Practices

After going to 2 kayaking practices and one volleyball practice I've noticed one thing. I am somehow very, very out of shape. The two boys my age in kayaking are normally about 100m in front of me at all times. The volleyball team is a year older and has some amazing players. I've learned to hate the conductors on the trains because of yesterday. My foot was on my knee and since I'm a tall guy that meant that that foot was slightly resting on the chair across from me. A conductor walks up, does a blurb in german while I show him my Gaa (pronounced gay-a). He says another blurb in German standing there looking at me. I tell him I'm an exchange student in English and he responds "That doesn't stop me from charging you" I have no idea what he's talking about, like no clue. At all. So I ask him did I do something wrong. He answers you can't have your feet on the seats. By now I've moved my foot but it was slightly resting on the seat, it had been a dry day and my feet were clean. He tells me I have to pay 25 Swiss Franks in cash. Im still sitting there looking at him wondering what this guy is on. He says he has the power to arrest me so of course I pay up. I ask him where its stated that we aren't aloud to have shoes on the seats and he just said "Everyone knows this" I really had to bite my tongue and not say "Even foreign exchange students". He then starts walking away from me with my Gaa in hand and I had to chase him down the train to get it back. He gives it back with the whole "Oh excuse me I didn't even notice, so sorry" but I kinda got the feeling he thought I was playing stupid and was trying to get back at me. When I got home I looked up the SBB website and couldn't find any rules anywhere. All in all bad experience with a huge jerk. Follow for more (and hopefully better) adventures in Switzerland.