Train fare evasion
Yes, it is only tenuously connected, but I can say I've never knowingly stolen from a shop so this'll have to do.

Often my other half and I, travelling to see each other, would buy a Saver Return. The return portion was valid for a month. Simplicity itself to have a return portion for journeying in each direction. Simple but effective.

My justification? It's so bloody expensive anyway. I don't like doing it but I wouldn't be able to afford to see her otherwise.
(Le Misanthrope last procrastinated on, Fri 11 Jan 2008, 21:32, 5 replies)

I'm still
travelling on a student concession even though I stopped my coursework about eight months ago and both the Centrelink health care card and the Monash student card are officially invalid... but very conveniently have a printed expiry date of Feb 08, which is enough for ticket inspectors.

I probably won't do this for the next monthly ticket, bringing my pubic transport costs up to $100 a month fucking fuck. (On the other hand that's $3.20 a day which is the same as the concession daily, and you can go anywhere in Melbourne. On the other hand, you're in Melbourne.)
(Emily Bruce-Dickinson http://jovialfellow.blogspot.com/, Fri 11 Jan 2008, 21:55, closed)

sweet
thats really sweet and entirely justifiable. i would like to say my ex did the same thing, but in reality he was so drunk he forgot to buy a ticket. wish he had done this tho
(badfox1 wonders who he's played by this episode on, Fri 11 Jan 2008, 22:57, closed)

I'm gainfully employeed and get no govt. benefits
but I do have a train pensioners concession card that allows me $2.50 but, train & ferry tickets ANYWHERE I want to go on the cityrail network!

I bought it from a skeevy junkie for $50
(misskitty reeks of sex and turpentine; laudanum afternoons, Sat 12 Jan 2008, 2:31, closed)

My sister
caught the train every day to University. She bought a ticket from the counter only once - her first day. Every day after that she simply didn't bother. Every time the chappie came along selling the full-price tickets on board, she got one. The vast majority of the time she got off scott-free.

I blame her for the expense of my current commute.
(Captain Skippy pooed in a bag and left it on your doorstep, Sat 12 Jan 2008, 12:49, closed)

Fare dodging eh?
Piss easy... and I don't feel an ounce of guilt. Not one, mainly because the prices are extortionate, the trains are rarely if ever on time and usually they're dirty as hell. Further to this, the train companies pare back on everything they can- maximum profit for minimum effort. I always carry a book and mp3 player with me for the express purpose of fare dodging, and sufficient cash in case I get asked. Mainly because the fare conductors are in some ways like the ravenous bug-blatter beast of Traal- if you can't see them, they can't see you. Of course since I started getting season tickets the point is somewhat moot...
( jim_bob can herd cats., Sun 13 Jan 2008, 19:02, closed)