[David9694]

A new catch-all Tea Shop thread for those miscellaneous new stories that don’t quite fit with parking, crashing into buildings or trapped/prisoners in their homes. 

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[chrisonabike]

hawkinspeter wrote:

Don’t touch my car!

Surprised they’ve not reached for “van nonce”…

[chrisonabike]

David9694 wrote:

The utter state of this 

https://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/

It’s just the price of progress / what we should expect from “freedom” – if everyone gets it we have to accept some will misuse it. (Most people seem to favour themselves having freedom at least…)

Alternatively: like easy credit, we’ve set too many people up to fail (predictably).  The consequences are arguably too high for those making bad choices (death penalty) but are certainly so for the public at large.  (Not that reducing it to money is always sensible, but cost-benefit analysis anyone?)

[hawkinspeter]

Don’t touch my car!

Don’t touch my car!

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/man-banned-touching-cars-sheffield-29833148

[David9694]

The utter state of this 

The utter state of this 

https://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/

Also

https://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/woman-struck-welfare-dog-swindon/

[Cayo]

David9694 wrote:

David9694 wrote:

”I don’t want to claim on my insurance because [B]they’ll have my trousers down[/B]…”

(father of nine)…”

A situation he seems to be quite used to, it seems! ?

[David9694]

mdavidford wrote:

What if the business is Coinstar?

i remember that from pre-pandemic times when I still carried and used cash and a couple of times had saved up months worth of copper coins, and fed them into a machine at Tesco’s. It was quite satisfying to collect £55.  I wonder if they’re a useful way for the s/markets to maintain the float in their tills, or if the operator just trundles round every week to empty their machines. They stop a %tage of course.

Now there’s one passenger ferry I occasionally use that’s cash only; the local fish & chip shop has been up ’til recently, but is changing hands at present. 

[mdavidford]

What if the business is

What if the business is Coinstar?

[David9694]

Jogle wrote:

David9694 wrote:

Someone (two people, IIRC) has to empty each machine daily, securely take the contents somewhere to be counted and banked – the pro cash crowd show no insight into what an overhead all that is. 

In Birmingham I’ve only ever seen it with one person emptying a machine. Generally they’re half laying down on the ground with their arm going up from the bottom of the machine through a broken panel…..

I wonder whether, now that most people will use an app or pay by card, it’s actually cheaper to allow the cash to be stolen than it is to go around and collect it

Any concentration of cash is a PITA in a business, whatever way you come at it. 

[David9694]

brooksby wrote:

David9694 wrote:

RAC head of policy Simon Williams …

Are you sure you didn’t read this story on Newsthump?

ISWYDT:

Man who wrote ‘happy to discuss’ at bottom of email really hoping he doesn’t have to discuss

[brooksby]

David9694 wrote:

RAC head of policy Simon Williams …

Are you sure you didn’t read this story on Newsthump?

[David9694]

Howard Cox of FairFuelUK

Howard Cox of FairFuelUK warns of impact of Rachel Reeves’ plans to hike up petrol costs by 10p a litre and pay-per-mile new road tax scheme

Not sure if this is Howard’s usual paranoia being reported as fact / news: “While no details have yet been released, taxation rates are expected to be a combination of how many miles travelled annually and a vehicle’s emissions.” I wonder how much doing a Lejog would cost you? 

RAC head of policy Simon Williams said: “We’ve reached the conclusion the Chancellor has no option but to put fuel duty back up to 58p a litre in October’s Budget.

“She knows the 5p discount is losing the Treasury £2bn a year. She also knows drivers were overcharged by a staggering £1.6bn last year according to the Competition and Markets Authority’s recent report.”

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/kent-drivers-to-be-fleeced-on-a-scale-not-seen-for-years-312025/

[David9694]

Can’t park there, mate

Can’t park there, mate

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/local-news/plane-crashes-a419-gloucestershire-inches-9513927

[pockstone]

Drugs?…moi?

Drugs?…moi?

[Hirsute]

When the cash is stolen, the

When the cash is stolen, the machine is damaged to the extent a new one is needed so that’s whay some places don’t allow cash.

Collection would be done by the enforcement team as part of their normal visit to check people have a ticket, so the cost of collection is low. There would be G4S fees and bank fees.

[chrisonabike]

hawkinspeter wrote:

(That pic looks like it’s photoshopped)

Live-action Wacky Races?

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