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February 11, 2005
Student cards
You cannot believe it! Someone asked me for a student card yesterday for the first time this academic year. They are actually useful, you know. I forgot I even had one - it took me a few seconds to realize that it was in my wallet. The guy really wanted me not to find it there, so I would pay the adult fare. But I did and left him rather disappointed. But still, why enforce something which has never been enforced before?
Now, for some math. If a TTC student card costs $3.25 and the difference between adult fare and student fare is 75 cents, I would need to get screwed 5 times to make buying the card worthwhile. Except, at the rate this is going, it would be only be 2 times. The card isn’t very pretty and takes up space in your wallet. Effectively, its only purpose is to avoid the humiliation of getting screwed and paying the extra fare.
Posted by Oleg Ivrii at February 11, 2005 12:45 PM
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Well, Oleg, that's because you look immature enough to be a high school student =)! If I tried that trick, I would get busted every time.
I remember at the beginning of this school year, I still had my card from Don Mills (it expires October 31). So I kept using it at the St. George subway station. One time, near the end of October, this ticket collector asks me where is my new one? I tell him I don't have it with me, and insist to use this one, since it CLEARLY is still valid. Anyway, after a long period of haggling, he finally says something lame like "see you next month" and lets me through.
I started buying tokens after that!
Posted by: Tout at February 11, 2005 09:08 PM