learning how the system _really_ works
yesterday,
upon entering islington station,
i doposited my fare and strolled past the regular ttc dood sitting in his chair,
with about five police officers surrounding the area.
as i'm about to head down the stairs into the trains,
one of the police officers tells me to stop.
i did.
i go back to find out that i put it in the wrong fare.
i had deposited a student fare and didn't have a student card.
(my bad!)
so he takes down my name, age, height, weight, eye colour, hair colour and what i was wearing.
weezer hoodie, greyish pants, backpack, yellow skate shoes with duct tape.
like wtf.
this started to creep me out.
then he disappears into the booths and i start shooting the shit with another police officer;
i couldn't leave because he had my health card.
i asked him the exact law regarding drinking in public.
it is illegal to drink in public and it is illegal to be drunk in public.
if a police officer sees you drunk in public, they will either ticket you or take you home or a place to sleep it off.
however,
it totally legal to drink at a residence or in an establishment (bar, house, etc.)
so there you have it.
anyways the dood comes back and writes me a ticket.
now, i won't tell you how much it was just yet,
because you might get as shocked as i was when i saw it.
he told me what was what and said i had 14 days to either pay it, battle it, or plead it.
i think i'm going to plead it.
they can either lift it or extend the pay date.
he folded and told me to have a good day.
gawd i was pissed.
and during all this i heard his walkie-talking saying
"yah, we've got some kid sniffing glue in the back of a train at ____ station"
i was kinda surprised kids still did that.
anyways,
the ticket was for... get this:
$115.
what the SHIT is that.
thanks a lot for using five police officers to crack down on all the bad kids in the subway who aren't out robbing and vandalising.
...friggin police...
so frustrating.
and i live in this city.
upon entering islington station,
i doposited my fare and strolled past the regular ttc dood sitting in his chair,
with about five police officers surrounding the area.
as i'm about to head down the stairs into the trains,
one of the police officers tells me to stop.
i did.
i go back to find out that i put it in the wrong fare.
i had deposited a student fare and didn't have a student card.
(my bad!)
so he takes down my name, age, height, weight, eye colour, hair colour and what i was wearing.
weezer hoodie, greyish pants, backpack, yellow skate shoes with duct tape.
like wtf.
this started to creep me out.
then he disappears into the booths and i start shooting the shit with another police officer;
i couldn't leave because he had my health card.
i asked him the exact law regarding drinking in public.
it is illegal to drink in public and it is illegal to be drunk in public.
if a police officer sees you drunk in public, they will either ticket you or take you home or a place to sleep it off.
however,
it totally legal to drink at a residence or in an establishment (bar, house, etc.)
so there you have it.
anyways the dood comes back and writes me a ticket.
now, i won't tell you how much it was just yet,
because you might get as shocked as i was when i saw it.
he told me what was what and said i had 14 days to either pay it, battle it, or plead it.
i think i'm going to plead it.
they can either lift it or extend the pay date.
he folded and told me to have a good day.
gawd i was pissed.
and during all this i heard his walkie-talking saying
"yah, we've got some kid sniffing glue in the back of a train at ____ station"
i was kinda surprised kids still did that.
anyways,
the ticket was for... get this:
$115.
what the SHIT is that.
thanks a lot for using five police officers to crack down on all the bad kids in the subway who aren't out robbing and vandalising.
...friggin police...
so frustrating.
and i live in this city.