"HVB" wrote in message
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On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 21:07:08 +0000, Joe
wrote:

At onStreet Pay & Display machines, nearly all of the parking attendants
press some buttons on the front of them, wait about 5 seconds then walk
away. Does anyone know what buttons they are pressing & why they do it?

The coin return button in the hope of getting some small change
returned? (No chance!)

A friend's kid used to do this at every machine he saw.
He apparently amassed a quite substantial increase in his
pocket money this way.

tim