On 26 Mar, 10:54, martin j wrote:

...She needed to do a topup and the ticket
office staff just laughed at her and pointed to their obviously
unofficial sign saying no topups done here.

Can you clarify the way all of the staff laughed?

Was it:
a) in a loud, raucous way like Dr Evil's associates in Austin Powers?

or

b) in a more sinister way, like the bandits in Treasure of the Sierra
Madre?

Or perhaps some other way.