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Well, if he'd used the full +4 code he might have gotten away with it and received his library card a day earlier.
I hate the +4 digits. There's no way you need that many digits to find a place in a world that has What Three Words.
It's about the journey, not the destination, but yes.
Zip+4: 9 digits
What Three Words: 14 characters in this case.
There are certainly reasons to consider adopting w3w, but saving digits isn't one of them.
Besides, I don't think what three words existed when they developed the zip+4 system.