Re: Transport ticket system collapses

["Mike Alexander" <malex@bigfoot.com>]

> > Having a chat to the repair man at Windsor station the other morning
(after
> > what seems like the thousandth time these machines have been jammed) he
> > stated that it is the same guy at Windsor who keeps doing it, and that
they
> > have him on video. He has been handed to the police on a number of
> > occassions, and they just give him a slap over the wrist, and he's back
> > again the next day.
>
> So what's the deal? Aren't One Link pursuing charges? Does the guy try to
> steal money, or just to stop the machine working?

Well, assuming the story is true, I think he just tries to jam it up for the
sake of it. It's always the same; both machines jammed with a folded up
metcard in the slot. I guess he could come back and fish out the few coins
that bank up behind it, but it hardly seems worth the effort.

I've lost track of the number of times I've rung up to report it, but
they're jammed on average two of the three days a week that I travel from
there, and I've been reporting it for nearly two years now.


Regards,

Mike Alexander
(malex @ bigfoot com)