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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This is fine

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

davidt2468 2

Monday 22 October 2012 14:41

EXACTLY the same thing happened to me. I have been taking the bus for over a year now, only once have I come across transit security and only that one time did I not pay because my transit card had no money on it (even though I had transferred $50 to it, however I never knew it took 48 hours for the funds to clear) :/ Bus driver told me it's alright and I can get a free ride. Then the transit security hopped on a few stops down. They never kicked me off, though they gave me a warning, but next time it's a $200 fine. :( Apparently it doesn't matter what the bus driver says, they aren't allowed to give free rides.

doctorwhofan567 2

Tuesday 23 October 2012 4:07

Dam I think I was there did this by any chance happen in east la, at soto station?

hdl1992 3

Tuesday 23 October 2012 18:54

Story of my life right there

janexxdoe 7

Tuesday 23 October 2012 21:10

Must've been Tri-Met.

MisUnFortunate 31

Thursday 1 May 2014 8:47

Omg, as my friends and I are all regular users of TriMet I have to fully agree with you.

rarelyfound92 2

Monday 24 December 2012 9:14

You're actually really lucky that you only got kicked off. Here, we get a $200 fine which results in a warrant if unpaid (found out the hard way, lucky me) AND booted off the train.