"HVB" wrote in message
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On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 15:49:40 +0100, "tim" wrote:


"HVB" wrote in message
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.

I don't remember the last time I saw a P&D machine that gave change...
or any extra time for overpayment. We're being diddled.

I agree that you don't usually get change (the hopper is just
for rejected coins), but IME it's quite common to get extra time
for the overpayment

tim