Re: [Melb] Cheap train fares dumped

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"Railvic" <railvic@primus.com.au> wrote in message
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> Paul McCabe wrote:
> >
> > David Lindstrom <D_Lindstrom@Bigpond.com> wrote in message
> > hmp46.169446$e5.155690@newsfeeds.bigpond.com">news:hmp46.169446$e5.155690@newsfeeds.bigpond.com...
> > > Connex spokeswoman Felecia Marianai said: "There are too many
different
> > > types of tickets. As a user you wouldn't know which one was most
effective
> > > for you. So what we've decided to do is rationalise the tickets.
> >
> > How the f@#k would Connex know if people are confused with the ticketing
> > system?  Have they asked anybody?
> >
> > > "If you look at it from the perspective of any retailer, you cannot
> > continue
> > > to keep products on your shelf that aren't moving," she said.
> >
> > Welcome to privatisation.
>
> Better start to validate your tickets, as all sort of statistics
> obviously can be generated from that ... Afterall, commuters have been
> told for a long time now to validate ticket each time they travel ...

It is a physical impossibility for Victorians to validate each time they
travel. There is something in the water which, over a period of time, makes
them unable to do so. Fortunately, the rest of Australia does not have this
water additive, and therefore are not subject to this disorder.

Dave