Today I ran the barriers at Shibuya station. I didn’t mean to, and, indeed, didn’t expect to – I thought I had the right ticket and was confidently strolling through when the barrier closed on my trailing foot. Of course, I was so far through by then that it didn’t make much sense to force my way back through the barrier to go and have the fare adjustment machine tell me that I had paid the right fare in the first place (I’d only gone two stops and had checked the price on the board). The barriers here aren’t like the ones they have on the underground back home, which make a concerted effort to chop you in half even if you have the right ticket.
Anyway, time for another poll…
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