Dark Patterns: Buying a Bahncard at Deutsche Bahn

Re:Dark Patterns: Buying a Bahncard at Deutsche Bahn by randomtoast on Thursday October 09, 2025 @10:13AM (#45527998)

I once bought the wrong ticket, got checked, and the staff told me I had to leave the train at the next station. The ticket I purchased was actually more expensive than the "SuperSparPreis" for the correct ticket. So, I ended up paying more and twice for this journey.

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Re:Dark Patterns: Buying a Bahncard at Deutsche Bahn by hdgvhicv on Thursday October 09, 2025 @11:11AM (#45528808)

I bought the wrong ticket for a plane once and they wouldn’t even let me on until I spent an absolute fortune on a walk up fare.

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Re:Dark Patterns: Buying a Bahncard at Deutsche Bahn by teekert on Thursday October 09, 2025 @10:19AM (#45528076)

This is the type of staff that can easily be replaced by computers.

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Re:Dark Patterns: Buying a Bahncard at Deutsche Bahn by aleatorianator on Thursday October 09, 2025 @10:31AM (#45528237)

unless there's a union

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Re:Dark Patterns: Buying a Bahncard at Deutsche Bahn by teekert on Thursday October 09, 2025 @10:54AM (#45528568)

Yes but I mean, they are so inhuman. My wife was once refused migraine medication because the dokter made some mistake on receipt, they could see her in pain in the car. But computer says no.

Sure, they'll be in trouble perhaps when going against the computer, but then if no one can go against the computer, why bother with humans?

To be clear: I prefer the humans. But self-thinking ones.

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