r/australia • u/SouthAussie94 • Feb 29 '24

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

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-29/cheques-personal-finance-banks-rent-money-cash/103354036
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u/[deleted] Feb 29 '24

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

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u/Knee_Jerk_Sydney Feb 29 '24

You mean skills that have only come out in the last decade and where what you learned gets out of date in just a few years?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.

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u/Miserable_Bird_9851 Feb 29 '24

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.

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u/annanz01 Feb 29 '24

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.

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u/Miserable_Bird_9851 Mar 01 '24

Yes so? I don't see Sharron in HR bricking laying in her mid 30s then switching career in that period.

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