Edinburgh Airport now has a £1 fee for dropping people off....
An acquaintance of mine was so incensed by this, he dropped his £1 into the payment basket, the barrier opened, and then he dumped all the rubbish inside his car into the basket before driving off. Win.
( Mr Gear the gay-maker, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 10:05, 9 replies)

Money..
grabbing b****rds, I have paid it once but from now on will be using the free bus drop off bit!
(Studentken is looking for motivation on, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 10:23, closed)

I never get that.
How can the cost of the bad feeling it generates be covered by the sqalid pile of pound coins they collect at the end of each day.

I absolutely approve of what your frined did. I'm only sorry he didn't have the chance to take a huge dump in there as well.
( Not Pineapple anymore, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:14, closed)

"How can the cost of the bad feeling it generates be covered by the sqalid pile of pound coins they collect at the end of each day"
Easily.

Money's lush.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:31, closed)

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yes, you are right.

Perhaps we should all take to making noisy claims for £1 every time we are delayed or inconvenienced by a late flight. I know they wouldn't pay, but it might be as irritating to them as their petty pound pinching is to us.
( Not Pineapple anymore, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:37, closed)

Luton has something similar
but nothing stops you dropping someone off outside of the drop-off area, as long as you can do it quickly.

Heathrow T5 has a charge to enter the pick-up point, but not drop-off. But, since it's trivial to get to departures from arrivals, pick people up from the drop-off point.
( le brian, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 12:18, closed)

At least...
...it will dissuade TERRORISTS!
I can see it now. A van full of rabid extremeists willing to kill themselves and others for whatever reason they see fit. Disheartened, defeated and slightly peeved by £1.
(Megamoss, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 12:29, closed)

"has anyone brought change"
lol im liking the idea of terrorists checking their pockets before driving off, gutted
(Monkeystrumpet monkey. Monkey, MONKEY!!!, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 13:37, closed)

Had a similar thing..
I had a pound coin from Gibraltar. They are not legal tender in England, but look similar enough. Dropped that in, barrier opened.. win :)
(Boom- Clicks on NSFW links at work., Fri 11 Feb 2011, 14:41, closed)

Cardiff had that in 2009
In 2010 they'd changed things a bit. Lazy fucker who wants to get picked up/dropped off at the door? Pay a quid-something. Prepared to walk to/from the bus stop down the road? Free. Obviously had too many complaints about charging people for a forced trip through the short-stay.
( eXOBeX, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:49, closed)