In article , roland@perry.co.uk (Roland
Perry) wrote:

> In message <CQKak.206141$1B6.181530@newsfe21.ams2>, at 13:50:42 on 
> Wed, 2 Jul 2008, Tom Barry  remarked:
> >Roland Perry wrote:
> >> In message , at 12:25:56 on
> >> From the BBC's earlier story, linked on that page:
> >>          "From March 2008, about 240 staff will be redeployed from 
> >>         the least busy stops to the busiest stations.
> >>  Although the massive queues at KX/StP presumably indicate that
> >> rather more than 3% of that station's passengers are buying tickets:
> >>          "Fewer than 3% of Tube journeys are now made on single and
> >>         return tickets, with Oyster accounting for more than 60% of
> >>         all trips, said TfL. "
> >
> >This presumably means that that transfer of staff to big stations like

> >KXSP won't happen?
> 
> That's a guess, yes.
> 
> >  KXSP presumably has a higher proportion of over-the-counter 
> > sales than, say, my local station Chiswick Park* (which was to 
> > have lost office staff) so presumably could have done with some 
> > more staff. Alternatively, did Boris promise to increase funding 
> > for staff to fill the gap?
> 
> They should increase the staffing at places like KX/StP regardless, 
> in order to provide an acceptable service to the public.
> 
> Why is it that only Post Offices and Railway Stations seem 
> incapable of taking money off people who are desperately thrusting 
> it at them?

Cambridge station is a lot better on that score since you left.

-- 
Colin Rosenstiel

In article ,
Colin Rosenstiel  wrote:
>In article , roland@perry.co.uk (Roland
>Perry) wrote:
> 
>> Why is it that only Post Offices and Railway Stations seem 
>> incapable of taking money off people who are desperately thrusting 
>> it at them?
>
>Cambridge station is a lot better on that score since you left.

The Perry Effect on train running applying to ticket offices too,
perhaps ? :-)

Nick
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"Roland Perry"  wrote in message 
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> In message , at 
> 22:37:00 on Wed, 2 Jul 2008, Colin Rosenstiel  
> remarked:
>>> Why is it that only Post Offices and Railway Stations seem
>>> incapable of taking money off people who are desperately thrusting
>>> it at them?
>>
>>Cambridge station is a lot better on that score since you left.
>
> Must be my patent "interrupter field", which ensures that no building, in 
> any town I'm in, can also contain more than three people selling railway 
> tickets or Post Office services :)

Is the 'close buffets early' mode a recent enhancement then?

Paul