Re: Flinders St. Metcard barriers
jared gottlieb (NOSPAM.jared@netspace.net.au)
Mon, 30 Mar 1998 19:54:18 +1000
> >4) Just in the last week, I have seen the acrobatics described in (3) being
> >used for people who can't get IN with their ticket. i.e. the inbound gate
> >rejects their ticket, the staff member leans across and puts it in the
> >OUTBOUND slot, and then hands it back to the passenger who then enters
> >successfully. Since the gate also acts as a validator, the only time I can
> >see this being necessary is to cancel the "Passback" detection.
Reportedly a fellow at Flinders put his already validated ticket into
every gate, setting off the bells. When the 'customer-service' reps came
up to see what the problem was, he explained he was validating his ticket.