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Someone without a ticket isn't going to ask a conductor to look at their ticket though.
I had a ticket, it was just I misunderstood the zones in Berlin. It was something like a single trip ticket but that meant it could only be used in zone blah when I was using it to go blahblah. It was 15 years ago so I'm a bit vague but they were undercover ticket inspectors and real pricks about it. 50EU fine because I'd bought the wrong ticket and save like 1EU or some bullshit and I was clearly a tourist with no idea.
Anyway, hard "fuck you" to those guys and a fuckity fuck you to the dickhead that designed the ticketing machines and zones.
hippy
Haha. Living in Germany myself (not exactly German - father is) and can confirm those types are very much about : ) Though in all fairness, it really does depend on personality here. I recently again asked a conductor if I could show my ticket (after all, I had paid and didn't want to feel like it was a waste) and he just shrugged, half-smiled and gave a a bit of a wave, responding with something like "nah, don't worry".