easons for which a pass would not be issued. The first few exceptions appeared to be fair enough. If you earned too much money, if you weren’t studying for the required minimum number of hours etc…Then I reached the last entry and my jaw dropped. It stated If you’ve ever been a victim of discrimination of any kind you will know how it can adversely affect many areas of your life. The way you view yourself and the way you view others. Your emotional stability can suffer terribly under the weight of trying to understand how someone could have the power to make you feel like you just don’t count. Discrimination may also leave some victims, in some instances, feeling as though they have no support from the community or the legal system in general, depending of course on the individual circumstances. Discrimination in any form is hurtful to say the very least and extremely anti-productive.

I was one of the lucky ones who had never felt the sting of a discriminatory slap in the face. That is… until a few months ago when I was discriminated against due to my age by a very well known bus company. I am a full time student at TAFE and as I filled out the required form for a concession fare for bus travel I read in black and white on the page before me, a list of reasons for which a pass would not be issued. The first few exceptions appeared to be fair enough. If you earned too much money, if you weren’t studying for the required minimum number of hours etc…Then I reached the last entry and my jaw dropped. It stated t

nderstand how someone could have the power to make you feel like you just don’t count. Discrimination may also leave some victims, in some instances, feeling as though they have no support from the community or the legal system in general, depending of course on the individual circumstances. Discrimination in any form is hurtful to say the very least and extremely anti-productive.

I was one of the lucky ones who had never felt the sting of a discriminatory slap in the face. That is… until a few months ago when I was discriminated against due to my age by a very well known bus company. I am a full time student at TAFE and as I filled out the required form for a concession fare for bus travel I read in black and white on the page before me, a list of reasons for which a pass would not be issued. The first few exceptions appeared to be fair enough. If you earned too much money, if you weren’t studying for the required minimum number of hours etc…Then I reached the last entry and my jaw dropped. It stated

urse on the individual circumstances. Discrimination in any form is hurtful to say the very least and extremely anti-productive.

I was one of the lucky ones who had never felt the sting of a discriminatory slap in the face. That is… until a few months ago when I was discriminated against due to my age by a very well known bus company. I am a full time student at TAFE and as I filled out the required form for a concession fare for bus travel I read in black and white on the page before me, a list of reasons for which a pass would not be issued. The first few exceptions appeared to be fair enough. If you earned too much money, if you weren’t studying for the required minimum number of hours etc…Then I reached the last entry and my jaw dropped. It stated

s ago when I was discriminated against due to my age by a very well known bus company. I am a full time student at TAFE and as I filled out the required form for a concession fare for bus travel I read in black and white on the page before me, a list of reasons for which a pass would not be issued. The first few exceptions appeared to be fair enough. If you earned too much money, if you weren’t studying for the required minimum number of hours etc…Then I reached the last entry and my jaw dropped. It stated easons for which a pass would not be issued. The first few exceptions appeared to be fair enough. If you earned too much money, if you weren’t studying for the required minimum number of hours etc…Then I reached the last entry and my jaw dropped. It stated that a student over the age of 30yrs was not entitled to a concession. Why? I wondered. Then I laughed at my own stupidity. Surely that was simply an oversight…some antiquated rule that someone forgot to remove, after all, it’s 2006. A company wouldn’t blatantly discriminate like that these days…would they?

I decided to ring the bus company and check, feeling sure that I would be told not to pay attention to that rule…the staff member would apologize and promptly let the person in charge know about this unfortunate oversight and the offending rule would be removed.

This scenario, however, was far removed from the reality. The young woman from the bus company informed me that this was in fact, correct. I was stunned! I asked her the reason for this rule and she blurted out some garble which was obviously supposed to sound official and which I believe, she probably, at least in part, concocted at the time. Now I must admit, there are instances when a person’s age will factor in the process of deciding t