Do You Even Go Here?

Yesterday I was traveling all over Toronto, and not once was I able to get a student discount. They would only accept Toronto area student cards. I think that even though it is TTC, student cards from anywhere should be accepted for a discounted ticket. We're all students just the same, and I know a dollar isn't too much of a deal, but it’s just the idea of it that bugs me. Student rates are a great thing, and I would support any business that developed a student rate system, as long as it was inclusive. None of this “you’re not from here so you must pay full price” stuff; there’s no point. It should be you have the system or you don’t, it can’t just go halfway. Taking the Greyhound bus home we were able to use student cards and get a discount rate, and the man didn’t check our student cards too carefully, because he sees three young boys wanting to get home and assumes we are students. Public transit is such a great thing that everyone should use more often, but I don’t think people should be deterred from using it just because they aren’t students in the GTA.