Ever caught without ticket?

Professey Chin · 26-03-2009 01:05PM

dollybird09 wrote: »

got luas from stephens green one night after several drinks with friends... we were just heading up to harcourt st and our heels didn't make walking appealing...

got on and this homeless guy kept tryin to talk to us... luas starts moving and inspectors got on and asked for our tickets... we're screwed n trying to talk our way out of it...

homeless guy nudges my friend and says I'll sort this... starts shouting and wailing to distract inspectors and we hopped off at harcourt st!! ... friend threw him a tenner to say thanks!

I dont think thats the end of this story. Secret homeless orgy later?

dollybird09 · 26-03-2009 01:11PM

Ultimate Chin wrote: »

I dont think thats the end of this story. Secret homeless orgy later?

wow I'm waaaaay more transparent than I thought.... :rolleyes:

6 girls, 1 homeless guy...... is there a novel/movie in that??

UnderpantsGnome · 26-03-2009 01:12PM

stovelid wrote: »

50% right is pretty close though.

Look, if you want to insult me you'll have to be a lot smarter.

steo87 · 26-03-2009 01:13PM

Yep got caught in Duesseldorf. Didn't pay on the R-bahn because I had no change. All was well, I was thinking I got away with it as my stop was merely two stops away. But then the inspector appears out of nowhere and asks for my ticket.

I tried explaining to him the situation but sure the only English he had was 'hello' and the only German I had at the time was "Noch ein bier bitte!"....my friend was with me, who can speak German, but he was too busy laughing at me.

The interesting/weird thing about it was that there was a plain-clothes 'inspector' on the train who the uniformed inspector signalled to. Up he hops and begins to hold onto me while the inspector finishes his rounds. Awkward conversation ensued: "so you are from ze Ireland yah?"
"em yeah, have you ever been?"
"oh no aah like Yermany to much to leave"

He came back and asked me for I.D and said, through the plain-clothes inspector, that I have been fined 40.00 euro. I played dumb and said that I had no i.d on me (even thought I had my passport, student i.d, and bankcards etc) and no money (had 50.00 euro in my wallet), in the hope that they'd let me away with it.

But no....they take me off the train and proceed to tell me that they're taking me to.....the police station. I didn't know what to do...decided to go with it and see what happens, thought they were bluffing.

I walked up the stairs leading onto the street, and low and behold, there is a big sign "Polizei" and we were all wallking towards it. Just thought I sprung into action:

"oh what's this, oh...*checks wallet* oh look I do have money....ha mad"

Cue stern looks from the two Germans, with us all just inches away from the Police door. I give them the 50, and the wait for my tenner change was the longest most awkward wait ever. To rub it in, they informed me that the ticket could be used all day, on any type of transport...including the airport bus. Ended up using it to get to der Flughaven in the end....expensive bus journey.

My mate told me after this (after he was finished laughing) that he overheard them tallking amongst themselves, to the tune of "..we may have an illegal on our hands"...which, apparently, was partly the reason they were bringing me to the police station. The ticket inspectors in Germany seem to act as unofficial immigration officers.

Moral of the story: alway pay on public transport in Germany! That 40 quid could have got me plenty of pints.

Attached a scan of the fine..for the craic

consultech · 26-03-2009 01:22PM

TechieEddy wrote: »

Ya got caught on the Dart before. No one was at the ticket office and the machines were broken so I couldnt get one.
Usually when that happens I can explain at the next station and just pay the fair but this guy at Gran Canal was been a real pri*k armed with his tourch and notepad!
He sent out a fine of €60. Didnt pay it. Wont be either.

Haha this guy got me too! Absolute Pr1ck, another fine example of another fuckwit in this country taking his menial job too seriously. If he had half a brain he'd ditch his power trip and pocket the money like most of the other guys at the other stations likely do!

Before I got monthly travel tax-savers through work I used to queue up and pay return fair every day from my station of origin, unless I was going to miss the train at which point Id go through the always-open gate and run the gauntlet at the other end.

