Re: New stuff printed on my Metcard

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

> : today I noticed there's some new stuff printed on the back of my
Metcard
> : (a zone 1&2 daily), it says....
> : "REMEMBER: YOU MUST VALIDATE YOUR METCARD BEFORE EACH TRIP"
> 
> Printed by the Ticket machine replaces "WELCOME TO THE MET"

Yay, finally!!!! How long and hard did they have to think to come up with
something this obvious. Why the hell they didn't do this from day one I
don't know, or even better, why not print it in BIG LETTERS on the front
(where the stupid red/yellow/blue circle is). And while they're at it, why
don't they make the arrow on the ticket a bit clearer as well.

And while they're at that, why not put some text on the second line on the
TVM display so that when it says "Please Remove Ticket" it also says
"Validate before travel" or something similar.

And while they're at that, why not add "or try using EFTPOS" when it spits
your $20 note back out at you and says "Use a smaller note".

And while they're at that, why not change the machines so that they don't
sell you an illegal ticket in Zone One (the Off-peak saver, which
officially isn't available in Zone 1, but comes up fine on many Zone 1
machines).

And while they're at that, why not get rid of the annoying 10 second delay
_after_ you've removed your ticket when the display still says "Please
remove ticket" and no-one else can use the machine.

And while they're at that why not get rid of the annoying 25 second (!)
delay after an EFTPOS transaction says "Approved" until it finally spits
your ticket out.

And while they're at that...... (add you own favourite gotcha)


-- 
Regards,

Mike Alexander
(malex@bigfoot.com)