VB.NET: Doesn't anyone use the dictionary member access expression? (a.k.a. the bang operator)

Question

Doesn't anyone use the dictionary member access expression? (a.k.a. the bang operator) If so, in what scenarios?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa712034%28VS.71%29.aspx

Answer 1

This construction is used in custom collections with indexers, like default property.

myCollection.Item("10") are apparently equivalent to myCollection!10...

really looks ugly.