Train 'Mugging'
A friend of mine works in London, lives in St. Albans and uses the train to commute. After a beery work do, and feeling a bit worse for wear, he catches the train to St. Albans, promptly falls asleep and wakes up at the depot in Bedford in an empty train, forced to indulge in a very pricey taxi home.

Some weeks later, same mate drinks just as much at a works do, and feels just as sleepy. Wise to the situation after the previous time, he sets the alarm on his phone to wake him up in plenty of time before his stop at St.Albans. Phone in hand, he drifts rapidly into a dreamy slumber.
He then wakes up, and recognises the cold dark train depot in Bedford, and cursing his luck, checks to see why his alarm didn't wake him up. It quickly becomes very obvious that his phone didn't alert him as it had been plied from his sleeping grip. So he eventually gets home minus his phone and another enormous taxi fee. Ouch.
( peregrinefark, Fri 16 Jun 2006, 13:19, Reply)