On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 09:12:49AM -0700, John B wrote:

But that doesn't alter the original point, which is that it saves us
all a lot of time and money if people use Oyster;

Even that isn't true. My paper travelcard has got more expensive every
year since Ken shat Oyster out. And the rate of increase isn't
noticeably different from what it was *before* Oyster existed so it
hasn't even made the increases smaller. As for saving time - judging by
the number of cards that don't work at the barriers or need to be swiped
several times to make them work, the number of people who try to pay with
cash on buses only to have to get out again through a queue of people
who are trying to board, the people who wait for the barriers to close in
front of them because they're scared of paying for someone elses journey
on their prepay, the number of people dithering as they try to figure
out what the hell to do at stations like Wimbledon - no, it doesn't save
any time either.

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