tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767022.post1705092327994826142..comments2023-11-02T23:36:25.442+11:00Comments on Ben's Adventures: On the train one dayBenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03896364165245209764noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767022.post-24905840675977575012008-03-10T16:41:00.000+11:002008-03-10T16:41:00.000+11:00Sounds very nerve-racking. People are so quick to ...Sounds very nerve-racking. People are so quick to judge a situation without having fully investigated the cause-effect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767022.post-59604125576814980012008-02-17T21:59:00.000+11:002008-02-17T21:59:00.000+11:00That's OK, it now works the other way too, once or...That's OK, it now works the other way too, once or twice I've put $2 or $3 worth of 5 cent coins in metcard machines. When the payment goes in, it makes a satisfying "kerplunk" sound. They made them coin only, what do they expect...Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03896364165245209764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767022.post-56734386766251561042008-02-17T17:15:00.000+11:002008-02-17T17:15:00.000+11:00Indeed it is worthy of being a post on its own Ben...Indeed it is worthy of being a post on its own Ben. <BR/><BR/>I recall a conversation with an old tram conductress many years ago. She gave her passenger his change in single five cent pieces. She explained to me that all conductors tried to get rid of excess coins because of the weight they had to carry. The passenger was a student, black and from South Africa she thought. He complained to her that all the conductors offload their small coins to him because he was coloured. Not true she told him, we get rid of them to the next customer at any time.<BR/><BR/>We are all a minority in some ways. But we are silly to be super sensitive about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com