So anyways, I was on the train today travelling into the city when these two blonde, tanned girls wearing short shorts and tshirts that were sizes too tight got on the train at the same station as me. The transit guards were asking for tickets, and asked the two aforementioned women for their tickets. One gave a concession ticket for 2 zones (she had no proof of entitlement and it's 3zones to Perth not 2) and the other said she just straight out didn't have one because 'she didn't have any coins'. The transit guard heard the excuse and was ready to let her off after some batting of her eyelashes. Then another older transit guard heard the lady didn't have a ticket and enforced that the lady would get a fine. He asked for id and listened to the lady's excuse about how she didn't have any coins and she'd just come back from holiday, watched her bat her eyelashes and stared at her anatomy for a while then said that he wouldn't give her a fine. ....
The lady then asked 'How do I get out at Perth station without a ticket'? so the transit guards instantly wrote her and her friend 'red cards' to get them out the otherside unscathed. ....
Why this pissed me off somewhat royally:....
1. At Whitfords station where we all got on the train there are 3 ticket machines and 1 change machine. Each ticket machine is different; one is coins only, one is coins and notes and the other is coins and eftpos. Surely she could've used a note or her eftpos card to buy a ticket as all machines were in working order.....
2. By asking how she'd get out of Perth station unscathed she obviously knew about the changes with smartrider and closed stations meaning that she hasn’t been holidaying in a cave in the Himalayas for the past year; she should've known....
3. I've seen transit guards hand out fines to unsuspecting tourists who barely speak a word of english for less and claim they're going to send a fine to Hong Kong. Surely if they can fine a tourist, they can fine a Perthian.....
4. Lastly, everyone on that train who was stickybeaking knows that the only reason why they got away with it was due to their looks. Why is society so judgemental and superficial?....
So, the moral of the story is that travel on transperth is free folks...Just dye your hair blonde, get a tan and wear clothes that are way too small for you. When they pull you up for riding for free just bat your eyelashes and flirt with the transit guards.....
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