Re: [Melb] Prizes for Validating Metcards

["John Wayman" <trecker@optusnet.com.au>]

Railvic <railvic@primus.com.au> wrote in message
38499A65.13857742@primus.com.au">news:38499A65.13857742@primus.com.au...
> Although revalidation of Metcards are encouraged, but there are times
when:
>
> *  Tickets that have been folded, or slight damaged by customer;
>
> *  A customer is using several tickets for the journey (ie. travelling
from
> zone 3 to zone 1 and using a separate zone 3 and zone 1+2 tickets) and it
is
> not possible to revalidation of a ticket that does not cover the zone the
> barrier gate is in;
>
> *  A periodical ticket (ie. weekly or monthly) when the paper start to
wear;
>
> *  The ticket has been rejected because it has not been revalidated at
> origin station.

You state that revalidation is encouraged, but you therefore imply that it
isn't necessary. Most passengers don't like unnecessary bureaucracy, so if
given the option wouldn't bother.

Obviously, by abolishing the need to revalidate, it would eliminate some of
the problems with this ticketing system. Transport staff could then
concentrate on detecting passengers without a valid ticket, without the
negative image created by the revalidation system.

To treat passengers who have a valid ticket to travel as criminals is
stupid. If the ticketing systems doesn't meet the needs of the passenger as
well as the bureaucracy then it is flawed.


Cheers John Wayman