New payment for parking

at the YQR airport. Totally stupid. Now we are having the same
automatic payment booths and "gated" parking area complete with
raising arms at the entrance and exit. Well, why do we need a change
to this such system? Cost? What is the payback time? And we are in
bloody Saskatchewan! -50C and the arms will raise? Do you think
people will remember to look at the payment booths before heading
out? There was no sign to remind airport visitors to pay before
leaving. And in Winter with all those thick jackets, "where did I put
my ticket that I need to facilitate my payment?" Why not just keep
the meters? Specially the meters were newly installed about 12 months
ago? Cost? Hello? Today I was stuck behind two cars who had
difficulty at the exits. One couldn't get his credit card passed
thru, the other woman didn't know where to pay for the ticket! The
meters too did not require human collecting a parking fee. What,
someone worry about losing revenue from unpaid parking? From a
whopping flight arrivals per day that I could count with my fingers.

Me, I had problem paying at the payment booth inside the airport. The
machines did not like my old bills! And the coin slot on the payment
machine was not next to the paper bill slot. It was way above my eye
level. I think the machine was designed by a giant with average
height of 6' 2". Totally not user-friendly. O... I did not see a
payment booth that is wheel-chair height friendly! Unless, of course
I was visually handicapped.

This seemed to be inline with when I was in charge of a highly visible
web portal back at the old job. I got a call from this high
management person from the airport and told me to change the colour
because he didn't like it. And he sounded very intelligent too.