At a recent birthday party for the 13 year old son of one of the delegates, 23 of the 25 presents he received were gift cards.
And my befuddled habit of trying to feed my house keys into Tube barrier ticket readers isn’t me being stupid, it’s me being ahead of the curve. In Hong Kong, one of additional uses for the Octopus card is building access – participating transit operator NTR is also a major property developer in the region and flats it sells come with an Octopus card for access.