The day this fooker got me he tried to make a holy show of me by shouting his canned lines for everyone to hear when I was standing 12 inches away from him. (what are we to do if we lose our ticket on the way? Surely u cud make enough of a stink and demand CCTV from origin station n all sorts? Im aware of the by-law rules by d way). Told him I didnt have ID when he asked and gave a fake name/address to send the fine out. He was dead chuffed with himself.

thebigcheese22 · 26-03-2009 01:22PM

In my local bus, there was one of those conducters instead of us buying tickets off the driver. That was grand anyway.

But he forgot to charge me...I was puzzled - what do I do in this moral dilemma? Not pay and face my conscience for the rest of my life, or pay and be 1.60 down?

Eventually I did the right thing, and gave him the money as I got off. He gave me a weird look tho, musta tot i was crazy!

stovelid · 26-03-2009 01:23PM

UnderpantsGnome wrote: »

Look, if you want to insult me you'll have to be a lot smarter.

I thought you sounded foreign?

Professey Chin · 26-03-2009 01:24PM

dollybird09 wrote: »

wow I'm waaaaay more transparent than I thought.... :rolleyes:

6 girls, 1 homeless guy...... is there a novel/movie in that??

Movie.Im directing and starring as homeless guy

Wurly · 26-03-2009 01:28PM

I've been caught a fair few times. Ticket lines too long and in a rush to get home blah blah.

I'm always caught when I don't have a ticket.

Usually I don't even bother with a lie cos they never believe me. I always just give a false name and address. Or if i'm feeling really mean, the name and address of someone I hate... Usually I scan the luas first to make sure said person isn't on it. Jaysis - that would be embarrassing!:)

ams · 26-03-2009 01:33PM

Trí wrote: »

Or if i'm feeling really mean, the name and address of someone I hate... Usually I scan the luas first to make sure said person isn't on it. Jaysis - that would be embarrassing!:)

Brilliant!!!

bigslick · 26-03-2009 01:38PM

Friend of mine recently got caught on dart and gave his real name, realised his mistake and gave a fake address. Anything they can do with that if he just doesn't pay?

anonymous_joe · 26-03-2009 01:46PM

Was interrailing around the Netherlands mainly with a Dutch girl I went out with for a while, and ended up forgetting my ticket.

Got a right bóllocking from a Dutch ticket inspector who was annoyed with 'fúcking tourists' who wanted to fine me a couple of hundred quid but thankfully the Dutch girl charmed the guy and said I wasn't actually a tourist but a Dutch student who'd lost his ticket, to which I said 'ja' and I escaped my fine.

I later found my ticket in my pocket. :pac:

6th · 26-03-2009 01:48PM

r3nu4l wrote: »

Yup, I once jumped onto a train to London Liverpool street just as it was pulling out of the station. I knew I didn't have a ticket and intended to pay when I got there. Anyway, just at Harlow I saw an inspector getting on the train so I started moving from the end of the train, carriage by carriage until I got to the front of the train.

Just as the train pulled into Liverpool Street and I'm about to get off the inspector asks me for my ticket so I explained the situation (already had the fare in my hand) and then the door to the train opens. I look out onto the platform, look back at him, he looks out onto the platform, back at me and just nods his head slightly while looking at the platform again and I get off the train and don't look back.

It was beautiful man, like something from a film. God bless you train inspector, wherever you are.

But did you pay when you got off?

mirwillbeback · 26-03-2009 01:48PM

I got caught on a Ryanair flight once, it was taking off ( early again ) and just ran the 4 miles to the runway and jumped on as it was hurtling down the tarmac.
Was stopped as we approached landing by the inspector, ( think his name was Michael ) and he just laughed and let me off the fine, saying that it was proof Ryanair was cheapest. He just charged me 500 euro for the bag I'd carried on.

damp sponge · 26-03-2009 03:04PM

bigslick wrote: »

Friend of mine recently got caught on dart and gave his real name, realised his mistake and gave a fake address. Anything they can do with that if he just doesn't pay?

Hey bigslick, where is your friend from?

