Maybe he's an expert in moaning/negativity, thus killing two birds with one stone!!

I print concert, match and travel tickets regularly and I have never ever known then to print any less than A4. You fold the paper, usually in thirds, to make it standard ticket size. Simple.

For you, Karen, possibly. For others, apparently not!!

Sounds like an opportunity for someone to start running courses.

And for the ambitious, I'd imagine paper aeroplanes could be taught to degree level.

I've used print at home plenty of times and never had any bother. In fact, if you think about it, the ticket's far more likely to survive in your pocket if it's folded over a couple of times with the barcode/QR code on an inside part of the fold.