xen0n33
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A minor one in the scheme of things, but frustrating at the time:
Visiting Paris a couple weeks ago, I was using the Navigo Découverte card on my phone. Went through the gates fine at CDG (for the RER B line). Tapped phone, gates swung open, away I go.
Finally got to my destination (or where I had to change for the tram), which had older looking gates. I tap, and nothing happens. Having not been to Paris in 8 years, I didn't recognize that these were the gates where you need to tap and then push to walk through. So, in my traveler's fog, I tap again and get the message: pass already used.
It's an unmanned station, so I could try the help intercom thing, but my French isn't up to explaining my stuff up. Fortunately, I end up being able to follow someone through the wider exit gates by the elevator and so am not trapped forever!
And thus did I learn a valuable lesson.
Visiting Paris a couple weeks ago, I was using the Navigo Découverte card on my phone. Went through the gates fine at CDG (for the RER B line). Tapped phone, gates swung open, away I go.
Finally got to my destination (or where I had to change for the tram), which had older looking gates. I tap, and nothing happens. Having not been to Paris in 8 years, I didn't recognize that these were the gates where you need to tap and then push to walk through. So, in my traveler's fog, I tap again and get the message: pass already used.
It's an unmanned station, so I could try the help intercom thing, but my French isn't up to explaining my stuff up. Fortunately, I end up being able to follow someone through the wider exit gates by the elevator and so am not trapped forever!
And thus did I learn a valuable lesson.
