I got a ticket in Germany!

I forgot to tell this story in my last post. Everyday while I am in Bremen I will be taking public transportation so I bought a month long student pass to ride the tram. I am on the way to the doctor with my professor and we are making a stop first to get me this ticket. We are on the tram and I told him that I didn't have a ticket and he said that is was fine because I had the sheet filled out with me saying I was on my way to buy tickets for the month. I think we are all good then at the next stop 3 guys get on dressed normally and wip out their badges. One of the them is staring at me, saying things in German, and showing me a badge that means nothing to me. Apparently this is theire job, they come and check tickets. I had a pretty solid deer in the head lights look and thats when Tom took over. He did his thing, but it wasn't good enough. I was fined 40 euros (around $550. The good news is that I have to pay within 30 days and I am only here for 23 so Tom said I am not paying it. They only took my first name, so they won't be able to find me! I thought that was a pretty entertaining experience!