In message , at 13:01:23 on Fri, 11 Mar
2011, tim.... remarked:

just how inconvenient is it to push a few buttons on a ticket machine?

Very, if you'd had to wait ten minutes for the privilege.

How is a 10 minute wait "very inconvenient", for a family with children -
they are hardly going to detrain from Eurostar and need to be, wherever,
in
30 minutes!

Just shows what different standards you seem to have.

Not sure what you are suggesting.

You must be a very patient person if you can wait ten minutes to buy a
ticket with a family just arrived on holiday and champing at the bit.
--
Roland Perry