TTAM: The People of the Magic Gate
May. 10th, 2004 10:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
addersljIn an attempt to keep my blood pressure under control, I'm going to be writing about the things that annoy me this week, as much as I can in a public forum, anyway.
For example, the people who believe in the magic ticket gate annoy me. They're the ones whose ticket gets refused by the first gate they go through at Charing Cross, and decide that somewhere along the line is the magic gate that will accept their ticket. Thus, they queue up at each gate in turn, only to have their ticket refused. By the time they've admitted defeat and gone to talk to the gate attendant, they've wasted five minutes of their own time, and annoyed a dozen commuters who were standing behind them when they tried to get through the gate.
And no, putting your ticket through the same gate repeatedly isn't going to make it work any better, either.
I know what, try licking it. No, it won't help, but it'll give some London commuters a much-needed laugh.
For example, the people who believe in the magic ticket gate annoy me. They're the ones whose ticket gets refused by the first gate they go through at Charing Cross, and decide that somewhere along the line is the magic gate that will accept their ticket. Thus, they queue up at each gate in turn, only to have their ticket refused. By the time they've admitted defeat and gone to talk to the gate attendant, they've wasted five minutes of their own time, and annoyed a dozen commuters who were standing behind them when they tried to get through the gate.
And no, putting your ticket through the same gate repeatedly isn't going to make it work any better, either.
I know what, try licking it. No, it won't help, but it'll give some London commuters a much-needed laugh.
