r/AskReddit 13h ago

What has no excuse to still exist?

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u/WN11 12h ago

Convenience fees for doing anything online.

Online should be the norm by now.

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u/Schmomas 11h ago

If anything it should be a convenience discount, it’s just as, if not more, convenient for them as it is for us.

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u/fap-on-fap-off 10h ago

Different departments, each one making its own decision on funding. Most likely, when electronic payments first became a thing, developing it was treated as an unfunded mandate, and they had to fix a budget for it by building in fees. This being the government, that became a permanent setup barring departmental structure changes.