BUSted

Well last week was extremely hectic even though I had the week off of work. I was happy to get back to work and get a few things done in the lab. Sadly. today the bus that I normally take did not show up and I had to take a different one to get to work. Once I got on the bus I turned to my friend and chuckled lightly when I noticed that I had forgotten to purchase the July bus pass and was sitting there with the June one. As I finished all of this 'noticing' I looked up and straight at the 'Special Constable' that just came onto the bus to check for proof of payment. Let's just say the June pass was insufficient for July.

I was promptly escorted off the bus and she quickly proceeded to noting down all of my information to give me a nice fine. The logic of these officers is irrefutable. It does not matter that I have been using the bus system for the past 5 years, or that it is the beginning of the month and it was the second day after a long weekend, or that I am going to buy the July pass anyways, or that I am a student and really really would prefer to spend my money on my studies. $150 is the fine.

So what does all of this come down to? Me having to go down to court to argue to reduce the fine. Me having to waste the time of some poor soul stuck dealing with people like me. Me having to go get a new student ID (I am not sure why they took away my pass...they did give me a ticket and a day-pass in return...how kind). All in all a large waste of time... perhaps the law should not always be 'reason free from passion'. If the officer had taken the time to consider the situation, this whole fiasco could have been avoided and I am quite sure that far less time and money would have been wasted.

Funny enough... once the three constables found me with my falsified bus-pass they stopped looking at everyone else's... I guess the quota was filled.

-Mr. V
Addition: It seems that my morning was not the worst start to the day. The guy in the office beside me got hit by a car.

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