While this type of behaviour is bad, the fact that the inspectors de facto defraud their own employer by not checking the QR codes seems worse to me. They get paid and can't be bothered?

When I take a train in Czechia with a digital ticket, the conductor always scans the QR code.

I had to choose between eating and paying for tickets. I paid the tickets. Ran out of money, got fined and kicked off several times until payday.

So I thought, fuck this. Treat me like a piece of shit and I'll act like a piece of shit.

I get it, that's how the system works. Well, sometimes I'm sick of playing.

So yeah, stick me in jail. Just don't ever release me, that's a bad idea.

In London at least, revenue inspectors often work in partnership with the police. But many cases of fraud are resolved without needing to detain the fraudster.