Comments on: ‘No Ticket!’ http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/no-ticket/ Everything About Money You Were Too Polite To Ask Sun, 26 May 2013 06:32:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Non-anonymous http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/no-ticket/#comment-8200 Non-anonymous Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:16:48 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=7093#comment-8200 @Kate Amann@twitter Hey, the one time I skipped a fare was in Rome too. Mine was entirely my own fault though. I took the airport train to Fiumicino but missed my plane and decided to stay in Rome for another night. But I was too pissed off to feel like paying for another 15-euro ticket, so I rode back into the city without one. Of course two minutes after we left I decided I was being stupid, but by then it was too late. Fortunately I didn't get caught. @Kate Amann@twitter Hey, the one time I skipped a fare was in Rome too. Mine was entirely my own fault though. I took the airport train to Fiumicino but missed my plane and decided to stay in Rome for another night. But I was too pissed off to feel like paying for another 15-euro ticket, so I rode back into the city without one. Of course two minutes after we left I decided I was being stupid, but by then it was too late. Fortunately I didn’t get caught.

]]> By: Katzen-party http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/no-ticket/#comment-8166 Katzen-party Tue, 26 Jun 2012 19:33:18 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=7093#comment-8166 @stuffisthings I did the same thing in Frankfurt--got on a train going the wrong way at the airport. In my defense: it was dark, and I had flown from Munich to Berlin to Frankfurt in one day so by that point I didn't know which way was up, and I confused "Frankfurt am Main" with a train going in the direction of "Mainz." But still, DUH. Fortunately, I had bought a ticket that was good for 24 hours and could easily get me back into town and to the airort the next morning for my flight back to the US, no worries. UNfortunately, I was so preoccupied with trying to look like I meant to take the train to the middle of nowhere that I didn't notice until I had stepped off the train and it started pulling away that I had dropped my wallet, which carried not only my license, credit & debit cards, and my last 40 euros, but also that precious 8 euro train ticket. So I rode back into Frankfurt (after waiting half an hour for the next train) without a ticket. And that is the story of the only time I dodged a fare--I'm too much of a nervous and not-that-lucky goody-two-shoes to ever attempt it unless I'm pretty much forced to by über-shitty circumstances... @stuffisthings I did the same thing in Frankfurt–got on a train going the wrong way at the airport. In my defense: it was dark, and I had flown from Munich to Berlin to Frankfurt in one day so by that point I didn’t know which way was up, and I confused “Frankfurt am Main” with a train going in the direction of “Mainz.” But still, DUH. Fortunately, I had bought a ticket that was good for 24 hours and could easily get me back into town and to the airort the next morning for my flight back to the US, no worries. UNfortunately, I was so preoccupied with trying to look like I meant to take the train to the middle of nowhere that I didn’t notice until I had stepped off the train and it started pulling away that I had dropped my wallet, which carried not only my license, credit & debit cards, and my last 40 euros, but also that precious 8 euro train ticket. So I rode back into Frankfurt (after waiting half an hour for the next train) without a ticket. And that is the story of the only time I dodged a fare–I’m too much of a nervous and not-that-lucky goody-two-shoes to ever attempt it unless I’m pretty much forced to by über-shitty circumstances…

]]> By: Katzen-party http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/no-ticket/#comment-8155 Katzen-party Tue, 26 Jun 2012 19:19:55 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=7093#comment-8155 @mirror_father_mirror Unrelated, but...your username!!!! So great. @mirror_father_mirror Unrelated, but…your username!!!! So great.

]]> By: stuffisthings http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/no-ticket/#comment-8140 stuffisthings Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:57:33 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=7093#comment-8140 @mirror_father_mirror When I visited the Netherlands I accidentally got on the wrong train at the airport and was halfway across the country before I realized that it shouldn't take 40 minutes to get into Amsterdam. I got off and managed to explain my situation to a station employee, who printed me a correct ticket FOR FREE and sent me on my way. I guess European train conductors find me sympathetic or something. @mirror_father_mirror When I visited the Netherlands I accidentally got on the wrong train at the airport and was halfway across the country before I realized that it shouldn’t take 40 minutes to get into Amsterdam. I got off and managed to explain my situation to a station employee, who printed me a correct ticket FOR FREE and sent me on my way.

I guess European train conductors find me sympathetic or something.

