I’ve Seen The Future And It’s ***

[Hymie]

Last week I was working at a client’s premises where they had limited parking spaces for staff and visitors. On Thursday they had a group of VIPs visiting, and instructed all staff and other visitors to park in a public car park nearby.

On arrival at the car park, the only way to pay for the parking was via the parking company’s app on a mobile phone. My works mobile has no payment method loaded, even if I did download the app. There was no phone number to ring to pay by bank/credit card, so despite having cash and bank/credit cards there was no way I could pay to park.

I would be interested in NJ view on this – if I was to park and not pay for the parking and the company took legal action to claim the penalty charges for not paying; would a court accept my excuse that they did not provide a reasonable method for me to pay for the parking?

If I were a judge in such a case, I would rule that it was unacceptable not to allow some other payment method (other than on their mobile app) – and dismiss the case.

[Hymie]

Perhaps I should start a ‘no win, no fee’ legal action against the parking operator based on their payment method being ageist and discriminatory against older persons in society.

Defending against my multimillion pound compensation claim would cost more than providing alternative payment methods.

[bednobs]

how is it ageist?

[Hymie]

Older persons are less likely to own a mobile phone – if this was all I had to prove in court, I’d be on to my share of the multimillion pound payout (along with my lawyers).

[Peter Pedant]

group action- I am not sure how you start one if yu are not as rich as Gina Miller

yup ageist because olds dont do new tech
apparently they say the argument may get up and run

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/whitstable/news/ringgo-parking-is-ageist-many-dont-know-what-an-app-is-265917/