March 14, 2008...1:11 pm
An Accidental Gem - It seems some are trying to Run before learning to Walk
Whilst on the cyber-hunt for the joyous news [below] about TfL rolling out 1700 new top-up points across this great city, I accidentally came across another related article on the monstrous BBC News website. This article comes in the form of moving image for your viewing pleasure and is a couple of months old already - I don’t know how I have missed this til now!
Basically, so that you know what you are about to click on, the video clip is a news article that may-or-may-not have made it onto the BBC News. It features O2’s new and exciting idea about cramming as many features into one object. For those of you, like me, who still only use their phone to phone people, will be able to sympathise emphatically.
O2 are not trialling a range of mobile phones with an inbuilt Oyster Chip AND SmartCard payment system. Doesn’t that sound delightful? Never again will you need common sense or self-awareness when leaving your house this morning, after all essentially you only need to remember one thing - your mobile.
That’s great news for anyone that often leaves without remembering at least one important ‘tool’ each time they leave their house, be it their keys, wallet, phone, shoes… But at the same time, this is the one invention that could single-handily screw that very same demograph of forgetfulls.
What happens when they remember this one all singing, all dancing mobile phone when leaving the house but then leave it at work? Or worse, on the Bus, the Tube, the Bar…? Or even worse than that - and these days it does get worse - some enterprising, hooded hoodlums loiter outside a Tube Station one evening with a constant eye on the unsuspecting, commuters that have innocently bought into this hair-brained scheme (for whatever reason). They spot a particularly wide-eyed, naive one that looks like easy pickings, the rock up and without the glamour of the wild west, they ’stick up’ the poor suit. Whether physically assaulted or not, that person is now left without their cash card, their oyster AND their phone. What if, like me, they can no longer use public phones? They’ve gone cashless because, up until this moment, there was no need for cash, everything they needed was in their pocket. No phone to ring the police, or to cancel the smartcard and their oyster or to ring home. No cash to get home without their oyster or to ring the police or home. No oyster to continue their journey, or to go to the police… brilliant.
I am predominantly a “glass half full” kind-o-guy but I am also naturally very realistic, I also love pretentious ‘mumsy’ statements, so:
“…All your eggs in one basket.” Just seems to roll off the tongue.
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