An easier way to pay!

What is it with organisations to which the general public are forced against their will to pay money and their apparent belief that to win the hearts of their reluctant “customers” all they have to do is to make it easier for them to make their embittered remittance, instead of doing what they actually would like to see and make such remittance smaller and more affordable in the first place?

I am of course speaking about organisations such as H. M. Revenue and Customs, local councils, train operating companies, energy firms and indeed any entity to whom paying money is virtually unavoidable. Nobody likes giving money to any of these organisations and almost all of them charge over the odds for whatever it is they purport to provide, whether it’s tax or a train ticket, and giving money to these extortionists is a bitter and resentful process.

Making it “easier” (through exotic and modern payment methods) to pay the extortion demanded is not what people want. Making it more affordable to do so is. So don’t try to tell me that you’re doing me a favour and making my life easier by allowing me to pay my taxes online using my fucking Oyster card or whatever, it won’t fucking wash.