farecard
years ago, i used to wonder why some folks took such a long time topping-up their transitlink farecard at the mrt. today, after joining their ranks, i finally understood why.
anticipating the expensive season parking at my new office (at least for the next 3 months), coupled with the ERP and CBD charges, i've decided to commute to work via public transport instead of driving, with effect from august.
since i can't remember where i last placed my transitlink farecard (it has been many years since i last took a train or bus), it would be wise to get one now. i had no idea how to purchase and approaching a mrt station control would seem the best idea to start. voila! i was able to get one for $15 with a stored value of $7.
and because $7 would only be able to last me for a couple of days, so i decided to top-up the value in the farecard. walking over to the ticketing machine, i was baffled over the usage of the machine - to begin with, i wasn't even sure where to insert the farecard.
so the gist of it, i took about 5 minutes to complete the whole procedure, which would normally have taken most people about half the time to do so.
and it got me thinking, perhaps some folks weren't slow. they just weren't sure how to operate the machine and had to take some time to read the instructions (err ... like me). that brought me to the awareness that we could all do with a little more patience and understanding towards one another.
so the next time you see some idiot fumbling at the farecard topping-up machine, please be patient with me.
anticipating the expensive season parking at my new office (at least for the next 3 months), coupled with the ERP and CBD charges, i've decided to commute to work via public transport instead of driving, with effect from august.
since i can't remember where i last placed my transitlink farecard (it has been many years since i last took a train or bus), it would be wise to get one now. i had no idea how to purchase and approaching a mrt station control would seem the best idea to start. voila! i was able to get one for $15 with a stored value of $7.
and because $7 would only be able to last me for a couple of days, so i decided to top-up the value in the farecard. walking over to the ticketing machine, i was baffled over the usage of the machine - to begin with, i wasn't even sure where to insert the farecard.
so the gist of it, i took about 5 minutes to complete the whole procedure, which would normally have taken most people about half the time to do so.
and it got me thinking, perhaps some folks weren't slow. they just weren't sure how to operate the machine and had to take some time to read the instructions (err ... like me). that brought me to the awareness that we could all do with a little more patience and understanding towards one another.
so the next time you see some idiot fumbling at the farecard topping-up machine, please be patient with me.