This morning the Council Tax system fell over, apparently as a result of Dave patching it without considering his own mods that deal with our more exotic interfaces. A surprisingly large number of people have used the multi-function parking meter channel to make their Council Tax payments. They can pay their entire bill in a series of weekly instalments of small change. Several vicars do this.
Anyway, since the latest system upgrade, any use of this payment channel brings down the entire system.
These things get known. There is one meter visible from the Council Offices. No sooner have we got the application up than a little fellow appears, grins demoniacally in our direction and proceeds to attempt to reduce his current balance by 5p.
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