"Martin Underwood" typed
No, but it should not be the *only* way of getting a ticket. There needs to
be a means for people to buy a ticket (either beforehand or on the bus) if
they do not have the exact change in the exact denominations that a ticket
machine will accept. Making people take a detour to a shop to buy something
they don't want simply in order to get the required change is not
"convenient", to use Reading buses' claim in the placard on the side of
their buses. Whether or not you know that it's exact change only beforehand
does not alter the inconvenience to which passengers are put.
Then go to a sweet shop and buy a book of 'Saver' bus tickets today.
Unlike a MarsŪ Bar, this will not melt in your pocket...
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Helen D. Vecht:
Edgware.