Chilled Phill
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323s are probably the more easier buttons to grasp for the newcomers to the train. When the green LEDs, in a rather nice circular arrangement, along the circumference of the button light up then you can open the door. Simples. I do find the inclusion of a "close button" a little annoying, if you've ever taken the 15:46 service from Picc-Crewe you'll see why. For those who have never had the pleasure, the kids at Gatley get on (far dodge) and then **** about with the door getting off at Heald Green (the next stop, roughly £1.10 if anything for a single). They play this trick on some of their mates by pressing the close button and then the doors close on their mate. Tbh, anything could happen - the doors could break or, less likely granted, the victim could be (mildly) crushed against the doors and get injured.
Anyway back to the button issue, People still press it a tonne of times and really don't need to make a connection (rail wise) because they're the first ones out of the bloody station.
Perhaps they don't want to have to line up at the end of the platform, because at Piccadilly they have these ticket inspectors who do exactly what the job says, inspect tickets. But the problem is the sheer number of people who exit the train during rush hour (like 300+) makes it nearly impossible to moderate EVERYBODY. Basically, they line up at first but then it all breaks down because there's somebody who has to be somewhere more important than getting his ticket inspected. 3/5 I manage to get past 'em without my ticket being inspected. Tbh, they hardly check the ticket anyway - so long as it has "Manchester Stns" and doesn't have "YP" on the ticket you're fine.
Back to the topic, I would have to say I find "button bashers" a little annoying at times because it does f-all in the speed of their journey. Although just take note of which button opens the door. Once I was on a Pacer and managed to embarrass myself by trying to open the door pressing the close button. To be fair, the console was facing the opposite direction to where the doors are so I couldn't see the buttons, not like anybody in the line actually took note mind.
Anyway back to the button issue, People still press it a tonne of times and really don't need to make a connection (rail wise) because they're the first ones out of the bloody station.
Perhaps they don't want to have to line up at the end of the platform, because at Piccadilly they have these ticket inspectors who do exactly what the job says, inspect tickets. But the problem is the sheer number of people who exit the train during rush hour (like 300+) makes it nearly impossible to moderate EVERYBODY. Basically, they line up at first but then it all breaks down because there's somebody who has to be somewhere more important than getting his ticket inspected. 3/5 I manage to get past 'em without my ticket being inspected. Tbh, they hardly check the ticket anyway - so long as it has "Manchester Stns" and doesn't have "YP" on the ticket you're fine.
Back to the topic, I would have to say I find "button bashers" a little annoying at times because it does f-all in the speed of their journey. Although just take note of which button opens the door. Once I was on a Pacer and managed to embarrass myself by trying to open the door pressing the close button. To be fair, the console was facing the opposite direction to where the doors are so I couldn't see the buttons, not like anybody in the line actually took note mind.
I must miss the big clunk due to my MP3 player.
