Sammy Arson, flirting with the hard left :3train guard asked for tickets, I showed my ITSO card expecting needing to wait for them to scan it and validate that I'd tapped in, they just go "yeah that's fine"
twice now that's happened (only ever needed to scan to prove once ever) 
one day I'll be brave enough to play the "show any vaguely rectangular thing to a guard and see if they assume it's a ticket" game
poor college Sammy used to get around Cornwall on the trains (which famously has next to no ticket barriers at stations) by quickly flashing their student bus pass which looked similar enough for the majority of guards x3
Chloë Ada 
[0x636174]@theresnotime if they dont "oh oops accidently grabbed the wrong thing, silly me 
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Jeder 
@theresnotime I am not even doing this ticket bullshit lately in urban transport if I deem tickets too expensive and they don't care about checking tickets at entry
Luna Dragofelis ΘΔ🏳️⚧️🐱@theresnotime you could try that while still having an actual valid ticket
if they notice the rectangle isn't the ticket, you probably wouldn't be in trouble because you're still able to show an actual ticket
if they notice the rectangle isn't the ticket, you probably wouldn't be in trouble because you're still able to show an actual ticket
Klaus Frank@theresnotime Could work, but if it is an actual card used for tickets it is more guaranteed to work. But also if you do it you need to be 100% confident. Because they'll know when you're not sure themselves and double check then. (Also have the correct card with you to show immediately when they tell you it's the wrong one...)
raven // Kitten@theresnotime did that with a library card a few times, just by not focussing on what i'm doing … had to pull out the correct card afterwards once or twice.
⬡-49016 
@theresnotime "is this a valid ticket" alignment chart
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210561 ✨ [Q]@49016 @theresnotime so we already have the "is this a QR code" courtosey of the Bundesministerium der Finanzen
surely we can do a train ticket one too
- a toilet is a train ticket
- threatening the conductor is a train ticket
- getting off the train when you see the conductor is a train ticket
@q @theresnotime crashing the ticket vending machine inside the trams and then pointing to the now bootlooping vending machine is a ticket
@q @theresnotime abstract geometry is a ticket
kuriko
taavi is typing...
jade "no longer problematic™" arson.@taavi @q @49016 @theresnotime may I submit this photo for "Breaking the only available ticket machine is a ticket" despite this having been already broken when I boarded the bus? 
[Yaseenist] CauseOfBSOD
solo@theresnotime you can try it and if they call you on it just go "oops, I grabbed the wrong card lol" then grab the right one
@theresnotime i’ve had conductors visually check a strip of receipt paper with an (aztec) code, which was a bit wild but can’t be depended on since most conductors i’ve seen would still scan it
@theresnotime update: within 30 seconds of this previous reply a conductor checked my oyster card with a scanner
lea@theresnotime smugly presenting my bahncard to the TfL ticket inspector
Ysegrim@theresnotime I don't think anyone has ever tried to authenticate my BC100 …
bovaz@theresnotime a long time ago, I used public transit and had a card for it.
Several time I gave the supermarket card by mistake, and the guard tapped it a few times before realizing.
Other times, simply going for my wallet was enough.
Several time I gave the supermarket card by mistake, and the guard tapped it a few times before realizing.
Other times, simply going for my wallet was enough.