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It’s not ‘simple’ EPOS. Some of the things sold were local and held at the counter, e.g books of stamps, others were centralised virtual services (eg taxing you
by KineticLensman 3y ago
It’s not ‘simple’ EPOS. Some of the things sold were local and held at the counter, e.g books of stamps, others were centralised virtual services (eg taxing your car). Even today the Post Office has a range of weird options not found elsewhere, e.g use of ‘postal orders’ that allow people to send money to recipients who don’t have bank accounts. All of these can be accessed at a post office counter.
That said, it was certainly shoddy
- InCityDreams 3y ago>shoddy 'Shoddy', being a euphemism for 'beyond knowingly-being fucked-up, so much so that we'll cover it up oh fuck we're still alive this wasnt what we were told would happen'? I dunno, or maybe just me surmising.
- jjgreen 3y agoThe rule of English understatement is that the more understated, the more damning. So "a touch shoddy" would "stunningly beyond knowingly-being absolutely totally fucked-up ...", you get the picture.