huh_phd t1_ir23cl0 wrote on October 4, 2022 at 7:40 PM

#30,870

It's not a loophole. If the amtrak workers were paid enough to care, the amtrak police would have greeted you at rt 128

Proof-Variation7005 t1_ir28nvg wrote on October 4, 2022 at 8:13 PM

#31,087

There's probably a few extra steps before Amtrak police get involved but yeah, basically, that. Employees at the end of the long day not looking to dick someone over and assuming they made an honest mistake.

huh_phd t1_ir28vul wrote on October 4, 2022 at 8:14 PM

#31,099

Replying to Proof-Variation7005 (#31,087)

I used to ride the amtrak to Boston every day. When it was a simple mistake they'd have you buy a ticket. If you didn't buy a ticket, you met new friends on the platform!

Inevitable_Writer825 t1_ir2egkw wrote on October 4, 2022 at 8:48 PM

#31,363

They probably didn't have enough staff to check all the tickets, this happens on MBTA out of Wickford a lot

Proof-Variation7005 t1_ir2jr7f wrote on October 4, 2022 at 9:21 PM

#31,586

Replying to huh_phd (#31,099)

This is why you need to get yourself an amtrak conductor's uniform and basically play out some weird low-grade "Catch me if you can" type script but with trains.

I can't prove it, but I suspect Joe Biden did that during the entirety of the 1980s

ghostpepperlover t1_ir2mqow wrote on October 4, 2022 at 9:41 PM

#31,713

I took Amtrak from New London to NYC. Guy next to me had a metro pass, played dumb and got a reduce priced ride. The employee gave him a bunch of verbal lashings and a “don’t do it again” speech.