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We have had chip and pin for over a decade...... my 92 yes 92 year old neighbour uses apple pay on her Apple Watch, age is hardly a excuses for such a simple concept.
Do you ever get wound up by knowledge you think people should have?
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We have had chip and pin for over a decade...... my 92 yes 92 year old neighbour uses apple pay on her Apple Watch, age is hardly a excuses for such a simple concept.
More importantly, chip and pin functions the same way ATMs have for DECADES.
Put in card, enter PIN, complete transaction.
Have these people never drawn cash?
Funny you should say that. I was in Malaysia last week and tried to buy something with chip and pin (apparently it's very new out there) and the lady who served me was so confused. Baffled if anything.
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{Now that's not fair.... bloody things are purpose-programmed to be dumb and awkward.
'Use own bags?' Yes... but can't place bag in the bagging area to bag your shopping, because it registers.
'Surprise item in the bagging area?' Surprise??!! Is it a nice surprise? Have I won something? Cor, thanks Morrisons... what have I won?
Item barcode not yet registered by the Saturday Boy? Please wait 10 minutes while Maria the minimum wage Assistant finishes her fag and lollops on over, knowing full well she's left her Clear Fault fob back outside in the fag shelter.... and she's under 18 anyway so eventually still has to summon her manager to sort it out.
Are you done, now? Nope. You still have to pay, but whatever method you use must be the exact right way round, presented within and for a specific (but undisclosed) period of time only and even then is subject to random ComputerSaysNoooooo errors, because we feel like it.
Besides, the checkout girls in Waitrose are far faster at scanning than me and far, FAR better looking than either Minimum-Wage Maria or the reflection in the Self-Serve touchscreen!!
I thought it was me being a thicko - I hate those supermarket self checkouts.
I sat by one once and every 10 yr old that walked up -wizz wizz wizz - done and paid - - When I get there a voice says - sorry you are to old to use these
I have no issues with the morrisons ones, im 30 tho so maybe im still young enough to understand how to use them
.I work in IT, teaching people who are earning £150k a year what a browser is, how to close the entire browser vs closing just one tab, explaining to them that no, you can't access the printers on the wired network if you are on the wifi network, sending them basic instructions on how to login to a website (username/password) so all the have to do and copy and paste, and them still being unable to do it, and my personal favourite "my XYZ isn't working" and finding it's either powered off or not connected to their PC.
I understand that if you don't know something then you aren't going to know how to do it, I am the same, as is everyone else. but put a problem in front of me and I will at least try and figure it out, to troubleshoot it. My 5 year old an 18 month year old can do this, they can figure out how something works just by experimenting with it, yet I work with a lot of people over 20 years old that lack this basic skill.
I understand that if you don't know something then you aren't going to know how to do it, I am the same, as is everyone else. but put a problem in front of me and I will at least try and figure it out, to troubleshoot it. My 5 year old an 18 month year old can do this, they can figure out how something works just by experimenting with it, yet I work with a lot of people over 20 years old that lack this basic skill.
Actually, one thing does often puzzle me. You expect the older generation to not be great with new technology but I find many kids straight out of school don't even have enough confidence to install software on a laptop
They get so used to smartphones and tablets, the idea of installing software where it asks you series of questions is too much for them.
If the responsibility of clicking the "ok" button is too much how do they manage everyday?
They get so used to smartphones and tablets, the idea of installing software where it asks you series of questions is too much for them.
If the responsibility of clicking the "ok" button is too much how do they manage everyday?
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Oh, I can (have quickly learned to) use them well enough... but the human version is faster.
Well... yeah.... they do that for a living anyway, though.
It's like comparing how long it takes you to change your own car wheel, to how long it takes the professional tyre fitter with the air-ratchet to do his own!!
hehe mate tbh the whole concept annoys me, as my grandad would say "they don't pass the saving on to me so F EM"
but seriously you're trying to scan a whole trolley through? that bugs me.
They are traps for even the most dexterous of us but people who get flustered by them i do not understand. Don't use it if you don't like it. no point flapping and moaning and holding the rest of us up.
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I get irritated by people who think pointing out the obvious is some sort of smart statement, and then not being able to think about the deeper aspects of the discussion.
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Clearing a paper jam, filling the tray with paper and restocking the toner should be a prerequisite for an office based role. Seriously.
Yeah it annoys me when people ask me to do something because they're too lazy to learn. I always end up booking all the holidays and planning trips for me and my girlfriend which I don't mind, but I also end up doing it when we go away with her family. I once deliberately left it entirely to my girlfriends Mum and we ended up in the middle of Paris walking around looking for our hotel because she hadn't organised transfers or properly planned how we'd actually get to the hotel she'd booked. It proved a point but in hindsight I'll just make sure I know the details of the trip before hand.
They aren't allowed to do any of that here in case they break it...again.
I get called 4 or 5 times a week to replace ink, and it was actually 5 times in an hour due to a paper jam. In the end I took the paper out of that draw and told them to use the others instead!
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People who think drawer is spelled draw. What is that all about?
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People who set the climate control at 30.0c in winter from a cold start thinking they will get warmer quicker. It really gets me.
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People who refuse to drive to a place based purely on the basis that they "don't know the road".
My sister and mother in law are both restricted by this to the point where I seriously wonder if they should even have a driving licence.
My sister and mother in law are both restricted by this to the point where I seriously wonder if they should even have a driving licence.
What you're forgetting is, not everybody is IT literate, these people earning substantial wages probably (and I hope) have some serious skills in other areas which also means 9/10 they can delegate a task such as logging into a website to check something.
I'm guilty of this in a sense, I set my CC to 28C pretty much everytime I get in the car and usually end up turning it down to 26...
That's ridiculous but I get their point, in my job I have to drive to new places pretty much weekly, and especially in London people get very annoyed with you if you do something wrong or slowly and it's also very easy to screw up if you don't know usual traffic flow etc.