It is simply annoying to see you people trying to defy physics and start to bang your handbags against the card reader at train gantries/buses. Especially during peak hours, and start to hold up the traffic behind you.

Let me enlighten you people about the simple physics behind EZ link cards. They are smart cards that produces magnetic flux for the reader, which are found on train gantries and buses, to read. Since this bloody piece of plastic is so thin and small, it does NOT produce a magnetic flux that is large enough to cut through your thick wallets and handbags. Therefore, please take out your EZ link card, as shown in the picture above, when you want to scan it at the reader.

It's alright if you are curious to see whether your cards can defy physics, ONCE. If it proves that your wallet or handbag is too thick, I am sorry to shatter your dreams to defy physics, but here it goes... Nothing will happen even if you repeat it for the gazillionth time!!!

Hence, stop banging your bag profusely at the gantries. Just take out your EZ link card, and let life move on.

harangued at 7:25 PM