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Shouldn't I be worrying about "real crimes"?

Shrapnel's picture

From the mouth of a fare evader:

"Shouldn't you be worrying about real crimes?"

Uhhhmmmm? Are you committing a fake crime?

Then it morphed into,

"Yall police is jus' hatin'"

Yes. The police are just "hatin'" because YOU chose to sneak in without a ticket, and did so right in front of a police officer.

Ah, it must be so hard for you because the world owes you something. That's probably why you have such a hard time, all of the time.

Evil Pete's picture

When people state they are

When people state they are "owed" something, I like asking then what they have done for society that they are "owed" for.

The best answer I have gotten is they they were owed cause they did not do anything bad/illegal recently.

Spice's picture

WHOOO HOOOO!!! In that

WHOOO HOOOO!!! In that case, I ought to be able to retire early! Someone owes me BIG!

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Basel's picture

1) Basic rules don't

1) Basic rules don't apply
2) If they're broken (rules that is), it doesn't apply
3) Responsibility is not an operative word

'Shouldn't you worry about

'Shouldn't you worry about real crimes?'

That is, more likely than not, probably the most ridiculous excuse that gets the most inordinate amount of mileage from the mouths of criminals. And I use 'criminals' universally...I mean the jackass going 101 MPH down a 65 MPH highway (much love to Mr. LeBron I-Am-Your-Child's-Roll-Model-Bitches(!!!) James for that). The toll hopper in BART. The hobo sipping on hobojuice (royalties to boopie) while pissing into the wind (hobojuice doesn't increase intelligence I guess). The little gremlin palming a Butterfinger at Safeway.

Blah. I could go on. Stupid people piss me off. And their genius excuses sure don't change my point of view.

Throw 'em on the third rail!

Seacrest out!

duffman's picture

kinda off topic but

kinda off topic but sometimes i get weird looks from bpd officers when i use my ez rider card.

maybe its just me...

AntMoOAK's picture

me too. but then again...

me too. but then again...

Spice's picture

but then again you get those

but then again you get those looks without the card too? :P

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Shrapnel's picture

I don't see why... BART

I don't see why... BART Police know what the ezRider nonsense is. Maybe you just look funny...

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AntMoOAK's picture

Not BPD per se... but the

Not BPD per se... but the agents give me these weird looks...probably because I keep the card in my wallet in my pocket and I just jump up on top of the reader to open the gate.

Seriously, it's just one officer actually. He eyeballs me ALL THE TIME (whether at the gates or when he's searching a train) and I just don't get it. I don't have sagging pants, dreads and gold ones. I think it's just his persona... he's scary serious... tall white guy with round spectacles and always wears black leather gloves... just doin his job I suppose. I ignore him basically because I'm no scofflaw and have nothing to worry about and ostensibly, the feeling's mutual since he ultimately doesn't engage me in a negative way.

Shrapnel's picture

I'm pretty sure I know who

I'm pretty sure I know who you are talking about... Does he have dark hair and a light complexion? If it is him, don't take it personally. He eyeballed me for my first few months with BPD.. LOL

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Spice's picture

Yes but for different

Yes but for different reasons. ;)

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Shrapnel's picture

No more conjugal visits for

No more conjugal visits for you, Spice...

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Spice's picture

Yeahhhh, TO was starting to

Yeahhhh, TO was starting to wear me out anyway.

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boopiejones's picture

so, basically what you are

so, basically what you are saying is that you hump the faregate? and you wonder why he gives you strange looks?

Evil Pete's picture

I have noticed that the

I have noticed that the EZ-Pass cards will work from with in a wallet where as the TransLink cards do not.

Spice's picture

Pete, that's just CRAZY talk

Pete, that's just CRAZY talk man! CRAZY I tell ya!!

If I don't absolutely touch my EZ-Pass TO the bubble, perfectly horizontal, at a perfect tangent to the very top of said bubble, the faregate pings at me, jabs me in the thigh, and tells me to see the agent. Heck, sometimes it does that anyway even after I've sacrificed the virgin.

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AntMoOAK's picture

My translink works in my

My translink works in my wallet. I have the Ez Rider on one side of the wallet and the Translink on the other side so that they don't interfere and they both work pretty good in the wallet.

Evil Pete's picture

At santarchy ( I still have

At santarchy ( I still have to post my BART related pictures of the event )

I had my EZ-Pass hidden in the palm my glove, when I got to the fairgate ( dressed at santa ) I waved my hand over the faregate and said "Open For Santa" and the gate opened.

I few people behind me tried the same thing, but failed, and had to exit with their magnetic tickets.

Shrapnel's picture

I really wanna see

I really wanna see those...

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AntMoOAK's picture

so, basically what you are

so, basically what you are saying is that you hump the faregate? and you wonder why he gives you strange looks?

It was a joke ( or a bat attempt at one)... which was why the next line said "Seriously."