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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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
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
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
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
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
Today, I was running late for a train and bought a ticket in a hurry. I got on the wrong train, sat there for twenty minutes, and only realised my mistake when the scenery looked nothing like my stop. FML
Today, at a self-checkout, I scanned all my items, bagged them, and left. Only when I got outside did I realize I had completely forgotten to pay. I then noticed that security was running to stop me, and I had to explain that I wasn’t a thief, just an idiot. FML
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
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
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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Top comments
Pandacupcakelove 26
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
What were you doing that was worth a $7000 dollar ticket?
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Comments (97)
benmec 18
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
Just buy an elderly discount pass. Then act retarded if they question you
fordneagles 34
Yep, Murphy's law says that's what would happen.
cookie_3008 4
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
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
That's the worst
goose12321 11
Exact same thing happened to me once, except my ticket had expired the day before and I hadn't realised.
flysniper77 6
How do you "forget" to pay.. That's pathetic
n1988e 8
Hey could have been worse. They usually give real heavy fines
doodlecloud 27
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?