There is an Electric Car charging station just outside our block of flats and you can hire the cars on an hourly/km basis so we sometimes hire one to do a bit of grocery shopping.
Ignorantly we assumed parking was, as seemed obvious, a matter of paying at the ticket machines and free for a certain time outside shops. Just like back home. Wrong.
Silly ignorant newcomers!
It turns out that the little disk on the windscreen isn't a temperature gauge but how you communicate the time you arrive at a park and if it is not indicated then you are ticketed.
Ours showed 10.30 but as it was around 3pm we got a ticket. And a big one too. 750 Krone (around NZD150).
Ouch!
At least we got some nice photos of the car we hired.
Barry is tempted to pay them in 1500 x 50 Ores (an Ore is half a Krone). Ha.
Postscript: We wrote a letter pleading innocence but as expected we got no joy. In their brief and blunt response they also finished with:
Vi forsøger hele tiden at forbedre vores kundesupport. Du kan være med til at hjælpe os. Derfor vil vi gerne invitere dig til at bruge et par minutter på en ganske kort tilfredshedsundersøgelse. Den består kun af 6 spørgsmål.
Deltag i undersøgelsen her og hjælp os med at blive bedre.
Which invites us to take a survey on how they could improve their service.
Hmm. Not a good idea I think!
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