]]> By: mirror_father_mirror http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/no-ticket/#comment-8133 mirror_father_mirror Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:45:11 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=7093#comment-8133 @stuffisthings One of the scariest moments of my life was getting bawled out (in German, after I had already exhausted my own German by explaining that I didn't speak it) by a Berlin train conductor for buying the *wrong* ticket. (It was a Kurzstrecke ticket, which is only good for short distances, but I thought my trip counted!) I remember pathetically repeating "kein Deutsch, kein Deutsch, tut mir leid" until he switched to English, crossing his arms at the wrists in front of his chest to indicate handcuffs and saying "I see you again-- I lock you up!" It's funny *now*... @stuffisthings One of the scariest moments of my life was getting bawled out (in German, after I had already exhausted my own German by explaining that I didn’t speak it) by a Berlin train conductor for buying the *wrong* ticket. (It was a Kurzstrecke ticket, which is only good for short distances, but I thought my trip counted!) I remember pathetically repeating “kein Deutsch, kein Deutsch, tut mir leid” until he switched to English, crossing his arms at the wrists in front of his chest to indicate handcuffs and saying “I see you again– I lock you up!”

It’s funny *now*…

]]> By: hellonheels http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/no-ticket/#comment-8125 hellonheels Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:19:40 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=7093#comment-8125 I did this in San Francisco once legitimately by accident - it was my first time getting on MUNI not in a station and didn't realize my pass didn't scan properly when I boarded. I got a $75 fare evasion ticket! I tried to contest it but no dice. To this day it is the only time I have ever seen MUNI officers checking passes/transfers (but then I am a car commuter so I only take it a few times a month). I did this in San Francisco once legitimately by accident – it was my first time getting on MUNI not in a station and didn’t realize my pass didn’t scan properly when I boarded. I got a $75 fare evasion ticket! I tried to contest it but no dice. To this day it is the only time I have ever seen MUNI officers checking passes/transfers (but then I am a car commuter so I only take it a few times a month).

]]> By: thejacqueline http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/no-ticket/#comment-8122 thejacqueline Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:10:55 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=7093#comment-8122 I ducked under the turnstile the other week because it was late and I was about to miss the L train and the swiper would not read my card despite the fact that I had bought a new unlimited card THAT MORNING. Later I realized that I still had my expired card in my wallet and I had just been swiping the wrong one. But with an unlimited card I technically had paid for that ride anyways? I did not feel guilty. I ducked under the turnstile the other week because it was late and I was about to miss the L train and the swiper would not read my card despite the fact that I had bought a new unlimited card THAT MORNING.

Later I realized that I still had my expired card in my wallet and I had just been swiping the wrong one. But with an unlimited card I technically had paid for that ride anyways? I did not feel guilty.

]]> By: e http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/no-ticket/#comment-8108 e Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:02:28 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=7093#comment-8108 I live in LA and there is a perfect coffee shop/deli place near my work that does egg and cheese in a wrap or roll. It is divine. And there is a NY style pizza place that delivers about a block from my apartment, and it hardly sucks at all. So my life is great! The end. I live in LA and there is a perfect coffee shop/deli place near my work that does egg and cheese in a wrap or roll. It is divine. And there is a NY style pizza place that delivers about a block from my apartment, and it hardly sucks at all. So my life is great! The end.

]]> By: Logan Sachon http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/no-ticket/#comment-8094 Logan Sachon Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:35:20 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=7093#comment-8094 that is amazing. those folks scared me, too. and i always had a pass! that is amazing. those folks scared me, too. and i always had a pass!

]]> By: jfruh http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/no-ticket/#comment-8092 jfruh Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:33:36 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=7093#comment-8092 When I lived in Berlin my ex got her pocket picked halfway through the month and lost her monthly transit pass but refused to buy a new one because she had already paid for the month, damn it. We spent much of the next two weeks jumping off the train and stations that were not our destination. (You were actually much more likely to see fare inspectors later in the month because there are monthly quotas they have to meet, or so I'm told.) When I lived in Berlin my ex got her pocket picked halfway through the month and lost her monthly transit pass but refused to buy a new one because she had already paid for the month, damn it. We spent much of the next two weeks jumping off the train and stations that were not our destination. (You were actually much more likely to see fare inspectors later in the month because there are monthly quotas they have to meet, or so I’m told.)

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