tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8476955.post3916030670946465305..comments2024-03-27T16:29:33.089+02:00Comments on A Jewish Grandmother : "Card Game," The Perils of Public TransportationBatyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8476955.post-55139102221788190222014-11-18T06:37:05.944+02:002014-11-18T06:37:05.944+02:00Miriam, it's the only curse I allow myself.
...Miriam, it's the only curse I allow myself. <br /><br />LM, it worked fine, I think, until then, and now it keep claiming to be emptier than it should be.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8476955.post-42780017498815472992014-11-18T02:22:34.526+02:002014-11-18T02:22:34.526+02:00This card sounds ridiculous!
In London one has wha...This card sounds ridiculous!<br />In London one has what they call an "Oyster Card".<br />It works on the train, bus and tram.<br />They can go wrong, but basically they work much more often than not.<br />You can load it by hand with a clerk, or at a machine using cash or credit card/debit card, or by manual online payment, or even have a system where it tops up automatically by direct debit from one's bank account if it falls below a certain amount of credit stored.<br />Maybe the rail and bus authorities in Israel should look into using the Oyster card instead?LondonMalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07799282503749852272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8476955.post-34544562748070887032014-11-18T00:53:24.747+02:002014-11-18T00:53:24.747+02:00OMG I understand you so much. Routines at institut...OMG I understand you so much. Routines at institutions, with clerks are super annoying. I often found myself helpless and ready to burst into tears, even if nobody offended me on purpose. Just because of lots of time and nerves spent disproportionally to the result.<br />I wonder how you said 'You can go to hell' in Hebrew.Miriam-Feyga Bunimovichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10134535021477429993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8476955.post-15874434482419208982014-10-31T06:37:55.094+02:002014-10-31T06:37:55.094+02:00a 8:34 AM, thanks, that's for sure. The guy di...a 8:34 AM, thanks, that's for sure. The guy didn't care at all. I was grateful for having a nice clerk helping me out. I've had bad experiences with those clerks. But that's another story.<br />a 3:33 AM, not the bank. I work at a very low paying job, and I always put down my food to help a customer. To totally close an office for over a half an hour, when there is no substitute is not right.<br />david, ravdavid, oy,<br />Tzivia, actually you can have more than one card, I think. It would probably help you. Wear different hats in your photo to help you remember which is which. That's the lesson from this card game.<br />Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8476955.post-82822618325566637212014-10-31T03:33:49.352+02:002014-10-31T03:33:49.352+02:00The man at the bank didn't owe you his service...The man at the bank didn't owe you his service just because you thought that he should put down his food and serve you. He was on his break, which I presume he is legally entitled to, and though he could have been nicer and helped you, you were not ENTITLED to his service. You were extremely rude, and had I been the employee there, I would have told my manager that I was being verbally assaulted at work and attempted to have you removed. What a disgusting attitude- just because you put your fork down at your clothing store because you simply feel like doing so (and I am sure that you're entitled to take a break, by legislation), that doesn't mean that other people have to do so. Give me a break- learn some manners and stop being so obnoxiously pushy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8476955.post-23085762368570467532014-10-30T23:48:07.423+02:002014-10-30T23:48:07.423+02:00Sounds like the same story as mine.
I have only ev...Sounds like the same story as mine.<br />I have only ever had trouble with my RavKav in Yerushalayim. Specifically, I loaded 10 fares at a light-rail stop and they NEVER worked, anywhere. I had to buy 10 more so I could travel without being fined. <br />Three failed attempts at visiting the City-Pass office later (it was around the time that they phased out paper tickets, so naturally, the place was swamped)... I decided to forget about it. I, too had to leave the lineup a couple of times or miss an intercity bus. And I couldn't fix it up here in Haifa.<br />And then, just yesterday, the lost fares mysteriously "kicked in." I was SURE my RavKav was "empty" the last time I left Ym, and figured I'd have to buy more.<br />But when I handed it to the bus driver, cash at the ready to load it up again, he said "malei" and subtracted one of the 10 fares that had mysteriously reappeared.<br /><br />I think the RavKav is great if you take one route, in one area, regularly. <br /><br />However, the biggest problem with my RavKav so far, is that it can only hold so many fares. <br /><br />On my card, I have separate fares loaded from Haifa, Krayot, Haifa PLUS Krayot combined fares, Ym, Tel Aviv, Rakevet Yisrael, Herzliya, and maybe half of a haloch v'shov to Ym. These are all fares that I use regularly, not just a one-time thing.<br /><br />So last night, when I wanted to buy a haloch v'shov from TA to Ym, I couldn't because the card was FULL. I paid almost 10nis extra because my card was full.<br /><br />There's also no graceful way to see all my balances at once. I can print out a statement up here, but everything's sorted by codes and it shows the # of trips left for each without telling you what route or area it's for (4 of mine are Dan b'Tzafon, and they're impossible to differentiate).<br /><br />With the proliferation of different bus companies, esp. in the north, they're going to have to accommodate more fares, more gracefully. Or more travellers are going to find themselves mightily inconvenienced.<br /><br />Oy, just realized I may have written more than your original post. Sorry for the rant! Guess you touched a nerve... :-)Jennifer Tzivia MacLeodhttp://aliyahland.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8476955.post-24019534294069359562014-10-30T11:02:57.151+02:002014-10-30T11:02:57.151+02:00Can RAV Elhanan help with a RAV card?Or perhaps th...Can RAV Elhanan help with a RAV card?Or perhaps the new RAV of Jerusalem, RAV Amar?<br />By the way, the rides put on the card on bus 75 at Pisgat Zeev was not usable on other egged buses but was usable on the light rail!David Alan Fairmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08006957301543419715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8476955.post-6089472212058582532014-10-30T08:34:52.936+02:002014-10-30T08:34:52.936+02:00The Rav Kav was never designed for user convenienc...The Rav Kav was never designed for user convenience in my opinion, it is designed to hold the users hostage or pay a hefty price for not having one in the way of not being able to transfer busses within a certain time frame like before. Good for you for putting your foot down until you got the help you needed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com