Swiping technique

[nanila]

Poll #14131 Swipey swipey

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How do you swipe your Oyster/metro/RFID card?

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A quick tap directly over the reader
10 (45.5%)

Slap, hold and twist as you pass through the barrier
8 (36.4%)

Waft without making contact
1 (4.5%)

Other
3 (13.6%)

Other?

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I used to be a Wafter. However, when I started checking my Oyster balance online regularly, I discovered that the barriers would frequently open for me but fail to register one endpoint of my journey. After the umpteenth time of having to file for a refund from being hit with the maximum daily charge, I decided to change. So now I'm in the Slap-and-Hold camp.

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[alwayswondered]

You know that Quick Tapper who doesn't tap quite long enough or in the right place, so the barrier beeps and refuses to open, and then they keep doing exactly the same thing over and over again despite the fact that it clearly isn't working, oblivious to the queue of people piling up behind them?

I always get stuck behind that person.

This is why I'm a Slap-and-Holder.

[nanila]

HA, yes. Although my favourites are the people who walk right up to the barriers and *then* fish around in their bags/pockets for their card. No no no no NO! Bad commuter etiquette, BAD.