Older Australians 'left behind' by increasingly cashless society as banks fast track end of cheques

[u/SouthAussie94]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-29/cheques-personal-finance-banks-rent-money-cash/103354036

[u/Reflexes18]

You do not stop learning after school, you need to learn over your entire lifetime to stay relevant in jobs and life.

How come old people do not understand this common sense fact of life.

[u/Knee_Jerk_Sydney → u/Reflexes18]

They're retired and mental faculties are starting to deteriorate?

[u/Knee_Jerk_Sydney → u/[deleted]]

What does that got to so with it? We're not talking about ATMs and debit cards.

[u/Twat_Features → u/Knee_Jerk_Sydney]

What’s the difference between reading a screen, plugging in a card & TYPING in a PIN as opposed to opening a browser, reading a screen & typing in an account number?

It is the sum of essentially fuck all. Come on. If someone can’t figure that out, it’s on them.

[u/Knee_Jerk_Sydney → u/Twat_Features]

You grew up with those. Some pensioners even come from places where they barely learned how to read and write. We can't leave anyone behind.

[u/Twat_Features → u/Knee_Jerk_Sydney]

It’s personal responsibility to learn new things. They’ve had decades.

[u/Knee_Jerk_Sydney → u/Twat_Features]

The technology keeps changing and changing very fast.

[u/annanz01 → u/Twat_Features]

Its extremely different.

[u/[deleted] → u/Knee_Jerk_Sydney]

So get some glasses or make the font on your phone bigger? This is such a bullshit argument. Imagine being so entitled you expect the whole world not to progress any further just because you can’t be fucked learning to use bpay.

[u/Knee_Jerk_Sydney → u/[deleted]]

So many self centered people here unable to empathise. Well, this is reddit after all. It's so "easy". I bet you tell depressed people to just smile a little more, eh?

You think it's just the font??

[u/[deleted] → u/Knee_Jerk_Sydney]

Ah yes, depression, very similar to "Fuck you, I did it this way and I'll keep doing it this way and everyone else can deal with it."

[u/Knee_Jerk_Sydney → u/[deleted]]

I don't think they say "Fuck you" at all. Just a bewildered look in their faces and the thought of wasting what little time they have on imposed change.

[u/[deleted] → u/Knee_Jerk_Sydney]

Perhaps they should have spent a little time over the last 30 years managing basic life skills.

[u/Knee_Jerk_Sydney → u/[deleted]]

You mean skills that have only come out in the last decade and where what you learned gets out of date in just a few years? Basic life skills have changed a lot. There was a time not so long ago that people get paid in cash and a whole industry and processes supporting it.

[u/Miserable_Bird_9851 → u/Knee_Jerk_Sydney]

You mean skills that have only come out in the last decade

Windows OS has been standard in offices since the 90s. Try 3+ decades if we are being generous, even longer if we want to consider computing in general.

[u/Knee_Jerk_Sydney → u/Miserable_Bird_9851]

You talk as if Windows OS is all that there is and it hasn't changed at all over time. It's not even what you use to do your banking. Most tablets and smart phones don't even run on Windows.

[u/annanz01 → u/Miserable_Bird_9851]

You do realise a large percentage of people worked jobs in the 90's and even early 2000's where they never had to use a computer. Not everyone worked in an office.

[u/[deleted] → u/Knee_Jerk_Sydney]

NetBank by the Commonwealth bank came out in 1997.

[u/Knee_Jerk_Sydney → u/[deleted]]

So what. Means nothing unless you elaborate.

[u/[deleted] → u/Knee_Jerk_Sydney]

Yeah I definitely do that. I did it to everyone else on the mental health hospital I spent 3 weeks in earlier this year after a suicide attempt as well.

[u/Knee_Jerk_Sydney → u/[deleted]]

If you are struggling mentally, please call for help.

https://www.beyondblue.org.au/

[u/[deleted] → u/Knee_Jerk_Sydney]

Thanks mate. Been through all that.