Re: Melbourne validators eat tickets

Mike Alexander (malex@bigfoot.com)
2 Feb 1998 02:14:43 GMT

> Reminds me of an incident on the 373 bus in Sydney. Validating machine
> made loud noise and kept passegers weekly ticket. Passenger complained.
> Much shaking and poking in the validator by the driver and inspector
could
> not produce the ticket. Passenger told to stay on bus and travel to
> Randwick Bus Depot where they would get a mechanic to look into it. The
> passenger had no intention of travelling anywhere near as far as Randick
> Depot!!

So what happened???

BTW, from the looks of them, the green Sydney validators are the same as
the Melbourne ones. Can anyone confirm or deny?

Regards,

Mike Alexander
(malex@bigfoot.com)