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I scan the code. It pops up a website with all the lot information known. I select a number of hours. I specify either a stall number or plate number. Then I pay with Apple Pay.
I have never had to download any kind of app. And definitely never need to grant location permissions.
I. Hate. Technology. I hate working in this field. I hate how unprofessional every company is, from the largest to the smallest. I hate how incompetent all the engineers are. I hate how no business I have ever worked for has ever trained its workers on anything but how to fill out a time sheet. I hate all the blog posts about inane technical details. I hate how people start building a solution to a problem they're no…
Try to concentrate on the other stuff in life, maybe.
Competition sucks when it's a race to the bottom. Those systems usually look like some early 1800s dude's idea of a parking lot system. The technology to make them secure AND nice to use has been there for at least a decade.
I don't have a cell phone. What should I have done in this situation?
I. Hate. Technology. I hate working in this field. I hate how unprofessional every company is, from the largest to the smallest. I hate how incompetent all the engineers are. I hate how no business I have ever worked for has ever trained its workers on anything but how to fill out a time sheet. I hate all the blog posts about inane technical details. I hate how people start building a solution to a problem they're no…
It's not even the UI or the tech stack ... it's that it's tech at all. Am I required to own a smart phone now to park? Am I required to have a credit card to park? Idea: 1) Park without paying 2) Get towed 3) Sue the living shit out of the municipality so that they shut down modern parking meters.
I was going to a local store to buy something. Amazon will probably get my business next time.
Bill my license plate. That is the UX I want.
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Free parking is theft
Free walking on public sidewalks is also theft, following the same logic. Or sitting in place for a little too long.
Even worse, my Dad met us for brunch and overstayed his allotted time in one of these systems by 8 minutes. Would be ok if they billed him the same rate perhaps, but they "fined" him $80 for the "violation". All the while trying to look like the local police as much as possible. All these companies are scam artists.
The whole concept of "allotted time" is a scam anyways. Sure, it made sense with analog pre-paid parking meters, but it's complete nonsense when you are modernizing it like this. Billing the actual parking time down to the minute is pretty trivial, so having to reserve a specific time means they are intentionally trying to defraud you by either a) making you pay for time you won't use, or b) fining you for not reserv…
Actually, I don't love it at all.
The ParkMobile app I recall using in Monterey and it was fine too. Reminders around when to top up etc., which is nice but it was fine.