Re: Ticket Machines in Melbourne - Again

["John Wayman" <trecker@bigpond.com>]

Today's Age newspaper has a Met spokesman stating that all broken Metcard
machines at stations should be working by the end of the month. Machines at
58 locations have a 24 hour guard!

Cheers
John Wayman

Michael Kurkowski wrote in message <77d018$jsa$1@toto.tig.com.au>...
>
>Daniel Bowen wrote in message <3691FA65.1AB6C2C4@mailexcite.com>...
>:Answered many times, based on an answer from the Metcard help line:
>:You travel, then buy your zone 2 ticket at Box Hill.
>:
>(excuse me if this is a double posting)
>
>It's nice in theory - just wait til you encounter a ticket inspector who
>wont believe your story. I've seen it happen before.
>Last week however, i came across a good ticket inspector, a person
genuinely
>lost their ticket and was willing to do anything to prove he did have one
>prior, instead of being a bastard the ticket inspector was nice to him,
told
>him to get off at the next station to purchase a ticket, and therefore gave
>him the benefit of the doubt. I guess you can tell when people are trying
to
>rip off the system. But it doesnt stop the bastards for ruining the
>reputation of all the nice ticket inspectors that exist out there.
>
>Regards,
>Michael.
>
>