Dutch Life: Tough Transit Police

Hey

Something else to add that didn't really fit in to my last post. I had a very interesting experience witnessing the Dutch transit authority in action. Normally, one or two people will come to a train compartment and go around to every person asking to see their ticket or pass.. On Thursday, me and my colleague had to take a quick intra-city tram ( 2 compartment bus on a rail) to our destination. At one stop, 6 transit cops got on my compartment, 3 at either end. It was almost military like as 1 cop from either end went seat to seat checking tickets, while the 2 at either end prevented anyone from getting off until their tickets were verified. It was almost like something out of the Cold War in the former USSR. It was more funny cause this one guy obviously didn't have a ticket, and we was all mad when the cop started writing a ticket. The guy was swearing and threw the ticket on the ground and refused to pick it up. The cop was calm the entire time and finally talked him into picking it up, and leaving the train.
Funny moment for me =)

LEs