Smart phone only way to enter Optus stadium Perth

Thousands of everyday people will no longer be able to attend Optus Stadium because they do not own a smart phone.
Downloaded tickets have been scrapped. No smart phone, no entry.
Most organisations care little for senior citizens, move with the times or stand aside.
Surely it is time for those overpaid pollies to stand up for their constituents and mandate a percentage of tickets be allocated for those who want nothing to do with the all-encompassing technology.
It can be done; mandates are applied for new builds regarding affordable and social housing.
What it shows me is that senior citizens are no longer valued and a huge portion of society would rather that seniors stay locked away in their homes.

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ninalanyon · 61-69, T

It's like that here in Norway with buses, I'm not sure it's even possible to buy a bus ticket with cash any more let alone travel without the ticket on your mobile.

FreddieUK · 70-79, M

@ninalanyon In London you haven't been able to pay cash on the buses for years and if you haven't a cashless option (an Oyster Card, credit/debit card or smart phone) a paper ticket will cost a lot more and is only available from certain places. Where I live nearly everyone boards the bus with a pass or contactless, but cash is still accepted -they will even give change as long as you don't offer a high denomination note for a low fare.

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

@FreddieUK In Norway we have a new law that requires shops, cafés, etc., to accept cash. But it only applies to permanent fixed places not pop up shops, flea markets, temporary cafés, and the like. I suppose buses get away with it because they aren't at a fixed location.

FreddieUK · 70-79, M

@ninalanyon In Bristol - my nearest city - on the metrobus system you cannot buy a ticket on the bus and the ticket machines at the stops don't take cash. You can 'tap on - tap-off' but anyone without recourse to cashless is stuffed as far as I can see. The country buses I mentioned above are more 'forgiving'.

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

@FreddieUK There can't be many people in the UK who don't have a debit card and that works for tap on and off. Except children of course, I have no idea how they are supposed to travel in the UK. Here you can get a debit card and account for children.

FreddieUK · 70-79, M

@ninalanyon Good point. I must find out from those I know with children. A good many of those over 12 seem to have smart phones and there are passes available. At the moment i my area they only have to pay £1 for any trip - 1/2 mile to the limit of the longest route.

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

@ninalanyon Just looked up the website for the local bus service and it turns out that you can pay with cash on the bus.

FreddieUK · 70-79, M

@ninalanyon Yes, but what about the Metrobus in Bristol? I'll look that up. In London they travel free, so that's the answer to that one.

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

@FreddieUK Sorry, when I said

the local bus service

I should have said

my local bus service

. :-)

FreddieUK · 70-79, M

@ninalanyon OK. Thanks for clarifying. I have a severe cold and about to go to bed, so not thinking clearly myself. 🤪

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

@FreddieUK That would be a fair excuse, unfortunately my lapse was pure carelessness :-)

Sleep well, get well soon.

FreddieUK · 70-79, M

@ninalanyon Thanks, Got back up...can't sleep I'm so bunged up I can hardly breathe.

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

@FreddieUK When I had a bad cold like my mother would half fill her mixing bowl with boiling water and a spoon of Friar's Balsam and make me lean over it with a towel over my head to breathe in the fumes. This days I prefer a hot toddy; it doesn't fix the problem but I still feel better for it!