[Gllug] [Terminally OT] Re: Oyster cards vulnerable?

[John Winters]

[snip]
> I think we can all agree that waiting behind someone who is balancing
> their handbag on the reader in fourteen different orientations trying to
> get the gate to read the card through the handbag is what really
> irritates...

On a par with being behind someone using the fast checkout in Waitrose who
has to stop and think about every stage of the process.

The mark 2 terminals in Waitrose are a really nice example of developers
learning from the mark 1 and speeding just about every step.  I can easily
complete the whole checkout, even with a large load, in under 20 seconds. 
Unless of course the woman in front (and I'm afraid it always is a woman)
is really surprised to discover that the machine wants her card, then
gives it back, then wants it again, then wants a PIN, etc.  Then she
stands in front of the machine slowly re-packing her handbag so no-one
else can use the machine until she's finished.

I think you should have to take a test to be allowed to attempt to use the
fast checkout.  Anyone taking more than 30 seconds should be banned until
they can get their act together.

John

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