딱지 주지마세요,전 케이블이니깐요,

아침에 출근하면서 잡지를 보고 있는데,아저씨가 갑자기 티켓을 달라고 했다.


가끔 차비를 내달라는 사람이 있어서 꼼짝 안 하고 째리고 있었는데...


다들 나만 보는 것이 아닌가!




그 유명한 트램 인스펙터.

걸렸다.난 사실 티켓을 잘 안 끊고 다닌다.비싸기도 하고 매일 나가는건 아니고,

가까운 곳은 걷거나...그러기 때문에 ...




질문이 쏟아졌다.


어디 나라에서 왔냐,호주에서 마하냐,왜 왔냐,얼마나 어기서 살았냐,,,


정말 다 알아들었는데...한마디도 안했다.까땃 정신 놓면 대답이 나올뻔...

이럴땐 영어 못하는 척이 최상의 선택.




먹혔다.passport조차 못 알아먹는 불쌍한 외국인을 위해 표 사주시고.

딱지도 안 띠고.ㅋㅋㅋㅋ.


이 방법 애용하야 겠다.호호호호호호호



A COMMUTER fined for an invalid ticket on a tram with dodgy validators looks set to have the penalty scrapped.

Muru Gappan was pinged $172 after he claims two validators on the Glen Huntly line would not accept his multi-trip ticket.

Unable to buy a ticket on board because the machines take only coins and he didn't have any,  Mr Gappan says was confronted by ticket inspectors who reportedly told him he should have asked other passengers for change.

He was later told by Metlink that he should have gotten off the tram if he didn't have a valid ticket.

Tell us: Have you had trouble with ticket inspectors? Add your comment below.

While some doubt has been cast over the claims he was not able to validate his Metcard, it appears Metlink could be ready to scrap any fines issued as a result of faulty equipment.

Metlink spokeswoman Stephanie Arvanitis said passengers who had “done the right thing” would have fines withdrawn if equipment was faulty.

Transport insiders now believe the inspector who issued the penalty erred by failing to exercise discretion in the circumstances, a mistake compounded by Metlink, which gave the man incorrect advice.

Metlink now says customers should be able to continue their journey if the equipment is faulty.

Opposition transport spokesman Terry Mulder has described the incident as “a massive stuff-up”  by Government ticketing and transport authorities.

And he warns the new myki "swipe on, swipe off" system, which has also come under fire for repeatedly overcharging commuters in the country, could also malfunction - potentially leaving commuters to be penalised for equipment failures - if inspectors follow the same procedures.

Mr Mulder said commuters should not have to bear the brunt for equipment failures.

“This unfair fine is a small taste of what commuters can expect when myki comes in,” he said today.

“It’s a massive stuff-up by the Lynne Kosky’s ticketing agency,” Mr  Mulder said.

“They’re saying the gentleman should have been able to continue his trip. The ticket inspectors are saying he should get off the tram. Who’s right?”

But Transport Ticketing Authority spokesman Adrian Darwent rejected suggestions any problems with validating would be worse under myki.

"There are more myki card readers than there are Metcard validators so it is less likely that customers won't be able to reach a reader and touch on and off," Mr Darwent said.

"As with the current ticketing system, faults can be traced with myki. Passengers will be encouraged to report faults and they will be investigated and acted upon."

Meantime, holes are appearing in Mr Gappan's claims.

The heraldsun.com.au believes that the Department of Transport has established that all validators on the tram were working properly at the time.

If this was the case, it is still possible that the commuter’s ticket was defective.

The department has found that the Metcard validator gave a ‘RETRY’ message when the commuter attempted to validate his ticket.

Public Transport Users Association Daniel Bowen initially said today that “buried in the Transport Act” were rules that allowed commuters to be penalised for faulty equipment.

“There’s this requirement that if you can’t validate your ticket on board the tram, and if you can’t buy another ticket … then actually you have to get off the tram and find some alternate means of travel," Mr Bowen told Radio 3AW.

But he clarified this claim this afternoon to say it appeared internal tram inspector and Metlink guidelines appeared to be behind all the confusion.

‘‘It’s just a ridiculous situation where the authorities are obviously blaming the customer for the shortcomings of their own equipment,’’ he said.

Being fined for dodgy machines was "totally ludicrous", he said.

Metlink authorities say Mr Gappan’s situation would be reviewed, and that in the face of faulty equipment a passenger should normally be able to continue their journey.

Metlink CEO Bernie Carolan said the issue had undergone an “internal escalation process and we are reviewing the correspondence with the passenger”.

Metlink also appeared to have distanced itself from the ticket inspectors' actions.

“Without pre-empting the review, if a person tries to validate their ticket and the machine is faulty, we would normally suggest they should be entitled to continue their journey.

He said passengers fined in such cases should advise the Department of Transport of the ticketing equipment fault.

Metlink said it would wait for Yarra Trams would have to fully investigate the case before considering whether to formally advise inspectors how to interpret the rules in future.

-----herald sun.com.au--------