In message , at 10:22:32 on
Sat, 8 Nov 2008, Paul Corfield remarked:

irregular travellers and tourists may struggle

Talking of which, I went through T123 Underground station earlier today,
and the automatic barriers were taped off, with everyone having to take
a scenic tour of the booking office to get to the escalators. It wasn't
clear why, and the station employee I asked looked at me as if was
talking Swahili.

The thing that may have confused "irregular users and tourists" was the
lack of an obvious Oyster ad to touch in. It was recommended we lean
over the tape and use one of the pads on the inoperative gates.
--
Roland Perry