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I live in a city with a very comprehensive bus service, cheap, reliable, all that good stuff. Over time it became obvious that people who worked for the bus-co
by stevekemp 12y ago
I live in a city with a very comprehensive bus service, cheap, reliable, all that good stuff.
Over time it became obvious that people who worked for the bus-company would just jump on the buses, chat briefly to the driver, and not pay. They'd get off after 1-15 stops and have ridden for free.
I figured there were sufficiently many bus-drivers and buses that they can't all have been personally familiar to each other, and reasoned that the "uniform" must have been what swayed it.
I created a replica-bus-driver-uniform and had a weekend where I rode around for free, unchallenged.
Not terribly useful, and perhaps not possible these days now that the staff also wear ID-cards a lot of the time, but I was a little pleased with myself regardless.
- turdpress_dev 12y agoWow. That is shockingly dishonest. Are you a RoR 'developer' ...? Always trying to get something for nothing.. pathetic
- MalcolmDiggs 12y agoGeez man... that did not seem like a proportional response to his story...
- stevekemp 12y agoThe effort involved to get the right coloured trousers, shirt, tie, and jacket far outweighed the fares I should have paid..
- yen223 12y agoSo not only was it morally ambiguous, you didn't even benefit financially? All in good fun I suppose...
- meb 12y agoThat's pretty dishonest. I wouldn't call that a 'life hack', it's just deceitful.
- jtfairbank 12y agoIgnore the haters, I thought it was quite a fun project. Definitely creative.