First off, this is way too hilarious even several hours after the fact. :) Perhaps one thing needs to be said about the whole high-coercivity thing on transit

First off, this is way too hilarious even several hours after the fact. :) Perhaps one thing needs to be said about the whole high-coercivity thing on transit passes. I kind of figured that the MetroCard (and likewise with, at least, the CTA Transit Pass and the St. Louis MetroLink weekly/monthly passes) used such a strip because of the generally carefree nature that people take with their magstripe tickets for public transit. I can't recall the last time I've handled anything like that with care, but at the same time, it pretty much just works no matter how badly I manage to treat it. I guess what I'm trying to say is something like "lawl hax." Now, the trick is to do stupid stuff with the data on the card. ;)