Re: Left handed MetCards

[trambuff@hotmail.com (Daniel Gerrard)]

On 17 May 1998 02:00:28 GMT, "Chris Brownbill"
<cbrnbill@enternet.com.au> wrote:

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>Daniel Bowen <dbowen@custard.net.#SPAMTRAP#.au> wrote in article
><6jk1r0$nq2$3@eplet.mira.net.au>...
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>> No way was it designed for left handers. You don't know how awkward it is
>when
>> carrying something to pull the Metcard out of your wallet and then have
>to swap
>> it to the right hand to get through a station barrier!
>> 
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>This one has been annoying me too.   I'm right handed, so I carry my
>briefcase in my right hand, and my ticket in my left.  It would be easier
>for most people (right handers) if the ticket slot was on the left side
>barrier.  I suspect that this is one thing where you couldn't please
>everyone no matter how it was designed.
>

You could put 2 a ticket reciver on *both* sides of the gate, that
would also help meany people in society who lack or do not have the
use of an arm. With today's technology it would not have been hard,
but we all know the history of Metcard corp with technology.