Bus travel

Sometimes I stand up for my rights and/or believes. Sometimes I don't bother. Why so?
It might be not worth it, no time for it, or simply being lazy.

Traveling by bus, when purchasing tickets cashiers casually, yet all the time, are asking "What's your name?" No, they are not being nice, trying to get acquianted, or even hitting on me. They enter that into the computer (think - database) and it actually does appear on the ticket itself.

One will readily argue that it's good safety check as if I were to lose the ticket... then what? yes, it has my name on it, so whoever finds it will know where I was intending to go.
But that's it. Where's that safety? They don't check names neither when selling tickets, nor at boarding. And if I were to go back to cashier and tell her that I lost the ticket I seriously doubt there will be much recourse. What are they going to do? - put a freeze on the bus ticket?

Oh, yeah, and please do not suggest to anyone checking ids for bus travel. It's bad enough we are stuck with all these with air travel. Some of you might still remember when air tickets were not so tied to your names/personas.