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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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 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, 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
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 had to run for the train, but because of my bad foot and limping they held the train, much to people's displeasure. No one let me sit down, so for the 20 minute journey, I stood. With a bad foot. FML
Today, I was waiting for the train. It arrived, I got on and the woman behind me stepped on the back of my shoe. My shoe came flying off and landed in the gutter between the train and the platform. The doors closed, the train pulled away. FML
Today, I ran for the train that was about to leave. I tried to hold the doors open with my leg and got stuck. The conductor just yelled out how unbelievable and ridiculous I was and waited 2 minutes to finally release me. Everyone was laughing at me. FML
Today, my boyfriend decided to start an argument and storm off the train we were on. Two stops later, ticket inspectors hopped on the train. He had our tickets. FML
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
Today, I was sitting waiting for my train for a long while. When it finally came, I had pins and needles in my foot. When I got up, I fell and unsuccessfully stumbled towards the train. The doors closed and it left without me. FML
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allmidnighteyes 10
You could've hopped home like Peter Cottontail hoppin' down the bunny trail. Hippity, hoppity, Easter's on its way...
emilysanftwsom 0
FYL.
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Comments (49)
ec08 0
connex totally fail. not enough space, not enough trains, not enough trains that run, and not enough train lines.
itsnotfair 0
not to mention trains that start and stop, sit between two stations for 20 minutes just for fun, doors that randomly don't shut, overcrowding, etc etc etc
grimface1987 1
Not to mention trains that dont run if its too hot or too cold or too wet or too windy!
epicwinmaster 0
ydi for not wearing a sock
imaziffer 0
F Connex.
sportsnut 0
this is yet another case where the you COULD have avoided any problems but chose not to do what you should have done. What you should have done was go to the ticket counter and get a NEW ticket. Problem solved, YDI
__no_one__ 0
Then, usually you can go to some staff member and have them give you a written confirmation that the train was canceled. That's what I had to do when I had a ticket that was bound to a specific train and couldnt' get that one. The staff member wrote something, signed it and stapled it to my ticket, and the ticket inspector said it was okay. Hadn't I done this, I'd have been fined for an invalid ticket. You can't just expect that every ticket inspector knows about every canceled train on that day - people try that kind of excuse a lot, so unless you provide documentation, they'll be wary of people trying to bullshit them.
hattyy123 0
You obviously don't live in Melbourne. There are no ticket counters, just machines, and our ticket inspectors are actually insane.
wah_face 0
no there ARE ticket counters, just not at all the stations - only the main ones
Death_101101 0
and half of them aren't there when they're supposed to be
movies12 0
#3 Thank you 4 totally making my day! That's 2 FUNNY!!! Best comment ever!! ;)
ToddSpald 0
There has to be a customer service center that handles that. Refuse to pay it. It's seriously a false claim if the original train was cancelled.
camdenheart 0
What's all this about 2hr tickets? Over here in England we're only tied to a specific train if we pre-book/ are given a reservation.. Otherwise just single or return, and some returns are open (come back anytime within a month). Of course there's peak and off-peak, and off-peak tickets can't be used early a.m on weekdays... How does it work elsewhere??
wah_face 0
in Melbourne, Australia, you can buy a 2 hour ticket. this basically lets you use the public transport (be it train, tram or bus) as much as you like within those two hours - even if you leave the station and come back, you can still use that one ticket if it is valid. (you can also get tickets for other lengths - daily, weekly, monthly, yearly...)
ananamoose 0
What happened to your shoe!!?? im surprised no one has asked, i mean you fell over and your shoe fell off, well what happened to it? Did someone see it on the ground and was like yes!!!!! shoe my shoe, not your shoe mine, i finally have received my shoe i deserve, i love shoe
fmlxinfinite 0
Is this Nat/communitychannel?
123bobsir 0
haha I think it could be
rhythmbandit 0
all of the FMLs really suck right now