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Contactless at Odeon: A self-made disaster! #GemaltoNFC

I didn’t have a good evening last night when it came to contactless. Oh no. Not good at all.

If you’d like to see me look a total fool, I won’t spoil the details by describing what happened. Instead, I’ll let you experience it “live” as I did.

The background is simple: I intended going to the nearest Odeon yesterday evening and paying for the transaction via contactless. Because the last time I was there, they did contactless. Didn’t they? I’m sure they did…

Here’s the “pre” video:

And then… are you on tenderhooks? 😉

Here’s my three minute diatribe explaining the results:

Right then…

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