"Permit to Travel"

[elfs]

When I use the light rail to get into Seattle, I have to make two stops: at the beginning, where I'm issued an e-ticket for the train, and at the end, where I redeem the ticket with a tap-out and have my Metro account debited for the amount of travel I used. If you don't redeem, you're dinged the maximum amount, $2.50. Given that I've never traveled less than the full distance, I don't see much point, but I still tap out at the end.

The ticket is called a "Permit to Travel." Am I the only one who finds that terminology just a little creepy?

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_candide_/]

Agreed. Very creepy.

Especially since there's a perfectly good word in the English language for that already: ticket.


I'm the first one to say, "Hey, shift happens; languages change." However, the particular changes I see occurring now … they're double plus ungood, if you get mah drift.