How stupid can people get?

[Jared91]

ok this is all legit
My nine year old brother got a letter today telling him that he needs to attend court this month for not paying a train ticket he didnt even get november.
the time was 6/11/08 at 10.50am he was at school.
we were told if he dosnt pay it he will loose his licence witch he dose not have because he is nine
we rang up telling the court it is stupid they want us to go to the court with a birth cirtificate or passport to prove it is him but doing that means dad has to miss a day of work for this bullshit
were not going to rock up and see how far this gets
ill keep you posted

****ing idiots

[mrhotdog]

yeah no shit, tell them that u will go down to court if they compensate u a days wages

[Garth]

good luck with it, let me know how it goes. quite looking forward to visiting your family for failing to follow a court direction. typical decent for the legal system.

no sympathy from me.

[nathg]

Just sounds like its a case of mistaken identity..whoever was meant to recieve the letter obviously has the same name as your brother.
Or have you thought that maybe he ditched school for the day lol?

[STEALTHY™]

Or have you thought that maybe he ditched school for the day lol?

BINGO we have a winner!

Was down the arcade with his mates all morning (or whatever it is yougins do nowadays!)

[vlv8vic]

probably skipped school, happens all the time. Did you skip school too by any chance? hard time deciphering your language.

Either way go and prove his innocence, sign it over and there shouldn't be a problem. In this case they seem to be providing him with an opportunity to show that it wasn't actually him - that is the legal system providing a safe-guard against mistaken identity which (not witch) is always going to happen.

Though i'd still bet he skipped....

[Jared91]

probably skipped school, happens all the time. Did

Though i'd still bet he skipped....

he is nine and the train station he got the ticket at is atleast a 1hour drive away

[Brin]

I just to know a girl who would give Rail Corp fake details for train fines, no ticket, feet on seats etc... Looks like your younger bro has been some lowlifes newest victim.

[soop]

Most logical answer is usually correct.

You're brother skipped school....

Now as for how stupid can people be? Read my previous statement and figure it out for yourself.

[vlv8vic]

he is nine and the train station he got the ticket at is atleast a 1hour drive away

Doesn't mean much. Has he ever skipped before? (of course here you'll say no).

I don't know how these things work, how do they get his details to send him the ticket? does it mean someone has to know his name, addy and DOB etc? I'm just not sure how these things work.

[STEALTHY™]

he is nine and the train station he got the ticket at is atleast a 1hour drive away

School starts at 8:30, mummy and daddy watch son walk into school grounds, mummy and daddy don't see son walk out the gate on the other side of the school, and board a train......

[BootifuL]

I would agree, I dont think the primary school would let it not be noticed that the kid was jigging. Maybe ring the school and get a letterfrom the principle stating he was there that day and has witnesses?

[STEALTHY™]

I would agree, I dont think the primary school would let it not be noticed that the kid was jigging. Maybe ring the school and get a letterfrom the principle stating he was there that day and has witnesses?

You have alot of faith in the school system.

vlv8vic, is it common practice to ring a parent if a child is away (can't remember if your primary school or high school)

[BootifuL]

Well i know primary school are alot stricter and usually ring if a child is in school then is not? If he had been watched going into the school by mummy and daddy , im sure a teacher would have spotted him.

[STEALTHY™]

Well i know primary school are alot stricter and usually ring if a child is in school then is not? If he had been watched going into the school by mummy and daddy , im sure a teacher would have spotted him.

How are your schools setup there? The teachers at my school never welcomed me at the gate, they waited for me in the classroom! It was quite easy to walk in one gate, and out the other, and even if a teacher saw you, i doubt they would care to ask what your doing!

[TVR-190]

at my old high school they send an sms if a student is absent

[ClairBear]

Firstly ignoring a court order is going to cause further problems. I would investigate if the child actually attended school and was present at the time of said offence, then if so take a letter from the school to the court to clear his name.

However if the child was missing on that day, it is vital you attend court for obvious reasons.

[BootifuL]

Im just saying like if a teacher had seen him then realised he wasnt there through out the day then maybe they would have thoguht something was up. Im sure your parents would have recived a letter asking why he was absent on this day. (if he wasnt there of course) I hope he isnt at fault.

