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How TransLink ruined my morning
(April 12th, 2006 - 11:22PM)
I really don't want to type up what happened again, so I'll just post a snippet from an MSN conversation with Richard that explains it all.
stevekwan.com says:
I got a $200 ticket today
Richform says:
for what?
Richform says:
speeding?
stevekwan.com says:
Nope
stevekwan.com says:
Transit fare jumping
stevekwan.com says:
The irony?
Richform says:
Whoa
Richform says:
Wha' happened?
stevekwan.com says:
I wasn't actually fare jumping
stevekwan.com says:
Have you ever taken the SeaBus?
Richform says:
Then why didn't you take it up with them?
Richform says:
not in years
stevekwan.com says:
Do you remember what the terminal at Waterfront looks like?
Richform says:
Yeah
stevekwan.com says:
Well
stevekwan.com says:
You know how you get off those escalators
stevekwan.com says:
And you head down to where the SeaBus picks you up
stevekwan.com says:
And you have to walk through those turnstyles?
Richform says:
I think so
stevekwan.com says:
I get off the escalator
stevekwan.com says:
Walk down to the turnstyle
stevekwan.com says:
Before I can go through, the transit "cop" asks to see my ticket
stevekwan.com says:
I show him my one-zone pass and my BCIT OneCard
stevekwan.com says:
Do you know how the fare saver program works?
Richform says:
sort of
Richform says:
Oh yeah, so you have the one-zone thing
Richform says:
and the BCIT thing makes it a 3-zone
stevekwan.com says:
Basically you can buy these little translucent stickers and stick them on your student card
stevekwan.com says:
Right
stevekwan.com says:
And that lets you go to all three zones with a one zone pass
stevekwan.com says:
Anyway
stevekwan.com says:
So I show my shit to the guy
stevekwan.com says:
And he points out that my sticker has expired
stevekwan.com says:
Did you even know those things expire?
Richform says:
I did
stevekwan.com says:
Not my student card. The $2 STICKER on the card
Richform says:
I know
stevekwan.com says:
And he asks for my driver's license
stevekwan.com says:
I have no idea why, so I give it to him
stevekwan.com says:
And he writes me a $200 ticket for fare jumping
stevekwan.com says:
Now the thing is, I hadn't even gone through the turnstyle yet
Richform says:
Hm
Richform says:
Can you take it up with someone
stevekwan.com says:
So I'm asking buddy the fake cop what makes him think he can write me a ticket
Richform says:
?
stevekwan.com says:
And he points out that I walked past the "fare required" line about twenty feet back
stevekwan.com says:
So I am fair game
stevekwan.com says:
My transit pass was still valid, it was just a one zone
stevekwan.com says:
And my student card was still valid, it just had a sticker on it that expired in 2005
stevekwan.com says:
And the "fares only" line was only about 20 feet behind me
Richform says:
wow
stevekwan.com says:
So the dude gives me a $200 ticket and makes me buy a new transfer
Richform says:
this guy sounds like a real bad-cop type
stevekwan.com says:
I walk back to the machine and find out that it won't accept my card
stevekwan.com says:
And I have no cash
stevekwan.com says:
So I have to walk all the way back out to Waterfront Station and take out cash
stevekwan.com says:
Then come back down
stevekwan.com says:
By this point I'm half an hour late for work
stevekwan.com says:
I came dangerously close to missing a Web conference I was supposed to speak at
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