I first published this blog a year or so ago and with the Southern Rail problems it seems appropriate to re-publish it.
When I began commuting to the City of London I was encouraged to buy an Annual Season Ticket. So that it wouldn’t be such a big expense the following year I opened a savings account and put the appropriate amount into it each month.
When I began commuting to the City of London I was encouraged to buy an Annual Season Ticket. So that it wouldn’t be such a big expense the following year I opened a savings account and put the appropriate amount into it each month.
THEN I had a brain storm. I was
only using the ticket 5 days a week. I
never used trains to go anywhere else. I
also realised that the ticket didn’t get used when I was holiday nor on bank
holidays. Working out how many days a
year I used that ticket and dividing its cost by the number of days I found
that it was more expensive than using a monthly/weekly season ticket.
For reasons that I won’t bore you with I ended up buying daily tickets –
the amount saved over the cost of the Annual Season Ticket paid for a
holiday! Yes, with the advent of ticket
machines I succumbed to the daily ticket and for those of you who say you don’t
have time….. Work it out!
Am I glad I no longer commute.
Soon it won’t be worth the expense of working, will it?
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