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Article #362Re: Metrocard Gripe
From: Rex
Date: Sat, 01 Jun 1996 00:00
Date: Sat, 01 Jun 1996 00:00
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All I can say is that New Yorkers are EXTREMELY lucky to have a choice. I Washington DC, farecards are the ONLY way to pay your fare. Very often, the machines will not accept a dollar bill that is not perfectly pressed (and they can even be TOO new!). The machines will eat your money, and not give you a card. And, often times, many machines are not working at all. If you wrinkle your card, it is useless, and you must mail it in to get a replacement (not good if you have $20 on the card). The "booth clerks" in DC have no cash, and cannot dispense farecards (and usually are wandering around and you can't find them). You are at the mercy of terribly inefficient machines which have no place in a Rapid Tranist System. Give me token clerks with bad attitudes any day. -- Rex rex@intr.net http://www.access.digex.net/~rex/
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