Re: MET/Hillside madness

["Johann Fan" <yags@SPAMSUX.geocities.com>]

Matthew Smith wrote in message <36563f3c.0@news.bris.corplink.com.au>...
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>>I don't want to be seen to be standing in defense of the Met but the
>>machines are actually run by Metcard which is a different company and as
>>far as I know is not related to the Met.  Re: telling the ticket
>>inspectors (or hosts as government would call them, or gestapo as the
>>public would consider them) that the machine was out of order, I think
>>that if you're the only person who claims that a machine is out of order
>>and noone else has used the same excuse for the same machine at the same
>>station they might get suspicious and check for themselves.
>>
>>Nev..
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>
>I've just learned that none of the MET ticket vending machines are Year
2000
>complliant. If this is true, they'll all be gone by roughly this time next
>year (which presents a huge budgeting problem for MET/Hillside).


No it doesn't because the One Link People have to make it work for 15 years
or whatever the contract is.... not the government... or so they say...
we'll end up footing the bill probably anyway (taxpayers that is) but hey..
we don't have $4.1billion in the state bank accounts :)

cheers
Johann