Still, I did bring this upon myself so, here's the translation to a post I submitted...two.. days ago..? I'm really not quite sure.
As I moved to Wheatley, which is about 5 km or so from Gipsy lane where all my lectures are, I would naturally be needing a buspass, an as this was something we had to apply to ourselves upon comming here, there would be some waiting while the application was being processed and, you know, the card was being made. In the meantime, we were given a lovely little blue cardboard note on which we were to write our name. The note reads:
Brookesbus
Temporary pass
(name)
Aaand that's it.
Now the real cards are done and when I was about to board the bus about ten minutes ago, I discovered that for the first time, I had managed to lose it. "Big deal, I'll just go grab the new one" - I thought and strolled over to the place where I was supposed to pick it up. In the meantime, I missed the bus.
Damnit.
Oh well, it is because of situations like this that I leave for school about half an hour earlier than I actually have to; So that I have time to get lost or miss the bus.
A ny way.
I calmly sit down and wait for the next one ( which is supposed to be here in about 20 min), but here it is. I guess the other one was late and that this is the bus I was supposed to take. I don't really care. As long as the bus is here, I'm not complaining.
I get on the bus and show the busdriver the new card.
"No."
"No?"
"No."
"...what? Why not?"
"You just can't"
...
Turns out, they don't start using the new cards untill the 31st. In other words sunday. Obviously when British people set a date like that, they are too narrowminded to make exceptions even though the card I'm showing him has no less authority than the cardboard one.
So really, riddle me this, I can use a little blue papernote that only says my name and that can be used by any random bloke claiming they are me, and which any person who is not completly lost in the ways of photoshop (or ms paint for that matter) can duplicate. But I cannot use a hardplast, magnetstriped card that shows both my name, picture and studentnumber. And which, apart from the fact that it can also log in that custumer nr. thisandthat took this bus on that time, has exactly the same function as the other card; which is to show the busdriver that I have already paid to take this goddamned bus!
Geez!
But oh no, I have to pay. I really don't have a problem with paying, what is bothering me is a matter of princip. I mean, if it was a matter of changing between two season cards, then I would have gotten it. But when it's a matter of changing between a temporary solution to the real deal, then it's just silly.
Oh well~
