In some parts of Southern Europe, a bemused looking tourist who offered even the mildest defense that they didn't understand the zoning system would be surround

In some parts of Southern Europe, a bemused looking tourist who offered even the mildest defense that they didn't understand the zoning system would be surrounded by locals taking their side and rebuking the official. "Why are you doing this to them? They have a ticket!" "Let them go, they are just trying to get to the city!" "Don't pay it! He is a thief! All the train company people are thieves!" At the central station in Amsterdam, there are ticket machines with a screenful of zones, prices and destinations in Dutch, and a single large friendly button "I want to go to Schipol Airport".