[Gllug] ist that right that the Oyster card got RFID on it?

Nix nix at esperi.org.uk
Sun Jan 21 16:18:45 UTC 2007


On 18 Jan 2007, John Winters told this:

>> On 17 Jan 2007, John Winters outgrape:
>>
>>> This touches a nerve, particularly with all those notices about how the
>>> authorities will prosecute anyone who is abusive to staff.  I've never
>>> been abusive to staff, but I've been verbally abused by staff on a
>>> number
>>> of occasions.
>>
>> You've never been in the station when a mass of drunken football
>> supporters have come through, or when a lot of pissed-off City workers
>> have been stranded by some huge delay? The station staff can't do
>> anything about delays, but it's *them* who get cursed.
>
> Please read what I wrote again more carefully.  I didn't say that no-one
> had ever verbally abused station staff; I said that *I've* never done it.

Yeah, indeed, but the notices *do* serve a purpose. They're just not
aimed at you. (Abusive staff, well, it doesn't happen often and when it
does I just walk away.)

-- 
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surely lead to chaos, anarchy, rioting in the streets, the Terrorists
taking over, and possibly the complete collapse of Human Civilization.'
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