The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 5 (September 1, 1928)
Humours of the Booking Office
Humours of the Booking Office
One must sympathise at times with the difficulties of the railway booking clerk in face of irritating and oft-times amusing questions that are frequently put to him. Intelligence, tact, and a sense of humour were all needed by the booking clerk who attended to the request of a foreigner who presented himself thus: “Gib me two dickets. Von for me to come back and von for my wife not to come back.” The same qualities were needed in the case of the traveller who, having dined well, had come to the ticket office and demanded “Ticket.” “What station?” inquired the clerk. “Wha’ stahsuns ‘ave you got?” came the reply!
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