Yesterday, the following happened: We went to a campsite without staff where, after a successful online booking, you can open a key safe to get an NFC card, which is used to open the campsite gate and later access the sanitary facilities. The booking of the campsite worked fine, and by the way, many campsites no longer have staffed receptions. However, during the booking, I forgot that I was using an eSIM for mobile internet. The booking process asked for a phone number, and it turned out this number was needed to receive the PIN code for the key safe. As usual, I had provided my regular mobile phone number.

Result: I had paid but couldn’t access the campsite—what a mess. There was no other way to get in.

A friendly fellow camper then used his NFC card to give us access to the campsite.

Once on the campsite, we had access to electricity but not to the sanitary facilities.

What does this tell us? If you don’t follow the rules, you’re left out. In this case, I made a mistake. Welcome to the brave new digital world.