^tamago^ SG I boarded SMRT's bus service no. 852 recently. I found that its ez-link system was out of service. The bus captain told me to put $2 into the box. Why $2, I asked? "Company said so" he replied in Mandarin. I would like SMRT/Transitlink to confirm its policy. If it's the case, please explain. Howard Chow Seck Peng http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=f832758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:5308722ed0e1e010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD
Manager433 SG Poor bus driver. He just doing his job. Now he is in deep sh*t for wat he said. Dun think smrtbus will 'protect' him
charlize SG Wtf. You mean you have to pay for even more than the normal fare if their system crashes?
dork3d SG There's never a standard rate of $2 payable fare needed, commuters only need to pay for the fare required to your destination... Even so, the maximum fare doesn't reach $2 at all... Should the EZ-Link system fails and can't link up, the bus shouldn't be in service at all... At most, the bus captain will need to display a "Cash Only" or "Pay Cash" sign on the windscreen... Believe that you should raise the issue to SMRT for an explanation...
charlize SG Now then you realise that even if it is of no fault of yours, you will still have to Pay and Pay?
ndmmxiaomayi SG Got such thing ar? I only heard of people who don’t know how much to pay will pay the max. See them almost everyday.
jetabt767400 SG Oh dear, BB service... Ok, well, I really have no idea, but I will surely not pay, risk getting off the bus rather than put 2 dollars in. More or less I would also ask if other passengers had to pay this much. Then we rebel...
samtlk SG In the event that both BEP readers fails, commuters need only to pay the fare for the destination as would have been deducted from the EZ-Link card (eg u'll pay $0.65 in cash instead of $0.90) and no tickets will be issued.
XiaoTaro SG Not actually surprised that this has happened, 852 has the record of one of the worst SMRT services, having frequency (actual - not timetabled) of up to 30mins, horrible attitude drivers who skip bus stops, and the "Driver cutting of nails while driving along lentor avenue incident", recklessly speeding along bt road and full fleet of horrorably maintained Lances.
eX.A.K.R. SG Well, I encountered one of the worst SMRT bus drivers along this route way back when they still had DAFs on this route. This just proves that SMRT are just a bunch of profiteerers who don't care about anything except someone's bank account (no names here, but you know who she is ). Now, you even have to pay them for not doing mantainence.
harrymushroom SG i'm juz wondering...u all people keep saying our government keeps increasing all the fares and stuffs...yet everything is so under service-orientated..u all juz keep complain about our government services...and u all blame it on "Pay And Pay"...what if the opposition parties starts ruling...and they starts rendering services like these...u think it will be better..~? Think again..
shade343 SG Originally posted by harrymushroom: i'm juz wondering...u all people keep saying our government keeps increasing all the fares and stuffs...yet everything is so under service-orientated..u all juz keep complain about our government services...and u all blame it on "Pay And Pay"...what if the opposition parties starts ruling...and they starts rendering services like these...u think it will be better..~? [b]Think again..[/b]Why not? Did you know that community libraries were first proposed by Mr Chiam See Tong in parliament only to be rejected by PAP MPs? If not for Mr chiam, we might never have a national library today.
