I use a Touch'N'Go card. Touch'N'Go cards are like any pay-as-you-go payment cards and are used for paying for the highway tolls and, if you choose to, car-parking. Very useful, and saves handling all that dirty cash. Unlike most other payment cards, however, you are charged more for using your paperless, electronic, simple system when paying for car parking - a good way to encourage you to use it hmm?
Anyway, me and Adrian need to top up our Touch’N’Go cards, so we pull into the nearest petrol station, only to be told that they had ‘reached their allowance for top-up’.
What? What the fuck does that mean?
Hmm - another way of encouraging people to use this system - apply a limit to the authorised 'topper-uppers'.
Anyway, doesn't really matter as you are also (for a handling charge!) able to top up using Maybank ATMs, so we tried the one in the shop – nope, that doesn’t want to work either.
What a stupid system: I wonder if the brainboxes behind the idea sat in a room and said "I know, lets implement a paperless, automatic, convenient way of paying for tolls, parking etc, then charge extra for using it, make it impossible to add any money to the card, and when they do find someone that will add credit - charge them for the privilege!! - Hoorah!!"Fucking idiots.
I am calm by the time I get to my car (after topping up at the next petrol station that had not ‘reached their allowance for top up’) and head home to the gym before out again for food, drinks and karaoke later...
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