Train tickets are getting more expensive again. I almost never travel with the train, but still this news caught my attention. The main reason for that is the way the national railway (NS) wants to raise the prices. They wanne do that according to the principal: “The user pays”… In real life that means that the people who use the busy train lines, pay more… They call this “fair” I think it’s insane! And then I am expressing myself politely…

I just can’t believe it… In what other business would you make your best customers pay more?!?! Can you imagine that in a bar the regular customers pay more for the beer because they use the furniture the most and make more glasses dirty?!?! HELL NO!!! Of course not! You treasure your best customers, give them discounts, the best seats in the house and put their names in gold on the wall!! Ok, that might be a bit to much, but still… unbelievable… and they wonder why people don’t like taking the train… well…

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