The absurdity of renting a car will no longer be tolerated

Re:The absurdity of renting a car will no longer be tolerated by kwhitefoot on Monday December 27, 2021 @06:28AM (#29701567)

I only ever had this problem when renting in the US (especially with Hertz). Here in Norway it went like this last time I rented:

- walk up to counter - announce my name - show my driving license - get handed the keys - get told where the car is - say goodbye

Total time, roughly thirty seconds.

Even in a UK airport where there will quite likely be a queue the actual transaction will only be a few minutes.

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Re:The absurdity of renting a car will no longer be tolerated by brnt on Monday December 27, 2021 @06:43AM (#29701667)

I have found large variance on checkout processes between (European) countries. Take supermarkets. I lived in the NL, where scan, bag & pay takes 30 seconds to a minute, with a cart full maybe 1:30. The I moved to France where old people might take that long just to reach out and sign their checks. Once I saw a sign at the Auchan boasting that the handle customers on average in under 4 minutes now. I sometimes would wait 30mins in line. In the NL, I would never (have to) put up with that.

Its weird they wouldn't drive 150km to learn how to save sooo much time, not just the customer but also their own labour costs.

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