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fighting for tokens

Today was the last day before TTC fares go up. Nice April Fool's joke but sadly true. So on my way home, I stopped by a couple of stations, hoping to scoop some tokens. Well apparently everyone else was thinking the same thing. There were long lines at the booths and the token machines were flashing red. Out of Order or Out of tokens. It was unbelievable. You'd think we were stocking up for Y2K or lining up for food stamps or something.

So I decided to go home and have dinner first before trying again. This time, the ticket booths were sporting red handmade signs that screamed "Tokens Sold Out." To save you the long wait as people were still in line (perhaps purchasing the monthly pass?) You kind of have to wonder whether there was a conspiracy and that the TTC was holding back tokens; it's not like they hadn't just done a fare hike last year. Regardless, you'd never find anyone so excited over something like this in Vancouver. Oh wait. I forgot. That's because they don't really check fares so you don't even need to buy any tickets in the first place.

posted by toronto girl @ 10:56 PM