How Nonemployed Americans Spend Their Weekdays

Re:How Nonemployed Americans Spend Their Weekdays by MichaelCrawford on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @01:06PM (#8845931)

The penalty for riding the TriMet MAX light rail without a ticket is a $170.00 citation.

I ride without paying all the time. I just dress respectably. Like today I'm wearing a dress shirt and silk necktie.

I've never been cited. I got caught red-handed once by a cop; when I told him I was on my way to see my doctor, he pulled a transit pass out of his pocket, popped it in the validation machine, handed it to me then requested I pay for my future train rides.

The main reason I do ride around the trains without paying, is that I am more effective at looking for a job when I take the train to downtown Portland. Most of the places I've lived around here haven't been so conducive to my work productivity.

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Re:How Nonemployed Americans Spend Their Weekdays by MichaelCrawford on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @11:15PM (#8854962)

To be clear, I do pay when I can. Just today I bought a two-week pass.

When I get some steady work, I'm going to send a big fat check to the TriMet board, along with a letter of apology.

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