SFist: Seriously, Who The Hell Doesn't Know What A Magnetic Strip Is?

Magneto

Thu, 24 May 2007 18:34:13 -0800

But has your BART ticket ever been demagnatized? I tell you, it's a pain in the ass. BART doesn't replace demagged tix, they hire a subcontractor to do it for them (cuz those uber-helpful and friendly BART agents don't carry cash) and there are only (something like) 4 of the subcontractor stations across the entire BART network. And their operating hours are completley and utterly random. So if you do get demagged you end up on the slow train through BART beaurocracy. They never make it easy, do they?

Dan Berkes

Thu, 24 May 2007 11:55:55 -0800

It's news to the same group of people who suffer mental gridlock the moment they step in front of a BART ticket machine.

TinMan

Thu, 24 May 2007 11:45:55 -0800

Yeah, you're right. And I'm guessing those are the same people who forget how to drive in the rain every year.

Anonymous

Thu, 24 May 2007 10:58:46 -0800

Not newsworthy, but not surprising. Lots of people in CA avoid public transit, and when a few of them end up being forced to use it for the first time ever, they probably get overwhelmed easily.

Kemp Mullaney

Thu, 24 May 2007 10:58:22 -0800

I think the story here is how easily the mag strip can be affected. I can leave my credit card next to my cell phone without issue, but if I put my BART card in the same pocket as my cell, it is rendered useless. Then again, that is a mistake you only make once.

Paul E. Ester

Thu, 24 May 2007 10:47:39 -0800

Does coverage of non-news make the coverage non-news too? Someone spent time on that graphic, yikes.

TinMan

Thu, 24 May 2007 09:15:10 -0800

I guess Ric Romero's freelancing this week in NorCal.