On 14 Dec, 16:07, Cyril Sneer wrote:
As an additional, the cynic in me sees an obvious ploy to make the
machines easier to maintain (requiring no floating whatsoever), and
thus moving a step closer to requiring less staff.

It's been suggested it's down to wheelchair user requirements making
the coin slot too low to [easily] fit the change-dispensing gubbins in
below it:
http://billz1064.proboards1.com/inde...d=115454 2562

There's probably some truth in this, but given all the other factors
mentioned here I doubt it was the sole reason.

U

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