The Daily Mail Frances Hardy and her mother Jane, 92, tried out the fully automated world of till-free checkouts, machine purchased train tickets and making payments using an appBut not wanting to be anarchic, we persist with the lime quest. ‘I’d have been screaming for help by then.’My mum Jane is 92 and she’s sharp as a tack. Next on our list, as I introduce Mum to the automated world, is buying a train ticket. So off we go, armed with our eight- digit collection reference code to redeem our train tickets. So after hours of ‘prodding, poking and swiping,’ as Mum describes it, she’s achieved one minor victory: she’s bought a ticket.

Source: Daily Mail June 17, 2019 22:20 UTC