Re: Tram Announcements: another Victorian election conspiracy theory

[Ben Thomas <ben@unico.com.au>]

Christopher_Martin GORDON wrote:
> I will put it quite clearly the reason why people don't validate in Melbourne
> but they do in other cities.  TRAMS.  the places that people don't validate is
> on the trams, don't give me any crap about how people in Sydney validate each
> time they get on the bus and there is no difference, there is.  Trams are
> very different to buses, and Melbourne is the only city with trams.  Adelaide
> has the one tram and still has conductors.  Sydney has one tram and what do they
> have on the trams now?  Thats right someone to sell tickets.
> 
> So trams is the reason people don't validate, they want conductors.  There
> is no problem about people in Melbourne validating at train stations or on
> buses.

Your definition supports your argument.  That doesn't make your argument valid.

Showing a conductor a ticket is no different to sticking it in a machine.

What you should be complaining about is the fact that the conductors are there
to help people who don't know how to get where they are going, don't know what
sort of ticket they need, etc.

It is just laziness that stops people from validating, yet they come up with the
crappy excuses to try to justify their laziness. A lot of people don't like
being told what to do, and I'd say that is another hidden reason why people
don't validate. It's their way of getting their own way, or protesting,
whatever.
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