By: Noeka Nimmervoll
Hey, kid. Yeah, I’m talking to you. Do you want to make money off your U-Pass? I bet you do. You don’t go to class anyways, huh? Well, listen up. Here’s my tried and true method for selling your U-Pass. Everyone tries to sell their card, and hardly anyone wins at the game. Here’s how to scam the system — super easily.
I give this advice to my kids at least once every semester (I’m an SFU dad), and you know what? They wouldn’t know what a good idea was if it hit them like a bullet train. So, I’m sharing it with kids (you) that will probably be way smarter than my two brats.
Anyways. Here you go.
Find the handsomest man with a mohawk and reflective sunglasses to make a commercial for you. Get him behind the camera, tell him to act sexy (he’ll find that easy), and make him read this pre-written script:
“Hey, cheapskates! You want a motorcycle? I’ve got something totally better. A multi-modal, sexy, and totally rad Tokyo-inspired train-and-car share network to get you to your ultimate destination. Open air for all you nature freaks or AC options for sexy people, on a mad range of vehicles that sports epic views. For unlimited use with a one-time-a-month flat rate, you can have access to over 2,250 pieces of transportation, akin to limousines, to get you where you want to go — while being the place to be. Leave your name, social insurance number, and credit info in the comments so I know where to find you.”
He might be a little older than the target audience, but don’t be put off or anything. It’ll definitely add to the charm of the ad. When you post it on Tik-Tak-O or whatever, it’ll go totally virus.
Then, get him to do a backflip off a skateboard that’s on fire. Pretty sure all the kids think that’s super rad right now. I know Benson Boone is totally hot right now, so I’m pretty sure that would be the sickest ending to this video.
If this Freddie Mercury look-alike can’t do a backflip, it’s probably because he’s sore from going to the gym that morning, so maybe just edit that in. This should be a piece of cake for you with all that new teknologeeca. Awesome. Then, post it with some cool hashtags like #rad.
Within a few minutes of being posted online, you should get something like 2,000 comments and, like, shares. They’ll be all begging for you to choose them as the buyer of your U-Pass-loaded compass card. Sell it to all of them for $100 a month or a Rolex. Then, leave the country — the feds will definitely be on your ass for this, so leave everything and make sure to burn your computer and stuff so it can’t get traced back to you.
I used this method back on the mountain in ‘06 and it was pretty easy. I was surprised it worked so well. Honestly, I spent all the cash on getting drunk. I don’t even remember how I got there.
Anyways, let me know if anyone tries this out.
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