It is unfortunate that the correspondent who wrote the letter ‘Disappointed bus passenger’ (August 7) had to pay an additional €20 in bus fares while waiting for a Tallinja card to come through.

However if this modest expenditure has indeed caused negative feelings about an entire country, I am concerned that a lifetime of disappointment may well await in any country this person happens to visit.

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