Dude!!! WTF!!!
Man what the fuck is this shit?! I wanted to go to Paris today, Saturday. When I arrived at the train station I also bought a weekly pass. Apparently, weekly passes are valid from the day you buy it through the next 7 days, hence "weekly" pass.
So I hopped in the train and rode happily to Paris, to the St.Lazare station (with Dark Tranquillity in my ears).
Then I had to do this stupid transfer from train to subway in order to go St.Michel (I know you guys dunno the station names and where they are, but just get the picture that I had to transfer from train to subway.) Transfers in Paris are not done like in Toronto where you can keep your ticket all throughout the journey, you gotta have a new ticket for the subway, bus, or train each time you take it!! Bastards. But this doesn't apply if you gotta transfer from subway to subway, but it does apply for anything else!
Anyway since I already bought my weekly pass, I could just happily pass with the ticket in the subway, which is what I did. Well apparently, the machine didn't like my tone and decided to reject my ticket and fuck me off. Jeez, I can't believe this is the second time I buy a valid weekly ticket and the machine still doesn't accept it.
I went up to the ticket booth held by these nice Parisian civil servants (nah I'm just being sarcastic).
Well I was kind of irritated already since some already-civil servant appeared in front of the working civil for some info. What the hell is that for?!
Anyway after having waited some 4 minutes (it felt long) I went up to the lady... wow dude?! She had braces?! Oh well.. anybody can have some nowadays..
"Hi, that machine is being whimsical with me! I just bought this ticket today this has got to work!"
"Lemme see... oh well DUH! It's not the machine's whim! Look at today's date! We're the 26th! This ticket works starting from the 28th!"
"Huh??"
"Yeah you bought this ticket that takes effect starting Monday the 28th, today is Saturday the 26th!"
"What the hell... but I bought this ticket today, isn't this supposed to work for the upcoming 7 days?!"
"No"
"Dude, so what's the point of selling weekly tickets today if they'll only work in two days time!"
"Well that's how it is"
"So what the hell do I do?!"
"You have to buy a single journey ticket right over there at the machines"
"What?! Jeez (literally; in English to her French face)! Gimme a break!"
Then I lined up behind 8 people in front of the wretched machines to buy a single ticket. I actually thought I'd buy a 10-pack. As I was paying for my ticket, death metal in my ears, some rude gypsy lady just appeared right next to me. First I thought it was just some random lady loooking over, then I thought that random lady was asking me something, then when I turned over I noticed it was a gypsy with her hand out begging. I moaned in english "I got nothing!!" then she kept on moaning her request. I just flipped my hand away saying "Get outta here!". This was no time for me to be nice and say "I'm sorry I got nothing!". This friggin ticket story is such bullshit!
What's the point of selling tickets if we can't use them!
Jeez!
France might have the best mass transit system, but it still lacks logic, which is something not a lot of French people have. Pitty.
I was starting to enjoy having to pay cheaper than in Toronto for just a ticket.
So I hopped in the train and rode happily to Paris, to the St.Lazare station (with Dark Tranquillity in my ears).
Then I had to do this stupid transfer from train to subway in order to go St.Michel (I know you guys dunno the station names and where they are, but just get the picture that I had to transfer from train to subway.) Transfers in Paris are not done like in Toronto where you can keep your ticket all throughout the journey, you gotta have a new ticket for the subway, bus, or train each time you take it!! Bastards. But this doesn't apply if you gotta transfer from subway to subway, but it does apply for anything else!
Anyway since I already bought my weekly pass, I could just happily pass with the ticket in the subway, which is what I did. Well apparently, the machine didn't like my tone and decided to reject my ticket and fuck me off. Jeez, I can't believe this is the second time I buy a valid weekly ticket and the machine still doesn't accept it.
I went up to the ticket booth held by these nice Parisian civil servants (nah I'm just being sarcastic).
Well I was kind of irritated already since some already-civil servant appeared in front of the working civil for some info. What the hell is that for?!
Anyway after having waited some 4 minutes (it felt long) I went up to the lady... wow dude?! She had braces?! Oh well.. anybody can have some nowadays..
"Hi, that machine is being whimsical with me! I just bought this ticket today this has got to work!"
"Lemme see... oh well DUH! It's not the machine's whim! Look at today's date! We're the 26th! This ticket works starting from the 28th!"
"Huh??"
"Yeah you bought this ticket that takes effect starting Monday the 28th, today is Saturday the 26th!"
"What the hell... but I bought this ticket today, isn't this supposed to work for the upcoming 7 days?!"
"No"
"Dude, so what's the point of selling weekly tickets today if they'll only work in two days time!"
"Well that's how it is"
"So what the hell do I do?!"
"You have to buy a single journey ticket right over there at the machines"
"What?! Jeez (literally; in English to her French face)! Gimme a break!"
Then I lined up behind 8 people in front of the wretched machines to buy a single ticket. I actually thought I'd buy a 10-pack. As I was paying for my ticket, death metal in my ears, some rude gypsy lady just appeared right next to me. First I thought it was just some random lady loooking over, then I thought that random lady was asking me something, then when I turned over I noticed it was a gypsy with her hand out begging. I moaned in english "I got nothing!!" then she kept on moaning her request. I just flipped my hand away saying "Get outta here!". This was no time for me to be nice and say "I'm sorry I got nothing!". This friggin ticket story is such bullshit!
What's the point of selling tickets if we can't use them!
Jeez!
France might have the best mass transit system, but it still lacks logic, which is something not a lot of French people have. Pitty.
I was starting to enjoy having to pay cheaper than in Toronto for just a ticket.
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