A guy from Vancouver shows up in Taiwan, buys an Easy Card at the airport, and then rides around the MRT system, singing its praises with breathless enthusiasm. This kind of account underlines how we really have it good here—like really good.
Guy
A guy who just stepped on and is standing beside me smells like pee 
It’s so bad.
WTF do they need five (5) characters for that new station’s name. Seriously.
Guy
Politics.
I don’t actually know, but when nonsense like this happens, it’s usually politics.
Same as 101 station. Who cares about the WTC? Nobody wants to climb that!
soz
oh jeez, did they really renumber all of the stations? that seems absurdly inefficient
No. Xiangshan was always R02. Fengtian Temple was planned.
That is GUANGCI/FENGTIAN TEMPLE I’ll have you know. Every single of the five Chinese characters, plus the slash, in that station name is clearly crucial! 
Guy
Not gonna happen. Too Lazy
The next step, then, is to refer to that station as GFT.
This train is bound for GFT!
Guy
Huh. Hope this doesn’t become common. I like never worrying about petty theft.
Big news, now paper ticket instead of token for single trip.
more pollution?
I wonder if receipts in Taiwan contain BPA or BPS? I definitely make sure to wash my hands whenever possible after having touched any receipts. Topic for another thread.
Oh, there is one, actually:
At least the QR code is accessed through a paper form (hopefully recyclable) and NOT through some mandatory APP that needs to be downloaded and used on your phone which only works when you have data . . . I can imagine @Marco needing to start a whole new thread on that topic. 
Put otherwise: this could be far worse.
Guy
I think it’s incredibly wasteful.
The tokens are such a smart idea.
Everyone should use an easy card and cut down on the paper
Maybe the plastic coins got dirty
