There are many reasons why finishing college and entering ‘the real world’ is great. For one, you may get a job in an awesome place like JOE. And if that happens, you probably won’t have to hang around the reduced food section in your local supermarket anymore. Probably…
However, there is one thing about leaving academia which nobody really enjoys. If you haven’t been there yet, prepare yourself for that day when you no longer have a still-in-date student card. Here are five reasons you'll definitely miss that beloved little plastic rectangle...
Dates are pricier
Not only could we not purchase two student tickets while at the cinema last week, JOE also had to pay the full price for our post-movie burritos. Thankfully, here at JOE, we are masters in the art of scrimping, hence why our next date will be eligible for the senior citizen’s ticket.
Using college facilities is now tricky business
We all know that library security guard who thinks he is guarding state secrets. Try getting by him without an in-date student card. You’ve a better chance of getting Roy Keane to do the chicken dance.
Don’t even get us started about trying to get into the college bar…
Pic via: RockGenius
Students think you’re ancient
The cloak of youth that was your student card is no longer present, prepare to fade into the abyss that is your mid-twenties. Everyone knows that a 25-year-old who doesn’t have a student card is technically older than a 40 year-old with one.
That’s science.
No more discounted student train tickets
JOE once saved a fortune by buying student fares coming from our home in Ballygobackwards to the big city. Unfortunately this is no longer the case as we now need to pay the same as all the other ‘grown-ups’.
Not to worry, we've a pretty good disguise ready to help us get our senior citizen pass.
Pic via: MyDisguises
A link to the past is gone
Look at the picture of you on your student card.
Unless you were one of the lucky ones who got it replaced every college year, there will be an image of you bright-eyed and bushy-tailed from one of your first weeks in first year.
See that guy in there – yeah him – that guy is in the past,
he’s the guy who can buy cheaper burritos.
If you’re still one of the lucky ones who has their student card, and fancy travelling home this weekend in comfort then why not tweet your origin and destination with #RailFTW to be in with a chance to win 1 of hundreds of student tickets Iarnród Éireann have up for grabs this October.
