So it wasn’t a dropped kerb, it was a normal kerb with tactile slabs, which I presume indicates its a crossing point? I can see why that would be confusing.
Man discovers that, in 2023, paying for something with a *cheque* can be less convenient than paying it online.
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Get online grandpa. (You’ll probably get fewer parking tickets too)
“I thought it would be easier to hand the money in and get a receipt.”
For him maybe, not for the average council employee who presumably has no way of doing much with a cheque or producing a receipt. Seems the equivalent to paying in pennies to annoy someone.
This man is 72. The Internet has existed since he was 40.
What a door knob, he’s 72 not 92, he knew what he was doing.
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So it wasn’t a dropped kerb, it was a normal kerb with tactile slabs, which I presume indicates its a crossing point? I can see why that would be confusing.
Man discovers that, in 2023, paying for something with a *cheque* can be less convenient than paying it online.
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Get online grandpa. (You’ll probably get fewer parking tickets too)
“I thought it would be easier to hand the money in and get a receipt.”
For him maybe, not for the average council employee who presumably has no way of doing much with a cheque or producing a receipt. Seems the equivalent to paying in pennies to annoy someone.
This man is 72. The Internet has existed since he was 40.
What a door knob, he’s 72 not 92, he knew what he was doing.
This man was 50 when the millennium started…
Get online, or stop crying, you withering luddite