Re: Left handed MetCards

[pshute@melbpc.org.au (Peter Shute)]

On Sat, 16 May 1998 22:19:24 +1000, "Reuben Farrelly"
<reubie@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

>Does anyone know if MetCard was designed to be used especially by left
>handed people or not - as a right handed person, when I take my MetCard out
>of my wallet I have to mess about and turn it around 180 deg. as the strip
>goes in right side first...great for people who are in a hurry or have their
>hands otherwise full :)
>
>All my other cards including credit/bank cards go in naturally but MetCard -
>well seems like it just *has* to be different.

I was advised by someone on the ticket info line not o keep my card
next to a credit card in my wallet.  The magnetic strips can destroy
the information on each other. ie. you have to put it in your wallet
so that the strip is not near the strip on any other card. The strip
is at the top of the tickets, and at the bottom of credit/debit cards,
which means it has to be "right way up" if your other cards are.
Peter Shute, Melbourne, Australia