How NOT To Take The Trams

Wake up with Marty feeling so in love. But it is only a lot like love. I prepare to go again and leave for the city on the way to Daniel's and Stefan's place. Taking the tram 8 there is like taking the Magic Tram. Everyone is speaking to each other and it is as if we might break into song just like in Bjork's It's Oh So Quiet. Go in, say hi, go on to Fitzroy. I walk into Hares and Hyenas for some shopping, get accosted by some creep in 7-11 and then buy dinner and go home. Dinner in the house with Stefan and some light reading. Play is at 8pm and I am late so I grab the tram without paying. It's only necessary here.



When you get on the trams, you should preferably already have a Zone 1, two hour ticket from the newsagent or the cornershop. Now most people prolly validate their ticket for a fuss-free, moral existence. What you should NOT do is to just sit near the validator with the ticket in your pocket. Do NOT get a good seat that looks out onto the tram stops so you can tell when the brightly-donned ticket inspectors are about to board the tram. Definitely do NOT validate your ticket immediately if and when the ticket inspectors get on the tram. Thats all a nice law-abiding traveller's got to do.