"Kat" wrote in message
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In message m, Martin
Underwood writes
Sadly many people seem to be congenitally incapable of finding their
ticket
in advance of needing it (eg as they are walking up to the barrier), in
the
same way that a lot of people (a large proportion of them being women)
don't
start to look for their cash or credit card in a supermarket queue until
they are presented with the bill.

This was mentioned on here a while ago and since then I've made it a
point to notice whether more women than men have trouble finding their
tickets.

From my experience I'd say that it's fairly evenly balanced with women
having to search in the bottom of their handbags for the elusive ticket
and men have to search through several days worth of old tickets in
their many pockets.

I've no quibble with people of either sex having to hunt for their ticket,
credit card or whatever. But common sense and courtesy to people behind
suggests that you do it *before* you stand in the queue so you don't delay
other people.