Design of a coin parking sign at the beach +

ℚ This is a quiz.
Please try thinking about it with your family or those around you☝

It's dark and the image is hard to see, but💦
the left side is [Daytime rate: 50 yen / 30 minutes] and
the right side is [Nighttime rate: 200 yen / 30 minutes].

Looking at it naturally, don't you feel something is a bit off?

↓↓↓ Continuing to the answer right away ↓↓↓

① Generally, nighttime rates are cheaper than daytime rates. Due to local characteristics here, it is "reversed."
⇒ Please try to imagine the reason for this🙋 ～At the end of the post📖

② Regarding the order of [Time] and [Rate], if you use a "/" in between like this,it feels like the order is reversed from a daily perspectiveHowever, when I looked into it, the reality is that for major [hourly parking] operators, this order of [Time] ⇒ [Rate] is the mainstream🙉

Even in that case, it seems that it is not common to put a "/" between [Time] and [Rate] as in this example.
Nevertheless, looking at actual notation examples, I cannot help but feel alack of awarenessregarding the original meaning of this symbol, "per" (= for each, per), and I feel like I can't say it properly respects its role😖

There is a unit "km/h" when expressing speed in [kilometers per hour], but you have never seen it written as "h/km"🙅, right?

Or perhaps more flexibly, is it more appropriate to interpret it not as "how much for how many minutes parked" but as "how many minutes can you park for how much money" --- ???

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In the city, examples like this where you think "Why on earth would you dare to reverse it?😎" are seen from time to time.
Regarding this [notation order], it is the de facto "majority"so I can no longer say "isn't it wrong?", but this was a story about "noticing" that once you put a "/" in, it's already...💡

《Deep dive into perspective ①》

[Night spots 🌃 aren't just in downtown areas]...
Unless you are a 'customer using it' yourself, this is the kind of thing you'd pass by without noticing. A 'subtle' parking fee sign at a beach coin parking lot. It's not a 'night discount'! It's the reverse.There are many night fishing enthusiasts here perhaps? 🎣🐟

The conscientious side of the [price discrimination] concept in economics: wanting to have people use the space even at a lower price because it's a waste to leave it 'empty' during off-peak hours --- that perspective is not evident here 😢

Taking advantage of the user's low [price elasticity]
~in other words, 'taking advantage of someone's desperation'
~and maximizing profit is 'business' 💧

⇒ If we (the consumers) have other options, and we are not conscious of that point, we will end up losing money 😢

† And in tomorrow's post, I will develop the topic of 《the negative aspects of 'automation' for such facilities》. I cannot reach a point of 'full agreement' 😵‍💫

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