Swiping technique

[nanila]

Poll #14131 Swipey swipey

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 22

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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.

Comments

[nanila]

SUCKS. Also, buses, where you can get on the bus and then not go down the aisle to swipe your Oyster. Accessibility FAIL.

[kaberett]

IT IS REALLY BIZARRE APPARENTLY YOU JUST TRAVEL FOR FREE IF YOU ARE A WHEELCHAIR USER ON A BUS BECAUSE YOU ARE ASSUMED TO HAVE A FREEDOM PASS???

[nanila]

EVERYONE ON A LONDON BUS IS FROM LONDON DON'T YOU KNOW AND PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS ARE OVER 65 YEP YEP

[kaberett]

NO THIS IS THE WORST THING my local "free public transport" card worKS ON BUSES BUT NOT THE TUUUUUUUBE :D

IN THE SENSE OF "WORKS ON BUSES" WHERE UH ACTUALLY "THE READER DOESN'T RECOGNISE IT BUT THE DRIVER JUST WAVES ME ON DISGUSTEDLY IF I'M WALKING THAT DAY"

[nanila]

THIS IS A VERY GOOD SYSTEM WHEREIN GOOD MEANS CRIKEY-WHO-DESIGNED-THIS-FECKING-BOONDOGGLE

[kaberett]

(One automatically qualifies for free public transport of one receives Higher Rate on the Mobility component of Disability Living Allowance. The majority of wheelchair users probably do. I don't, because the ways in which walking makes a mess of me are not ones that the DWP/Atos have any interest in admitting. Ergo I receive Lower Rate Mobility, and have a free bus pass because nobody wants me to drive, but getting someone to say "this person really shouldn't drive" in a medical-certificate-y sort of a way is (a) expensive and (b) time-consuming, if your condition is not (ahahahaha) one of the ones that automatically excludes you from driving according to the DVLA...)