Another scandal has erupted in Yerevan over "modernized" public transportation.

ArmInfo. Another scandal has erupted in Yerevan over the "modernized" public transportation system in the Armenian capital.

Facebook user Anna Stepanyan complained on her page that on November 10, a ticket inspector kicked her 13-year-old daughter off a bus at an unfamiliar stop because the teenager had no money on her card. However, the woman said the father paid for the child's fare when he put her on the bus. She was outraged that the bus driver, who saw that the child's fare had been paid, did not intervene.

"By what law did your employee gain the right to demand a minor's passport, kick him off the bus, and ultimately leave him completely alone on the street?" "If something happened to my 13-year-old child in an unfamiliar place, who would be held responsible?" the woman asked. She also demanded that the Yerevan City Hall immediately investigate the incident.

Yerevan Buses has already responded to the situation, emphasizing that they are already investigating the matter.

Interestingly, the new payment methods for public transportation in the capital are in some cases so inadequate that they are causing justified anger among citizens. For example, a parent can't immediately pay for their own and their child's fare using their own bank card; they have to wait at least 20 minutes because the system won't accept payment. Furthermore, validators are intermittent, forcing citizens to make multiple attempts to obtain payment. There are numerous other problems that citizens have reported, but to no avail. This isn't the first time that city hall controllers have behaved rudely toward bus passengers and fined them without cause.