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In the Netherlands and Germany at least I have never dealt with a parking lot attendant. There's just a machine you walk to, put your card/cash/whatever in, and
by lionkor 3y ago
In the Netherlands and Germany at least I have never dealt with a parking lot attendant. There's just a machine you walk to, put your card/cash/whatever in, and you get a paper that you put in your car. The whole process takes 1 minute, the things have accessibility features to some degree, and if they don't work there's another one somewhere or its free.
- t0mas88 3y agoSame experience. But in the US everything seems 99% anti-consumer while the majority of consumers keep supporting/voting for these things. Not just parking, also banking ($ 30 overdraft fee mentioned in the article), telecom, health insurance. All of it is designed in very anti-consumer ways in the US, even though consumers should be a majority of the votes in a democracy.
- marssaxman 3y agoWe used to have that in Seattle, too, but in recent years it all seems to be turning into app hell like the author describes. I don't like it.