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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Wild Nights Out
Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
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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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)
davidt2468 2
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
Dam I think I was there did this by any chance happen in east la, at soto station?
hdl1992 3
Story of my life right there
janexxdoe 7
Must've been Tri-Met.
MisUnFortunate 31
Omg, as my friends and I are all regular users of TriMet I have to fully agree with you.
rarelyfound92 2
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.
bwzwally8 15
dumb idiot..
abc924 7
Haha, that's the Go train honour system for you.