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Mac Daniel rifles through the trash
By adamg on Sun, 01/14/2007 - 4:48pm
At the bottom of Mac Daniel's latest paean to the CharlieCard (but just before he acknowledges there might be one tiny small problem with them), he writes:
We also checked out reports that folks were throwing away CharlieTickets that still had value on them. We're not saying it's not true, but after donning latex-free rubber gloves, we rummaged in the trash and found 20 CharlieTickets. After running each one through the machine and checking their values, not one cent was found.
Oh, no! He's not doubting The Newman there, is he? Yes, he is! He's doubting The Newman! Word to the wise, pal: DON'T DOUBT THE NEWMAN!
Speaking of CharlieCards, Rcolonna tries one out and likes it.
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discarded CharlieTickets
He probably didn't realize that only tickets whose printed "initial value" is more than $2 are likely to still have value. People buy a $5 ticket and take two subway rides, or buy a $10 ticket and take a combination of $2 subway rides and $1.50 bus rides, then throw away the ticket when it doesn't have enough value for another subway ride.
A CharlieTicket never has more than its printed initial value. If you add value to one, the machine eats it and gives you a new ticket.