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Group: uk.transport.london · Group Profile
Author: David CantrellDavid Cantrell Date: Sep 17, 2008 03:58
On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 02:20:39AM -0700, Boltar wrote:
> (though to be honest
> how many people knowing they're going to catch a bus later wouldn't
> make sure they had some pound coins on them?)
I wouldn't. It's just not something I'd think about because every
other place in the entire country* that sells things takes notes.
And what about people who *don't* know that they're going to catch a bus
later?
> and the bus driver has
> no change he should have the option to issue tickets for however many
> journeys the note would pay for. The passenger can then either hand
> over the whole note or get off and walk.
The driver should have the option to give the passenger a receipt for
the whole amount so he can get his change on another bus, or at a
"ticket stop", or at a station (ANY station in London, not just
Underground stations).
* I'll just take it as read that some annoying twat of a pedant is
going to point out a shop in some ghastly rural shit-hole whose
owner thinks that twenties are a commie paedo plot. I don't care.
--
David Cantrell | Cake Smuggler Extraordinaire
There are many different types of sausages. The best are
from the north of England. The wurst are from Germany.
-- seen in alt.2eggs...
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