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The outlets are standard British 3 pin socket, they are the floor out of the way and have a sticker "not for public use, only for the cleaners." 

yah I noticed that later in the thread. Which  really surprises me, I've never been on a train without a few public outlets. 

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maybe he should CHARGE THEM with wrongful imprisonment..... am I right?...... Guys?....... Guys!?.... Whatever.

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Probs thought he was hacking the train!

Seriously though why leave ports open and around if they are not to be used... Silly....

Also the charger maybe similar to car lighter ports

 

Probably because in a civilized world, you would expect people to follow rules.  You shouldn't babysit your citizen.

If on the sockets it says, and I quote the article "Electricity sockets on Overground trains are clearly marked with the words: “cleaners use only and not for public use”

 

Then I don't understand what in hell this "artist" is complaining about.

He should have been thrown for a night in a cellar and be forgotten, he's a waste of public time and resources, those police men could have been somewhere else needed.

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Probably because in a civilized world, you would expect people to follow rules.  You shouldn't babysit your citizen.

If on the sockets it says, and I quote the article "Electricity sockets on Overground trains are clearly marked with the words: “cleaners use only and not for public use”

 

Then I don't understand what in hell this "artist" is complaining about.

He should have been thrown for a night in a cellar and be forgotten, he's a waste of public time and resources, those police men could have been somewhere else needed.

Not to mention that he was 'de-arrested' for using the sockets, but arrested a second time for being aggressive and disturbing public peace (?). Now that's an acquisition I can get behind, especially towards aid instances (for lack of a better word).

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Electric trains in my area have a single outlet under the disabled seat, I believe it's designed for electrical wheelchairs etc, it's hidden and not to be used for normal stuff.

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Sometimes seems like the UK is the only part of Europe which hasnt really gotten over the idea of fascism. I bet if the UK had seen the result of that mentality up close and personal, like rest of Europe did in WW2, the UK would be quite different today.

 

For real, if you ever visit the UK, look around, pay attention to the simple details of living there. The feeling is all around.

 

The fact that anything green in the cities is behind a fence and cameras.

Fact that they have regulations how far you can open your window (very narrow)... for real, they are constructed with this in mind.

The escalators even tell you what to do.

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maybe he should CHARGE THEM with wrongful imprisonment..... am I right?...... Guys?....... Guys!?.... Whatever.

When police noticed that he is stealing electricity they CHARGED at him right away.

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What the actual fuck?

 

Sometimes seems like the UK is the only part of Europe which hasnt really gotten over the idea of fascism. I bet if the UK had seen the result of that mentality up close and personal, like rest of Europe did in WW2, the UK would be quite different today.

 

For real, if you ever visit the UK, look around, pay attention to the simple details of living there. The feeling is all around.

 

The fact that anything green in the cities is behind a fence and cameras.

Fact that they have regulations how far you can open your window (very narrow)... for real, they are constructed with this in mind.

The escalators even tell you what to do.

 

Yeah, that kinda crap is why there is no reason at all to ever visit the UK. A shame really, because I'd love to visit Scotland.

 

Seriously, they have a regulation on how far you can open your window?

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Ok so abstracting electricity BS

But dont become aggressive with police one rule world wide

So it went from BS law to a Legitimate reason for a arrest 

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To me this sounds like he made it a hell of a lot worse on himself by being an ass when he was told that those outlets are not for charging his phone.

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The man should've said: "IF THERE'S A HOLE, IT'S A MAN'S DUTY TO PLUG IT!!!"

 

Then again, it;s not like i don't understand where the authorities are coming from (I used to work for a library where electricity use is monitored and charged accodingly, as explicitly stated in all user handbooks and the several signs in the library)... The rule which based his arrest is outdated and should logically not apply for today...

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Fact that they have regulations how far you can open your window (very narrow)... for real, they are constructed with this in mind.

The escalators even tell you what to do.

huh...are you sure?

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Probably because in a civilized world, you would expect people to follow rules.  You shouldn't babysit your citizen.

If on the sockets it says, and I quote the article "Electricity sockets on Overground trains are clearly marked with the words: “cleaners use only and not for public use”

 

Then I don't understand what in hell this "artist" is complaining about.

He should have been thrown for a night in a cellar and be forgotten, he's a waste of public time and resources, those police men could have been somewhere else needed.

 

Oh wow. I'm sure you'd be perfect for a job at the north korean police. You should go apply right now.

 

Sometimes seems like the UK is the only part of Europe which hasnt really gotten over the idea of fascism. I bet if the UK had seen the result of that mentality up close and personal, like rest of Europe did in WW2, the UK would be quite different today.

 

For real, if you ever visit the UK, look around, pay attention to the simple details of living there. The feeling is all around.

 

The fact that anything green in the cities is behind a fence and cameras.

Fact that they have regulations how far you can open your window (very narrow)... for real, they are constructed with this in mind.

The escalators even tell you what to do.

 

I know right?

 

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Throw a man in jail for a day, and deprive him of his freedom, because he charged a phone for a few minutes? This entire story is a nice definition of the word draconian.

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They pay plenty of Taxes in England. Pretty sure he deserves to use 10 cents worth of electricity. -.-

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WTF!?!?!?!? Why did they even put them there if the public wasn't supposed to use them? But more important, seriously they arrested him for charging his phone?!?!?!? Sounds fake

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You know it's a bad crisis when 0,00001 cent of electricity had this much worth.

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If I was a cop I would have walked to the man and say 

 

"Alright sir you're appropriating electrical power from this station apparently, you need to either come with us or pay this man 0.00001 pounds, if you have a coin with you I will personally make sure that you can charge your phone here for a full year"

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Fact that they have regulations how far you can open your window (very narrow)... for real, they are constructed with this in mind.

Sorry but I can't let you away with this complete horse hockey. I have never seen nor heard of any such regulations, are you just making stuff up?

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This is complete stupidity... No wonder people hate british rail...

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WTF!?!?!?!? Why did they even put them there if the public wasn't supposed to use them?

What under seats out of peoples view you mean?

Tthey are there principally so the cleaners can plug in their hoovers etc.  They are NOT placed there for public use and each one is accompnied by a sign saying this .  The alternative would be extremely long extension cords .  Sounds like the PCSO (hobby bobbie) was overzealous in having the man areested but he was de-aressted when the real police got a hold of him but it sounds like he went into full "muh rights/do you know who I am mode and then got arrested for that.

 But more important, seriously they arrested him for charging his phone?!?!?!? Sounds fake

Yes then de arested him but he was such a gobshite that the offence he was then arrested for was noising up the police.  Why could he not just shut his mouth and walk?  People like him are featured on all these fly on the wall cop shows.  The police do not want the hassle so they are told to shut-up and walk away but they manage to swear and rant at the police untill they can no longer ignore them and the swearing shouting people get arrested

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This is complete stupidity... No wonder people hate british rail...

PCSOs do NOT work for British Rail (or whatever it's called this week.).

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PCSOs do NOT work for British Rail (or whatever it's called this week.).

oh, then the whole of britain is a big fuckup...

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