Bus pass shenanigans
One of my mates where I used to work used to get a "Trio" bus/train pass, and as she was a desktop publisher at the college where we worked was able to scan in the date stamp part and use paint or some other computer programme to alter the date, print out the new altered date sticker and stick it on to her pass. OK for hopping on and off busses and trains cos the driver/ collector never really looks that closely (to prove a point I once got on a bus behind a bloke who just waved a leaf at the driver and got away with it, buts thats another story). This escapade saved her a pretty penny and also added a frisson of excitment to riding on public transport! Foolproof plan Right??

Well yes most of the time, but the time she put down the expiry date of the pass as 31st September. This made the ticket collector on the train come back three times trying to work out what was wrong. He eventually twigged and gave her a telling off on the train, he found the whole thing quite funny in the end. But took the pass off her as a precaution.

My mate went back to the original plan but used busses for a good 6 months afterwards!

Actually that's pretty clever.....
(superkitty is neither super nor a kitty, Wed 9 Mar 2011, 14:33, Reply)