I would also like to know the answer to this question, for...eh... personal reasons.

r3nu4l · 26-03-2009 03:16PM

carlop wrote: »

Between Naples and Rome, the usual case of the inspector having a quick glance and handing it back without a bother.

That reminds me!! How could I have forgotten this? About 8 years ago I was in Rome and travelling to Naples. I had a EuroStar ticket and arrived at the Rome terminii only to be unable to find the platform. After much gesticulating of arms and pointing at signs one of the guys working at the station eventually directs me to a platform. I arrive and there's no EuroStar, instead some other bucket of rust headed for Naples.

So, there's two minutes to go before my Eurostar departs and this train leaves in about 5 minutes time. So I'm going to miss my comfy air-conditioned, speedy Eurostar and decide to hop on the rust bucket.

Then I fall asleep on the 3 hour journey only to be woken by an Inspector. I show him my ticket and he laughs long and loud. Then the bastard starts showing my ticket to other passengers and pointing at me while laughing.

I'm sitting there barely awake, dying in the heat and getting redder and redder while the entire carriage has a laugh at my expense. Then he hands me the ticket and wanders off mumbling to himself.

6th wrote: »

But did you pay when you got off?

Well I used to normally buy a Monthly ticket so I had to buy it anyway for the journey home.
Would I have tried to get away with it otherwise? Not after my hero let me off like that, I just couldn't have.

/swoon.

S.I.R · 26-03-2009 03:44PM

bigslick wrote: »

Whether it be LUAS, DART, or bus, have you or others you know ever been caught without a ticket? Did you mean to not have a ticket? Did you get caught? Did you get away with fine?

Lot of questions I know, but saw a guy today at Pearse DART station being caught and he was fuming.

ive been caught several times, when he explained that it was a 50 euro fine, i asked for his, he said he didn't need one, i said i didn't need one has he didn't need one.

the cheek ! only bunked on a stop before to save the 5 minutes !!

after a 10 minute argument he let me go...

the w***** normally works in landsdown road station.

homerjay2005 · 26-03-2009 03:48PM

2 times, both on LUAS. first time was just in a rush and the tram was there, second was when i just bought a 10 euro smart card that actually was only 4 euro. appealed it and it went on for 4 months before i just gave up and paid it. shower of c*nts.

Vamoose Killers · 26-03-2009 04:22PM

You got to be pretty special to get caught without a ticket on the Luas.

Mr Benevolent · 26-03-2009 04:29PM

You got to be pretty special to get caught without a ticket on the Luas.

Not true. It's hard work dodging those b*stards. I was coming home from Sandyford with no ticket, the c*nts jump on and ambush me, so I sprint off, catch the next one and the same thing happens. Then it happens on the next tram. Three feckin' times I nearly got caught in 20 minutes.

(After that I gave up and started buying my tickets.)

admiralofthefleet · 26-03-2009 04:31PM

on the dart a couple of times at night when the station is closed. just paid the inspector

Vamoose Killers · 26-03-2009 04:41PM

Confab wrote: »

Not true. It's hard work dodging those b*stards. I was coming home from Sandyford with no ticket, the c*nts jump on and ambush me, so I sprint off, catch the next one and the same thing happens. Then it happens on the next tram. Three feckin' times I nearly got caught in 20 minutes.

(After that I gave up and started buying my tickets.)

Um, it's a piece of piss. So you're on a tram and you're approaching the next stop. You see guys with orange jackets about a mile away. You prepare to get off. You stand inbetween two doors close to each other. When the guy gets on, you get off at the other door.

And just don't get on a tram when there's a few inspectors on it. That's just plain stupid.

Mr Benevolent · 26-03-2009 05:27PM

And just don't get on a tram when there's a few inspectors on it. That's just plain stupid.

Where did I say I did that? Anyway, getting on a tram with inspectors already on board means that most likely they'll have checked the tickets already, at least in my experience.

Vamoose Killers · 26-03-2009 05:32PM

I just presumed it.

SORRY

Ever caught without ticket?

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