Money: Today, I forgot to pay for my train ride for the first time....

By Anonymous - 21/10/2012 01:59 - Canada - Waterdown

Today, I forgot to pay for my train ride for the first time. Today was also the first time I've ever seen transit security checking for people's tickets and kicking offenders off. FML

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By bh2000 - 29/05/2020 17:00

Today, I'd purchased a ticket for the train on my mobile app. Some idiot pushed past me on his way out and in the process makes me drop my phone, ruining it. A conductor then came to check my ticket and I got fined 150 dollars. FML

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By sharkiewarkiemoosey - 11/10/2013 18:22 - Switzerland - Gossau

Today, I tried to catch a train to get to my new job. I was stopped and told that I needed a pre-purchased ticket to enter the platform. The only way to get the ticket, they said, was by buying one on the platform. I arrived by taxi nearly an hour late for my first day. FML

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By Anonymous - 23/03/2023 00:00

Today, I hopped on a tram without a ticket to travel one stop in order to save 5 minutes off my walk. Instead, I got a $230 fine and ended up 15 minutes further away from my destination. FML

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By ColdFoot - 03/10/2009 06:38 - Australia

Today, my train was canceled so my ticket expired by the time another train arrived. I was fined $90 by ticket inspectors 'cause my claim that the early train didn't run was "unsubstantiated". Leaving the train I was pushed by the crowd, fell, lost a shoe and had to walk home with one bare foot. FML

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By priceycommute - 19/08/2017 04:33

Today, after rushing to the bus stop and frantically boarding at the last possible second, I realized that I didn't pay my fare with a single, but a twenty. FML

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By Sadandphoneless - 23/01/2019 18:00

Today, I got on the bus and the driver said I didn't have to pay since the ticket machine was broken. I was happy to have saved £2.40 until I realised someone had stolen my new £700 phone while I was talking to the driver. FML

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By fuck the fucking cops - 16/03/2012 18:41 - Belgium

Today, I was on the bus, when the inspector asked to see my ticket. I couldn't find it, and ended up being kicked off the bus while a few of the other passengers jeered at me. I found my ticket on the long walk home, buried in my pocket. FML

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By lukey101 - 30/09/2021 01:00 - United Kingdom

Today, I took the train home to save a few dollars on an Uber fare. I fell asleep on the train, got a fine for travelling outside of my paid zone, and had to take an even longer Uber home than it would have been from where I started. FML

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By iblamethetories - 11/10/2012 17:49 - United Kingdom - Colchester

Today, I had to pay my bus fare in very small change. After carefully counting out coins under the withering glares of a bus-load of people, I quickly slid them into the machine, and somehow ended up jamming it. FML

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By Anonymous - 08/10/2013 07:09 - China - Shanghai

Today, I got two pieces of mail. One was a fine for not presenting my concession card to ticket inspectors on a train. The other was my concession card. FML

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Pandacupcakelove 26

Sunday 21 October 2012 9:37

Haha, that's just how the world works :-) There are 365 days in a year, and which day does your teacher decide to actually check your homework? That one day you haven't done them...

Roevera 14

Sunday 21 October 2012 9:44

What were you doing that was worth a $7000 dollar ticket?

Comments

benmec 18

Sunday 21 October 2012 14:54

Wow. I once did that. Visited Vancouver. Felt naughty and took the sky train without paying. Later I find out from a friend it's a huge fine. Lol

Jlwight 0

Sunday 21 October 2012 15:02

Just buy an elderly discount pass. Then act retarded if they question you

fordneagles 34

Sunday 21 October 2012 15:20

Yep, Murphy's law says that's what would happen.

cookie_3008 4

Sunday 21 October 2012 17:10

VeI get your point. ^_^ OP lives in Ontario, and so do I.. So Im guessing OP was riding VIA or GO trains, and the times Ive ridden the train Ive had to show my ticket even before getting to the platform... But then again I live in Toronto, maybe OP lives were there is a smaller station and it is possible to "forget" and just jump in. ... And the clocking in thing at work, has happened to me too. =)

Memo2012 2

Sunday 21 October 2012 18:49

Oh no! You got caught by the GoPo! With the presto cards its so easy to forget to tap on/off! I have honestly forgotten to tap a few times myself, but the Go has a policy if.they catch you first time, you get let off with a warning cuz.they know pple forget...

NikoC 4

Sunday 21 October 2012 19:41

That's the worst

goose12321 11

Sunday 21 October 2012 20:22

Exact same thing happened to me once, except my ticket had expired the day before and I hadn't realised.

flysniper77 6

Sunday 21 October 2012 21:17

How do you "forget" to pay.. That's pathetic

n1988e 8

Sunday 21 October 2012 23:11

Hey could have been worse. They usually give real heavy fines

doodlecloud 26

Monday 22 October 2012 8:48

I know that feeling...it's always the one time you leave your purse at home or accidentally buy the wrong ticket. And, over here, the inspectors are such bastards about it. I remember the first time I travelled without a ticket - I was 11 and left my purse at home which had my season ticket (meaning I technically had already paid), emergency money and locker key in it. They shouted and bitched me out for like 10 full mins whilst I stood there crying. I mean, what adult does that to an little girl who's only just reached secondary/middle school?