A nursing student has confronted a Melbourne tram inspector for making her cry after confronting her about not having the correct ticket.
Emma Jane was coming home from a shift as a nurse when she was stopped by the conductor on the tram.
Despite the inspector touching her with her Myki card, he stopped her because it was registered under the student discount category.
Melbourne public transport users must use a Myki card. You use this card when boarding at the station and again when disembarking to pay for your ticket.
“That Myki guy came up to me and I was like, ‘Oh, it’s fine, I pressed it,’ and he was like, ‘It’s a concession.’
‘I’m a student, I study and work. I thought, “I can show you my university. I don’t have a student card because I study online.”
“He says, ‘No, you really need a paper, I have to report you.’”
Mrs Jane was shocked that she had to show her student card to prove she was a student, and cried when the inspector lectured her.
“Myki inspectors are so ruthless,” she said.
Subsequently, other employees joined the Myki inspector and told Ms. Jane that she would be reported for misusing the card.
Melbourne nursing student Emma Jane (pictured) cried after a confrontation with a public transport inspector in Myki on Monday
“I’m crying because, oh my god, I’m going to get a $300 fine even though I called,” she said.
‘I didn’t realize it and they were just sitting there and I was crying and having a panic attack because they were so scary and they all came around you.
“I feel like I’m going to jail or something.”
Hundreds of commenters criticized the Myki inspector for being too harsh and shared their own horror stories from the network.
“Myki inspectors are the most heartless, ugliest ogres ever,” one of them said.
“I was on my way to the city and I saw a tall, middle-aged Myki inspector questioning a young girl. She looked 14, you could tell she was young,” wrote another.
The inspector gave Emma a lecture and reported to her that she had used a Myki card with a discount without having documents with her proving that she was entitled to the discount.
“The exact same thing happened to me when I was a student,” said another.
Others supported Emma and called for better treatment of nurses.
“Nurses should have free public transportation,” someone wrote.
“As if we need a reason to cry after a nursing shift,” said another.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Public Transport Victoria management and Emma Jane for comment.