Studentenjob Fahrscheinkontrolleur | reporter

"Tickets, please!" Who hasn't flinched at these words? – even if you have a ticket in your pocket. Ben certainly does every time. Generally speaking, ticket inspectors aren't exactly popular and experience this firsthand in their daily interactions with customers. Nevertheless, at the Cologne transport authority, this job isn't just done by full-time employees, but also by students as a side job. They primarily relieve the full-time inspectors on weekends. This means their main clientele are night owls who aren't always so careful about buying tickets and whose sense of responsibility diminishes as their alcohol level rises. Not to mention that the general alcohol ban is met with increasingly less enthusiasm as the night wears on. Ben accompanies the students for a shift on their mission to ensure order, safety, and cleanliness on the buses and trains and tries to figure out for himself whether this is a job he would have considered as a student. He discovers that the students have to sacrifice quite a lot for what is already a challenging job. They work, for example, to keep the buses and trains clean and tidy. For example, when their fellow students are out hitting the city's bars and clubs or going to house parties. Every Saturday, and alternating with Sundays or Fridays, the students are on duty – from afternoon until late at night. Ticket inspector Melanie doesn't see this as entirely negative, though; she appreciates that it allows her to fully concentrate on her teacher training studies during the week. Furthermore, the student ticket inspectors are public sector employees. This means they earn a very good wage of around €13 per hour compared to other student jobs. However, the students also have to complete a month-long training course during their semester break before they can start working with passengers. Quite a lot of effort for a student job, and perhaps that's why Ben can't shake the feeling all evening that for the students, this is more than just any job – they feel like part of the KVB (Cologne Transport Authority). The funk format "reporter" ended on December 31, 2023. We have therefore deactivated the comment function for further comments. If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to contact us via our contact form: https://www.funk.net/kontakt Music: Fleapit – Fleastyle (Instrumental); Owen Pallet – Keep the Dog Quiet Team: Ben Bode, Maik Arnold, Kerstin Richter, Tobias Reckmann, Katrin Schlusen