Re: Melbourne ATM's -- "touch" panels?

["Translib Pty. Ltd." <enquiry@translib.com.au>]

Michael Kurkowski wrote:

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> Another thing i would be interested to find out is, are the public
> transport workers being educated on the MetCard system yet? Last night i
> happened to be on a Night Link tram with a friend at aproximately 3am (A
> class, #279) and he had an unvalidated MetCard which he had purchased on
> the 4th of January from a station on the Ringwood line. What he does, is
> buys tickets in bulk when paid, and uses them appropriately. However, last
> night, he tried to use this one (which hadn't been validated yet) and the
> driver requested to see it. His validators were not working (what else is
> new?) and he tried to tell this person that the ticket had expired, simply
> because it had been issued on the 4th of January. 

I suspect this person has not gone through the MetCard training course
as yet.  Or he simply forgot what he has learned at the course!

Cheers,

I.C.

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