I just watched someone try to use a card via contactless, have it fail, wipe it off with their shirt sleeve, and try again. It continued to fail.
-
I just watched someone try to use a card via contactless, have it fail, wipe it off with their shirt sleeve, and try again. It continued to fail.
-
Scott Francisreplied to Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: last edited by
@ryanc the modern version of blowing air into the game cartridge
-
jbaggsreplied to Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: last edited by
@ryanc Near field works a lot better without the 5 microns of dust.
-
FishermansEnemy 「漁師の敵」 :donor:replied to Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: last edited by
@ryanc did they try blowing the dust out of the slot?
-
Paul_IPv6replied to Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: last edited by
you can tell old school cashiers when they take a credit card that doesn't work, wrap it in a plastic grocery bag and try again too.
all sorts of "it worked for mag strips, why not now" confusion.
-
kajerreplied to Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: last edited by
@ryanc Did you suggest the plastic bag trick?
-
Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:replied to jbaggs last edited by
@jbaggs exactly
-
Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:replied to kajer last edited by
@kajer more like "get out of the way" - people shouldn't take more that 10 seconds at the fare gate in a major tube station during rush hour
-
kajerreplied to Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: last edited by
@ryanc OH! **THAT kind of NFC card...
:blobsadleft: