When I was a kid I collected bugs. Hmmm …. yea … I know stamps, books, bugs, can you get any geekier? One of my all time favourite bugs was and is the praying mantis. I would collect their eggs and hatch them. Can you imagine my delight when I ran across this video?
Makes me want to start hatching them again… then again maybe not.
I was cruising around the TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) web site and spotted this little gem. You can sign up to get your monthly transit pass via snail mail. Fill out a nifty little form and supply a voided cheque and voila, no line ups to get your pass. It simply shows up in your mailbox in a timely fashion. Cool, eh?
Now… there’s one little problem with the form you fill out on line. Take a look:
In order to get your advanced TTC pass, they require your driver’s license. I don’t have a problem with requiring some sort of ID for security, but … seriously, a driver’s license? I know quite a few TTC users that don’t have a driver’s license, it really isn’t a necessity in Toronto. So they can’t fill out the form – they get rejected.
Yes, yes, I know, you can still buy your pass at the kiosks or booths. But there is a certain irony in an organisation that is promoting mass transit, requiring users to show a driver’s license to get a mass transit pass via mail.
You think the TTC could come up with a few choices for proof of ID. A little bit of imagination is called for.