[vlv8vic]

You have alot of faith in the school system.

vlv8vic, is it common practice to ring a parent if a child is away (can't remember if your primary school or high school)

I certainly can't speak for all primary schools but the handful i have worked at wouldn't know for sometime if a kid had wagged. We take a list of a morning in the class then send the list to the office at the school i teach at. It could be 9:15 by the time we mark the list, 9:20 by the time it gets to the office and anything up to 1pm by the time the office staff have entered this list into the computer. At 2pm we do it all again.... That leaves quite sometime before parents would be called even if this system was used (which it is some places, not others).
There are certain kids who for family reasons are away often, we tend to not think too much about it when they are away. Some families seem too thick to write a note or make a phonecall.

Well i know primary school are alot stricter and usually ring if a child is in school then is not? If he had been watched going into the school by mummy and daddy , im sure a teacher would have spotted him.

We have 700 kids walk through the gate anywhere between 8am and 930am.... yeah right!!! Once i mark names down it could be 11am before i have a break to get to the phone to ring a parent to see where the kid is - if i have to leave a message it is then almost 2pm before i have a chance to see if they have called me back. Little Johnny could have had a ball around town in that time.

I'm not saying i like that the system works like that, but that is how it is and while we have truants we will have problems.


OP - As mentioned above the Principal should be able to sign a stat dec to say your brother was in school .....if he was actually there.

[vsl67]

I really doubt a 9 year old would skip school or be smart enough to get his name marked off the role and wag ,someone has given false details

As for the letter we should start another thread for the most stupudists letter you have ever recieved from a goverment department or business

I once recieved a letter for centerlink years ago saying I had to repay them ,because I died 2 months before and they werent notified, I was really puzzled why would they address a letter to a dead person?

also A friend of my recieved a cheque from a goverment department for twenty cents ,he framed it and hung it on the wall

[vlv8vic]

Im just saying like if a teacher had seen him then realised he wasnt there through out the day then maybe they would have thoguht something was up. Im sure your parents would have recived a letter asking why he was absent on this day. (if he wasnt there of course) I hope he isnt at fault.

Doesn't work that way in most primary schools. Also if a letter is sent with the kid it won't make it home. If the little truant is clever enough to skip a day then he's also clever enough to keep an eye out for a letter from the school in the mail or write himself a note signed "mummy" explaining his absence.

[Cobez]

I still don't understand how a 9 year old is smart enough to skip school and get away with it? What the hell does a 9 year old do whilst skipping school and where does he or she go? If he or she skipped school by itself where would it hang?

Hard for me to believe, but then again, it's been 14 years since i finished primary school. Kids attitudes and ways of life have changed alot since then. Back when i was 9, i wouldn't have dared to skip school, it was one of the dodgiest things you could do back then and we were all shit scared of our parents blasting us for it lol.

[vlv8vic]

I really doubt a 9 year old would skip school or be smart enough to get his name marked off the role and wag ,someone has given false details

Yes, they do skip school - usually a product of their upbringing. Welcome to the future. He probably wouldn't bother getting marked off the list - check my last post about how the checklist works.

also A friend of my recieved a cheque from a goverment department for twenty cents ,he framed it and hung it on the wall

You friend needs some nice prints or some artwork... There is some irony in that the cheque cost him time, potentially buying the frame, framing it and hanging it. I hope it was worth the 20 cents he didn't end up getting!

[vlv8vic]

I still don't understand how a 9 year old is smart enough to skip school and get away with it? What the hell does a 9 year old do whilst skipping school and where does he or she go? If he or she skipped school by itself where would it hang?

Had an 8 year old skip coming to my class one day, not the brightest though he went to the skate park... which shares the grounds of the school's lower oval. Didn't take long to find that one, but that was a small school in a small town. Wouldn't have a hope where i am now.

[minux]

All private schools I know make a contact call to parents when the child is not in attendance. Found this out the hard way. Funny thing is, I warned my little cousin about it...what does she do...yup she got caught.

I know some government schools do the same thing, but i doubt many would as they generally have less staff etc.

I find it hard to believe a 9 year old would wag school then be able to catch a train etc over an hour away.

I am unsure as to whether they can issue a fine to a 9 year old anyway? I doubt it would have much standing. I'd go just to laugh about it.