An autistic woman who appears stressed and overwhelmed during her daily commute is absolutely not attempting to avoid the rail fare, reports have indicated.
Avery Mann, 25, from Bury, routinely jumps from carriage to carriage due to “extreme bouts of anxiety” – and definitely not because she’s bolting from the man with a badge wearing a machine around his neck.
“It’s just a huge coincidence that I freak out whenever he approaches,” Mann told us. “When I hear ‘tickets, please’ in a gruff voice coming from several seats behind, I feel weirdly flooded with dread. Must be an autistic thing.”
“Then I’m forced to dart back and forth between carriages like I’m in a Bond film,” Mann continued. “If Bond fell over a lot, and occasionally became entangled with the woman wheeling the snack trolley.”
“Due to my autism, I find public transport difficult,” Mann went on to explain. “In that I can’t actually afford to buy a ticket anymore, because nobody will fucking hire me – and my benefits are likely getting slashed. Where can I get a sunflower lanyard that says, ‘lads, I can’t fucking afford this’?”
Mann could not be reached for further comment, as she’d locked herself in the toilet for the rest of the journey on account of a “funny tummy”.
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