging them the chance to mourn the loss of 2 young women who've been senselessly murdered? Should the soldiers around the country not be allowed to mourn servicemen and women whom they've never met? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6873 Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Soldiers get free rail travel too iirc. BASTARDS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essembeeofsunderland 811 Posted October 5, 2012 Author Share Posted October 5, 2012 How many of the police officers knew the police officers whose funeral they attended. Did the relatives of the 1,433 people who have died due to `police contact' since 1990 receive free rail travel to attend the funerals. I wonder how serious the police will look into `blame'when the next rail disaster comes along. Is it legal for the police to accept freebies . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 31991 Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 (edited) I don't get your argument, a private company made a goodwill gesture to the Police Force as an entity and you're begrudging them the chance to mourn the loss of 2 young women who've been senselessly murdered? Should the soldiers around the country not be allowed to mourn servicemen and women whom they've never met? I'm begrudging them fuck all, if their perfectly normal feelings of empathy stretch to them attending the funeral of a stranger and a Rail Company decides to foot the bill then good for them. My heart goes out to this young lasses family who is missing, it's truly heartbreaking and as a parent myself I can't imagine what they're going through. If she turns up dead shall I travel down to her funeral or just let her family and friends grieve? If it's the former will the East Coast line pick up the tab? Edited October 5, 2012 by Howmanheyman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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